[Commlist] Call for Papers, International Conference, Images in the Years of the Dictatorship, Sixty Years Later Greek Cinema under the Military Junta (1967–1974)

*Title*: /Images in the Years of the Dictatorship, Sixty Years Later 
Greek Cinema under the Military Junta (1967–1974)/

*Organized by*: Laboratory for the Study of Greek Cinema and Television 
(LSGCT), School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Dates*: 21-22 April 2027

*Location*: Thessaloniki (Greece)

* Abstract Submission Deadline*: 5 January 2027

* Main Topics*: /Censorship and Institutional Control/, /Commercial 
Cinema and Popular Entertainment/, /New Greek Cinema/, /Production, 
Distribution, and Exhibition Culture/, /Documentary, Newsreels, and 
State Propaganda/.

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*International Conference*
*Images in the Years of the Dictatorship, Sixty Years Later: Greek 
Cinema under the Military Junta (1967–1974)*
*Thessaloniki, Greece 21–22 April 2027*
*Organized by*
Laboratory for the Study of Greek Cinema and Television (LSGCT) School 
of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Keynote Speaker*
*Vrasidas Karalis*
Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Sydney
*Call for Papers*
On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the military coup of 21 
April 1967, the international conference /Images in the Years of the 
Dictatorship, Sixty Years Later /seeks to undertake a critical 
reassessment of the relationship between the military dictatorship and 
Greek cinema during the period 1967–1974.
Despite the substantial scholarship that has developed around cinematic 
developments during the years of the dictatorship, many aspects of film 
production, distribution, and exhibition during the period remain either 
insufficiently studied or confined within established interpretive 
frameworks. The sixtieth anniversary offers an opportunity for a broader 
reconsideration of the ways in which the cinematic culture of the 
seven-year dictatorship has been approached in academic research: from 
censorship and propaganda to commercial cinema, aesthetic 
transformations, the operation of the film industry, and forms of 
political expression.
The conference proposes a re-evaluation of Greek cinema during the 
dictatorship beyond simplistic binaries—such as commercial/political, 
resistance/compliance, or art/industry—and seeks to explore the 
contradictions, continuities, and transformations of the period through 
new historiographical, theoretical, and archival approaches.
At the same time, the conference welcomes approaches that draw upon 
public history, oral history, and digital methods of research, 
documentation, and curation of film culture, highlighting new ways of 
accessing, interpreting, and disseminating the cinematic heritage of the 
period.
Particular emphasis will be placed on:

  * revisiting established narratives of cinema during the dictatorship;
  * studying neglected genres and filmmakers;
  * making use of archival sources;
  * reconsidering the relationship between aesthetic form, censorship,
    and the ideological function of the image.

The conference aims to bring into dialogue film historians and film 
scholars, researchers of visual culture, archival institutions, doctoral 
researchers, and practitioners around the following thematic areas, 
which are indicative rather than exhaustive.
*No payment* from the *participants *will be required
*Conference Themes*
*Censorship and Institutional Control*

  * Mechanisms of censorship in Greek cinema
  * Self-censorship and strategies of adaptation
  * The dictatorship's cultural policy towards cinema
  * State institutions, committees, and administrative practices of control

*Commercial Cinema and Popular Entertainment*

  * Comedy, musicals, and melodrama during the dictatorship
  * Social, historical, and war dramas of the period
  * Film production and distribution under the junta
  * The star system and the public image of actors
  * Representations of gender in genre cinema
  * The relationship between commercial cinema and ideology
  * Reconsidering Old Greek Cinema from the perspective of the present

*New Greek Cinema*

  * Aesthetic ruptures and the new cinematic language of New Greek Cinema
  * Political implication and allegory
  * The Thessaloniki International Film Festival as a site of
    confrontation and renewal
  * Revisiting historiographical narratives of New Greek Cinema and its
    relationship to the dictatorship

*Production, Distribution, and Exhibition Culture*

  * Figures of film production: the people behind the camera
  * Film journals, the press, and film criticism during the period
  * Movie theatres during the years of the dictatorship
  * Film distribution and exhibition during the dictatorship
  * Film posters, advertising, and marketing
  * Cinema audiences and cinephilia during the period

*Documentary, Newsreels, and State Propaganda*

  * Official newsreels of the dictatorship
  * Military celebrations, parades, and national ceremonies in the
    moving image
  * Tourist and promotional films of the period
  * The aesthetics of propaganda and its international influences

*The conference also welcomes proposals dealing with: *

  * comparative approaches to other dictatorships;
  * international cinematic influences;
  * new methodological and historiographical approaches to the period
    1967–1974;
  * public and oral history approaches to Greek cinema during the period;
  * digital methods for the documentation, curation, and presentation of
    film archives and cinematic works from the period 1967–1974.

*Participation Formats*
The conference welcomes:

  * individual papers of *20 minutes*;
  * panel proposals consisting of *3–4 participants*;
  * presentations of archival or research projects;
  * practice-based approaches related to the moving image and film
    restoration.

*Submission Guidelines*
Prospective participants are invited to submit:

  * title of the paper;
  * an abstract of *200–300 words*;
  * a short biographical note (up to *150 words*);
  * contact details.

   Submissions should be sent to (_emekt /at/ film.auth).gr_ 
<mailto:(emekt /at/ film.auth.gr)>
*Conference languages: *Greek and English.
*Important Dates*

  * Abstract submission deadline: *5 January 2027*
  * Notification of acceptance: *30 January 2027*
  * Conference programme announcement: *March 2027*
  * Conference dates: *21–22 April 2027*

*Scientific Committee*
**
*Christina Adamou*
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Maria Chalkou*
Associate Professor, Ionian University
*Christos Chrysanthopoulos*
Special Scientific Staff, Institute of Historical Research / National 
Hellenic Research Foundation
*Betty Kaklamanidou*
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Elli Lemonidou*
Professor, University of Patras
*Paraskevas Mouratidis*
Special Laboratory Teaching Staff, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Eleftheria Thanouli*
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Yannis Tzioumakis*
Professor, University of Liverpool
*Elpida Vogli*
Professor, Democritus University of Thrace
*Christos Xenos*
Special Teaching Staff, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
*Organizing Committee*
Eleftheria Thanouli
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Director, Laboratory for the Study of Greek Cinema and Television (LSGCT)
Christos Xenos
Special Teaching Staff, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Paraskevas Mouratidis
Special Laboratory Teaching Staff, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Akis Laskaris
Undergraduate Student, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Eva Statheropoulou
Undergraduate Student, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
You can find the full text of the CFP online at: 
_https://emekt.film.auth.gr/international-conference-images-in-the-years-of-the-dictatorship-sixty-years-later/_ 
<https://emekt.film.auth.gr/international-conference-images-in-the-years-of-the-dictatorship-sixty-years-later/>
*Thank you very much for your time and support*.
Best regards,
Christos Xenos
Organizing Committee Member
Special Teaching Staff, School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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