[Commlist] CfP: Rethinking Weimar Cinema

We are delighted to circulate the call for papers for the ‘Rethinking 
Weimar Cinema’ conference (University of Oxford, 17-19 June 2026). We 
would be grateful if you could share the call 
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBICSXTPlJPad-7y9iGe0ZZnM-CmXDg/view?usp=sharing>with 
any students or colleagues who may be interested.

The centennial years of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) have seen a rise 
in academic engagement with and public interest in this period of German 
film history. As one of the most dynamic and experimental periods in 
global cinema, Weimar film has long been recognized for its aesthetic 
innovations, sociopolitical commentary, and influence on subsequent film 
movements. Yet these anniversary commemorations have not only reaffirmed 
the significance of this era, they have also opened the door for new 
questions, perspectives, and critical paradigms. This conference seeks 
to build on this momentum by revisiting Weimar cinema through fresh 
critical lenses and innovative methodologies, inviting participants to 
reconsider its cultural, political, and aesthetic significance in light 
of new archival discoveries, theoretical frameworks, and 
interdisciplinary approaches. The conference will take stock of our 
current understanding of Weimar film to map where this field may be 
heading as well as offering new genealogies of those images, figures, 
and texts that have defined it thus far.

In addition to traditional conference papers, we welcome contributions 
from archivists, practice-based researchers, and works of videographic 
criticism. Please submit proposals of up to 300 words 
(tolawrence.alexander /at/ rsa.ox.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(lawrence.alexander /at/ rsa.ox.ac.uk)> (andmlh21 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(mlh21 /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)> by 31st October 2025. Notices of 
acceptance will be sent out in December.

A limited number of bursaries are available to contribute to travel and 
accommodation costs for postgraduate and early-career speakers.

This event is hosted by theWeimar Film Network 
<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic/postgraduate/harrabin/weimarfilmnetwork/> and 
funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) as part of a 
three-year Promoting German Studies networking grant awarded to 
theGerman Screen Studies Network 
<https://germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/>, co-directed by Paul 
Flaig and Dora Osborne.


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