[ecrea] CFP Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS

‘New Trends in Italian Cinema and Media’
Inaugural Issue of the /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/.
Published by Intellect Ltd.

Editor: Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College (United States)

The /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media/ /Studies/ (/JICMS/) is a new 
English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical 
debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption. 
 It provides a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers, 
cinema and media professionals.  This peer-reviewed journal invites 
submissions of scholarly articles relating to the artistic features, 
cultural themes, international influence and history of Italian film and 
media as art forms and industries.

Within the realm of a post-national and trans-cultural debate, the 
purpose of the /JICMS/ is to refer to Italy as the unifying geo-cultural 
site for a contemporary discussion on translocal cinema.  The journal/ 
/aims to elaborate a multifaceted definition of Italian cinema, 
transcending geo-ethnic land and sea borders and moving away from merely 
celebratory local cinematic experiences.

The /JICMS/ intends to revive a critical discussion on the auteurs and 
celebrate the dynamic role played by new directors, revisit the 
historiography of Italian cinema, and devote attention to Italophone 
filmmakers and accented cinema.  The journal/ /welcomes contributions 
which explore the impact of globalisation on the Italian film industry, 
the encounters between cinema and other art forms, the hybridisation of 
film and media aesthetics, the relationships of multimodal communication 
and inter-medial practices, and the development of innovative transmedia 
texts and crossmedia narratives.

The /JICMS/ also invites submissions which examine experimental cinema, 
video art,  short films, long/short feature and documentary animation, 
original and adapted screenplays, film music (songs and scores),  issues 
of stardom and reception studies.  The professional contributions of 
screenplay writers, art directors, cinematographers, film editors, 
costume designers and make-up artists are also potential subject areas 
for submissions.

Interested contributors should send 500 word abstracts outlining the 
topic, approach and theoretical bases, relevant bibliography and 
filmography, and 200 word biographical notes (listing academic 
publications) to the Editor to the following address: 
_flaviosa@wellesley.edu_ <mailto:(flaviosa /at/ wellesley.edu)> by October 10, 
2011.

Notification of selected abstracts will be sent to authors by October 
15, 2011.

Complete essays of 5,000-6,000 words will be due by January 15, 2012. 
 All papers will undergo anonymous peer-review by the journal’s 
international board.

Flavia Laviosa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies 
at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Her research interests are in 
Italian cinema, esp. women and contemporary directors, Southern Italy 
and Euro-Mediterranean studies. She is also/ /Guest Editor of a special 
issue of /Studies in European Cinema/ (8: 1, 2011) and Editor of 
/Visions of Struggle in Women’s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean/ 
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).