[Commlist] CfP: New Facets of Historical Film and Television in Contemporary Europe

Call for Papers

*New Facets of Historical Film and Television in Contemporary Europe*

Centre for Literature and Languages, Lund University, 8-9 May 2020

Keynote Speakers:

*Ib Bondebjerg*(University of Copenhagen) on German Noir: /Babylon 
Berlin/and the mediation of European History and Memory

*Julia B. Köhne*(Humboldt University Berlin) on Processing Traumatic 
Memories: Controversial Depictions in Contemporary European Film Culture

*Ewa Mazierska *(University of Central Lancashire) on Screen Biographies 
as Screen Memories: European Biopics in the New Millennium

Contemporary European audiovisual production – film, television as well 
as online videos – engages with history in a variety of ways. This 
conference will focus on emerging perspectives that capture ongoing 
developments across Europe. We aim to bring together scholars within 
disciplines such as Film and Television studies, European studies as 
well as History and Memory studies in order to chart key trends, methods 
and theories against a background of changing institutional and 
industrial contexts that determine the production and circulation of 
audiovisual works on historical themes. We are calling for papers that 
explore European productions of the past two decades along the following 
thematic and methodological strands:

*New screen biopics*. The past years have seen a vivid output of film 
and television series exploring biographies of historical figures. A 
number of these works cater to nostalgic longing for particular 
individual and national pasts, whereas others revise received histories 
and address issues relevant for people across Europe today. What stories 
do these biographed lives facilitate, and what memories and values do 
they evoke and strengthen?

**

*Untold stories of war, conflict and trauma*. How do screen works look 
at the ways histories of conflict have shaped stories and identities 
that have previously been forgotten, marginalized or excluded? What are 
their means for doing so and in what contexts are they produced and 
received?  How do these works reflect current conflicts and tensions?

*Televised history and transnational audiences.*National public service 
broadcasters, international television groups and global streaming 
services are investing in high-quality historical fictions and 
documentaries. Many of them attract large audiences on a national level, 
but they are also increasingly aiming for international markets. What 
representations of history do these new developments afford and invite 
us to share across borders? **

**

*Archives and cultural memory*. Audiovisual archives play a fundamental 
role for history film and television. They allow filmmakers and history 
advisors access to knowledge and original material. Footage can be 
located and later remediated in new productions – adding authenticity, 
cuing audiences to recall past events, and so on. Under what conditions 
do archives operate and how can they, in an era of digital curating and 
access, facilitate intergenerational and transnational memories?

We welcome submissions exploring any of these areas, while also 
acknowledging that papers may rewardingly address more than one of them.

Please submit your abstract (max 300 words) along with key references, 
institutional affiliation and a short bio (max 150 words), to the 
conference organizers.

Submission deadline: 15 December 2019.

Proposal acceptance notification: 15 January 2020.

Conference organisers:

Anders Marklund (Film Studies, Lund University), 
(anders.marklund /at/ litt.lu).se__

Sanimir Resic (European Studies, Lund University), (sanimir.resic /at/ slav.lu.se)

Conference fee: The conference fee will include coffee, lunches and 
reception. It will not exceed 75 Euro.

Conference website: https://historicalfilmandtelevision.wordpress.com 
<https://historicalfilmandtelevision.wordpress.com/>


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