[Commlist] CFP: CAIS Conference -Memories of genocide: cultural mediation and circulation in film, literature and media

Together with Giulia Gliozzi, we are organizing a panel for the CAIS 
2026 Conference, which will take place from May 4 to 7, 2026, at the 
University of British Columbia (Vancouver). We are reaching out to 
invite submissions for paper proposals and to circulate our call related to:

*Memories of genocide: cultural mediation and circulation in film, 
literature and media 
<https://canadianassociationforitalianstudies.org/Overview-2026>*

The memory of genocide and mass violence is not transmitted as a stable 
or self-contained historical record, but is continuously shaped through 
cultural practices, media forms, and institutional frameworks that 
enable narratives, testimonies, and images to circulate across national 
boundaries.

This panel aims to bring together scholars working on how memories of 
genocide are produced, mediated, translated, and re-signified across 
film, literature, and a wide range of media and cultural platforms. The 
panel welcomes interdisciplinary contributions grounded in cultural 
studies, memory studies, film and media studies, testimonial and 
literary studies, translation studies, and related fields. Papers may 
address a wide range of genocidal and post-conflict contexts, including 
but not limited to the Holocaust, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, 
Southeast Asia, Latin America, and other histories of mass violence. 
Comparative and transmedial approaches are particularly encouraged.

Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

  * Transmedial adaptations between literary texts, testimony,
    documentary, and fiction film
  * Editorial, curatorial, and institutional practices shaping public 
memory
  * Circulation of genocide narratives through publishing markets,
    festivals, and cultural industries
  * Cultural mediation of genocide memory in film, literature, and
    audiovisual media
  * Reception and public debates surrounding films and literary works on
    mass violence
  * The role of archives, archival reuse, and found footage in memory
    production
  * Journalism, investigative media, and digital platforms as vectors of
    memory circulation
  * Education, museums, and heritage institutions as mediators of
    traumatic pasts
  * Cultural and political uses of genocide memory in contemporary
    public discourse


Please submit a 150-200-word abstract and a brief biography.
*Closing Date for Receiving Proposals for this Session: March 1st, 2026*


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