[Commlist] Call for Papers: Mediating China

*_Call for Papers_*

**

*Mediating ‘China’:*

*Postgraduate Symposium of Visual Representations of the People, 
Traditions, and Spaces of Chinese-speaking Communities*

*Saturday, **4 May 2019*

*Avenue Campus (Lecture Theatre B), University of Southampton (UK)***

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The Centre for International Film Research (CIFR), run by the Film 
department at the University of Southampton, cordially invites 
postgraduate students to submit paper abstracts for our forthcoming 
postgraduate symposium, entitled ‘Mediating China’, on the visual 
representation of the people, traditions and spaces of Chinese-speaking 
communities in film, TV and new media. The symposium will take placeat 
the Avenue Campus, the University of Southampton, on *4 May 2019*. This 
symposium will coincide with the 100^th anniversary of the May Fourth 
Movement that was instrumental in changing the trajectory of the 
development of Chinese culture in the past century.

This symposium will explore how the spaces, identity, language, people 
and traditions of various Chinese-speaking communities have been 
visualised and represented in a variety of visual media. From cinema and 
video games to television and other art forms, this symposium will offer 
an excellent platform to promote comprehensive and interdisciplinary 
insight not only into the Chinese visual culture itself, but also the 
eclectic range of innovative research methods and critical approaches 
employed to study and analyse such culture, along with their development 
and integration with the world amidst globalisation and current 
affairs/international relations.This is an excellent opportunity for 
those of you who would like to discuss your latest research with some of 
the leading figures in the fields of film and media studies. Several 
renowned scholars have kindly agreed to be our panel discussants. It 
will also give postgraduate students an opportunity to do networking and 
to stay abreast of the latest research trends in related disciplines.

*Our confirmed panel discussants include:*

・Professor Tim Bergfelder (University of Southampton, UK)

・Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald (University of Lincoln, UK)

・Dr Julian Stringer (University of Nottingham, UK)

*Abstract and paper submission:*

If you would like to present a paper at this symposium, please send us 
an *abstract of no more than 250 words* and a *short biography**of **no 
more than 100 words (*detailing your research interestsand PhD 
supervisors,your affiliation, and email address).

Abstracts can be submitted via email to: (_jj1g16 /at/ soton.ac).uk_

*Deadline for abstract submission: Thursday, 28^February 2019, 5pm (UK 
time).*

Selected presenters will be invited to submit a full paper (for a 
presentation of 20 minutes) before the symposium day. *Deadline for full 
paper submission: Monday, 22 April 2019, 5pm (UK time).*

Contributions may include, but are by no means limited to, the following 
areas:

・Chinese-language films, TV, new media, and related industries

・Media and visual culture in the Chinese context

・Representations of Chinese identity in film, TV, and new media

・Representations of time,space, and place in Chinese-language film, TV, 
and new media

・The aesthetics of Chinese of film, TV, and new media

・Chinese visual culture and globalisation

・Chinese visual culture and its integration with current 
affairs/international relations

・Chinese media traditions/practices/industries and their interaction 
with media traditions/practices of other countries/territories


NOTE: Presentation is in English only

This symposium is sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University 
of Southampton.

There will be NO registration fee. However, chosen presenters will have 
to arrange their own trip/accommodation. Lunch and refreshments will be 
provided by the organisers.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out in *early March 
2019*.Please do get in touch with James at (_jj1g16 /at/ soton.ac).uk_, if you 
have any questions.

Please check out our event webpage: 
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/cifr/news/events/2019/05/04-mediating-china.page

04-mediating-china | Centre for International Film Research | University 
of Southampton 
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www.southampton.ac.uk
The Centre for International Film Research (CIFR)


04-mediating-china | Centre for International Film Research | University 
of Southampton 
<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/cifr/news/events/2019/05/04-mediating-china.page>
www.southampton.ac.uk
The Centre for International Film Research (CIFR)


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