[Commlist] Call for Chapters: Bergman Obscure

We invite book chapter proposals to be included in a forthcoming 
scholarly volume on hitherto unknown features of Ingmar Bergman’s works. 
We welcome proposals for essays that either discuss a film not widely 
discussed in the Bergman reception or highlight an undisclosed 
characteristic of Bergman’s work. The volume will be edited by Dr 
Torgeir Fjeld and Dr Jytte Holmqvist.

Bergman remains Swedish cinema’s most renowned auteur: Directors such as 
Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese have all acknowledged 
Bergman’s profound influence and recent biopics from Margarethe von 
Trotta (Searching for Bergman, 2018) and Mia Hansen-Løve (Bergman 
Island, 2021), continue to affirm his enduring legacy. Nevertheless, a 
significant portion of Bergman’s extensive filmography remains 
relatively unexposed to academic scrutiny. This collection aims to 
rectify this gap in the scholarly debate on Bergman by placing a 
particular emphasis on the lesser-known films and marginalized aspects 
of Bergman’s work. We seek to analyze films that were deemed commercial 
or artistic failures, asking how they can be reassessed today and why 
they hold renewed importance.

Two domains are of particular interest: first, Bergman’s psychologically 
dark and explorative films continue to provoke viewers in the way their 
protagonists tend to be pushed to the edge of sanity. Often these 
characters’ onscreen conundrums spill over into our off-screen reality, 
leaving us, too, reeling and bewildered. We are interested in chapters 
that investigate this blurring of diegetic levels and that further 
consider how author, viewer and work tend to get entangled in the case 
of Bergman. Second, we are looking for specific cases where troubles in 
the extra-diegetic, or “real” world enter into Bergman’s narrative 
universe. As an example, Life of the Marionettes and The Serpent’s Egg 
were created at a time when Bergman sought refuge in Germany after 
having been exposed and vilified in his native Sweden. These films 
provide windows into Bergman’s complex love-hate relationship with that 
country. despite having put the nation on the global cinematic map. We 
are interested in cases where films are analyzed through the lenses of 
socio-political and existentialist perspectives, unearthing the tensions 
and motivations that influenced their creation.

Chapters may investigate a particular film or films, one or more of 
Bergman’s productions for the stage, his written output, or other 
elements of his rich and expansive biography. Areas of inquiry can 
include, but are not limited to the following questions:

* How does Ingmar Bergman’s work and readings of it challenge the 
boundaries between narrative levels and between fiction and “reality”?
* In what specific ways did events in the life and times of Bergman 
shape and influence particular films and productions in his expansive 
oeuvre?
* How can we encourage a re-read or re-view of particular films and 
productions that went relatively unnoticed at the time of their release?

To submit a proposal email your abstract (150-300 words) and short 
author bio (no more than 100 words) to (ereignis /at/ tankebanen.no) by 
September 1, 2024. Chapters should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.

The book will be published by a major publisher. Chapters will undergo 
peer review.

## Timeline

* Proposal deadline: September 1, 2024
* Acceptance/Non-acceptance notice: October 1, 2024
* Chapter submission deadline: January 1, 2025

More information: 
<https://ereignis.no/assets/files/cfp-bergman-obscure.html>.


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