[ecrea] Film History Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

*Film and Media History Conference*
September 27-29, 2018
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

*“Stars and Screen”*
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https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/

The “Stars and Screen” Film and Media History Conference is an 
Interdisciplinary Symposium dedicated to Film History, Archival 
Research, Cinema and Media History.

In the ‘Golden Age’ of Classical Hollywood Cinema, MGM was known as the 
motion picture studio with “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven.” In 
fact, ‘Stars’ have illuminated cinematic screens for over 100 years, 
from classic movie stars (Bogart, Bacall, Hepburn, Chaplin) to films 
about Hollywood’s star factory (/A Star Is Born, What Price Hollywood?/) 
to shooting stars (/Deep Impact/), falling stars (/Sunset Boulevard, 
Raging Bull/), and stars in ‘space, the final frontier’ (/Star Trek/) in 
a ‘galaxy far, far away’ (/Star Wars/). Digital video streaming and 
binge watching of films and media also re-imagines and creates new 
moving image ‘stars’ transforming the cinematic or televisual 
production, distribution, and viewing reception experience. What does 
this nostalgic re-imagining of film history and cinematic production of 
stars on screen tell us about the cultural moment we find ourselves 
in? The 2018 Film and Media History Conference explores the theme of 
“Stars and Screen.”

The 2018 “Stars and Screen” Film and Media History Conference invites 
paper proposals from all areas of Film History, Cinema and Media Studies 
and interdisciplinary submissions from across the humanities, arts, 
sciences and social sciences, including:

·Film History,
·Classical Hollywood Cinema,
·Archival Research,
·Film/Media Industry,
·Historical Development of the Studio System,
·Women Writers, Directors and Producers in Hollywood
·Film Noir, Femme Fatales, Hard-Boiled Antiheroes,
·Star System, Major Studios, Independent Production,
·Censorship, Film/Media Propaganda,
·Film Genres (Science Fiction, Musical, Comedy, Western, Gangster, 
Thriller, Horror),
·Hollywood ‘Star Factory,’
·Women and Men in the Dream Factory,
·Émigrés, Immigrants, and Refugees,
·Filmmakers as behind-the-scenes ‘Star’ Auteurs,
·Hollywood Blacklist,
·Evolution of Stars (Bogart, Bacall, Chaplin, Hepburn, Cagney, Hayworth, 
Brando) from the Silent Era to ‘Contract’ Studio Creative Talent to 
Independent Filmmakers/Producers
·International Cinema,
·TV/Netflix/Long-Form Cinematic Drama,
·Motion Picture Technology, New Media,
·Convergence between Film and Television,
·Television History,
·Music, Jazz, Soundtracks, ‘Star’ Musicians,Musical Stars,
·Hollywood and Democracy,
·Radio, Music/Recording Industry
·American Studies,
·Documentary, Third Cinema,
·Popular Culture, Animation, Avant-Garde Cinema,
·Images of Women, Gender, Ethnicity/Race, History, Science, Politics in 
Film and Media.

Paper proposals are invited from ALL AREAS of film history and media 
studies. Proposals relating to the conference theme are encouraged, but 
also of interest are submissions on film history, classical Hollywood 
cinema, archival research, national cinemas, film genres and stars, 
auteur studies, film and music, media industry, television history and 
new media, science fiction, and cultural or political issues connected 
to the moving image. Proposal abstracts should be 200-300 words in 
length and are due by June 15, 2018.

Please submit your proposal electronically by entering your abstract on 
the Stars and Screen Conference Submission Form 
<https://goo.gl/forms/OaMmCKeAp3AtAqmk1>.

The conference’s keynote speakers include:

Thomas Schatz <https://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/tom-schatz>, Professor and 
Chair of the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of 
Texas at Austin and author of /Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, 
and the Studio System/;/The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking 
in the Studio Era/;//and/Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s/.

Brian Neve <http://www.bath.ac.uk/polis/staff/brian-neve/>, Honorary 
Reader in Art and Politics of Film at The University of Bath, UK and 
author of /Film and Politics in America: A Social Tradition/;/Elia 
Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider/;//and/The Many Lives of Cy 
Endfield: Film Noir, the Blacklist, and Zulu/.

Cynthia Baron 
<https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies/faculty-and-staff/affiliated-faculty/cynthia-baron.html>, 
Professor of Theatre and Film Studies, American Culture, and Women’s, 
Gender & Sexuality Studies at Bowling Green State University and author 
of /Reframing Screen Performance/; /Denzel Washington/; and /Modern 
Acting: The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre/.

Charles Maland <https://english.utk.edu/people/charles-maland/>, 
Professor of Film Studies, American Cultural Studies and American 
Literature at The University of Tennessee and author of /Chaplin and 
American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image//; Frank Capra//; City 
Lights//; and American Visions: The Films of Chaplin, Ford, Capra, and 
Welles//./
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The conference will take place at Rowan University, located in 
Glassboro, in South New Jersey. It is within easy driving distance of 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and about 100 miles south of 
New York City, and is served by the nearby Philadelphia (PHL) airport. 
The Courtyard Marriott Glassboro-Rowan University 
<http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlgb-courtyard-glassboro-rowan-university/> 
hotel is located adjacent to the Rowan University campus.

For more information, visit the ‘Stars and Screen’ Film and Media 
History Conference website at https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/


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