[ecrea] Call for papers New Cinema History in the Low Countries

*Call for papers: /TMG – Journal for Media History/: *

*Special issue _New Cinema History in the Low Countries_*

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*Deadline proposal* (approximately 300 words): 1 June 2017


In 2006 /TMG – Journal for Media History/ published the special issue 
“Cinema in Context”. It contains some of the earliest theoretical 
reflections on and results of the broad approach of cinema 
historiography that is currently often labelled as “New Cinema History”. 
In 2003 an international group of film historians created the platform 
HoMER (/History of Moviegoing, Exhibition and Reception/). Instead of 
taking films as the starting point and focus of research, these scholars 
shifted the agenda to the contexts of film production, distribution and 
consumption, broadening the perspective to social and economic aspects. 
Digital data collections and methods (databases, GIS) are often part of 
New Cinema History research.


Over a decade after the special issue, New Cinema History has developed 
into a substantial sub field of media history, as is evidenced in series 
of conferences, research projects and many publications. At the end of 
2017 the/Routledge/ /Companion for New Cinema History/ is expected to 
appear. The editors of /TMG – Journal for Media/ /History/ view this as 
a suitable moment to reflect on the question what this broad 
contextualizing approach has taught us about the cinema history of the 
Low Countries. Where are the blind spots and lacunae of New Cinema 
History? Which new research questions have arisen or should be 
introduced in the current debates? In brief, an evaluation of results 
and methods, and a prospect to the future research programme of New 
Cinema History. Contributions can consist of concrete (comparative) case 
studies or can be more theoretical or historiographical reflections.

*Editors*: Clara Pafort-Overduin ((c.pafort-overduin /at/ uu.nl) 
<mailto:(c.pafort-overduin /at/ uu.nl)>) & Thunnis van Oort 
((thunnisvanoort /at/ yahoo.co.uk) <mailto:(thunnisvanoort /at/ yahoo.co.uk)>)

*Deadline proposal*(approximately 300 words): 1 June 2017

*Deadline article*(6.000-8.000 words): 1 November 2017

*Publication date*: 1 May 2018

*Language*: Dutch and English

*About the journal*: /TMG – Journal for Media History/wants to promote 
research in media history and publish the results of that research. It 
offers a platform for original research and for contributions that 
reflect theory formation and methods within media history.//The journal 
is published online in open access, twice a year. /TMG – Journal for 
Media History/ uses a double blind peer review procedure: the authors do 
not know the identity of the reviewers, and vice versa. See: 
www.tmgonline.nl <http://www.tmgonline.nl/>.

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