film and television

CFP: Film Sequels (11/30/05; collection)

Film Sequels: New Theories of Remaking and Sequelization

Eds. Carolyn Jess (University of Sunderland, UK) and Constantine
Verevis (Monash University, Australia)

Back to the Medieval Future, or, Medieval Performance as the Vision of
Tomorrow
The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2006 Conference
Chicago, August 3-6, 2006

PANEL PROPOSAL for THE NINTH ANNUAL RED RIVER CONFERENCE ON WORLD
LITERATURE

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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APRIL 21, 22, 23 2006

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

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Television Nation: Cultural complexities of popular narrative

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2006 ANNUAL SW/TEXAS PCA/ACA CONFERENCE CFP

The =B3Television=B2 Area Chair invites interested scholars to submit papers on
any aspect of television (content, as a media format, etc.) for the 2006
conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Conference Dates: February 8-11, 2006.

If you are interested in being a presenter, please send a 100-250 word
abstract, including title, via email to the address below. In addition,
please provide your contact information: name, institutional mailing
address, home address, phone numbers, and email. The DEADLINE for proposal
submissions is NOVEMBER 15, 2005.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Reading CSI: Bodies of Evidence
Edited by Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Bridget Brown

Falling in Love Again -
Romantic Comedy in Post-Classical Cinema

Edited by Stacey Abbott & Deborah Jermyn (Roehampton University, UK)

Proposals are sought for a new edited collection on romantic comedy and
post-classical cinema.

Please note: the deadline for receipt of proposals for the follwoing anthology
has been extended to 14 October 2005.

(Un)Making the Cut: Feminism, Filmmaking, Fluidity
Edited by Corinn Columpar and Sophie Mayer

WORD AND IMAGE (ASECS, March 30-April 2, 2006)

This panel seeks to investigate the interaction between verbal and visual
languages in the art and literature of eighteenth-century Europe. Approaches
may draw upon such diverse fields as art history and image theory, cultural
studies, literary theory, visual semiotics, book history and print culture.
Some possible topics include: portraits in the text, engraving, illustrated
narratives and cartography, verbal description, and film adaptations of
eighteenth-century works. The objective is to engage in a stimulating dialogue
on the mutual collaboration of these two very rich forms of expression.

CFP: Anime/Manga Research Roundtable
Conference: PCA/ACA 2006 National Conference
Place: Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA
Dates: April 12-15

This is the national meeting of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association and this submission is under the area "Asian Popular Culture."

Title: A roundtable on the future of research in anime and manga.
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2005.

Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies is to =
dedicate a special issue to questions of aesthetics in Buffy and Angel. =
Papers of between 4,000 - 6,000 words are sought on any area of =
aesthetics in either or both of the shows. Contributors are free to =
defines aesthetics in any way they choose as long as the definition is =
explained in the paper. The analysis might include concerns such as =
lighting, music, stage sets, costume, script, make up, cinematography as =
well as others. The following is a list of possible areas of enquiry, =
but any relevant aspect of the shows will be welcomed: character, moral =
choices, sexuality, politics, race and ethnicity, history, genre, =

Call for Papers: Alfred Hitchcock
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2006 Southwest-Texas Popular Culture Association and American =
Association Conference
Albuquerque, NM
February 8-11, 2006
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Please consider joining us in Albuquerque for this year's SW-TX PCA/ACA =
Conference and delivering a presentation on the life and/or work of =
Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock's films continue to play a role in many =
critical debates central to cinema studies, and this area seeks to =
understand and explain their continued significance. Papers might =
address:
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1. Any theoretical/cultural/formal analysis of any Hitchcock film
2. The Hitchcockian influence
3. Hitchcock's biography

CFP: LOTR SW/TX PCA/ACA (11/15/05; 2/8-11/06)
Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA
Special Topic: Tolkien's LOTR

2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 27th
Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM,
February 8-11, 2006.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to
invite paper and panel proposals for several special sessions on any
aspect of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel
proposals, including full contact information for all participants, to:

C. Jason Smith
jsmith_at_lagcc.cuny.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS: Collection of critical essays on trash cinema

DEADLINE: November 1, 2005

We invite submissions for a critical anthology about the ever-expanding =
world of national and international trash cinema.

As fans of trash cinema, while we do like to think of the form as being =
utterly anti- or counter- =93mainstream=94 cinema, in the ways it =
challenges or reworks many of its assumptions, we are amazed at how many =
trash favorites (both personal and more perennial, if such a thing =
exists) have a striking formal similarity to =96 as well as an appeal =
for devotees of =96 the traditional film canon=92s fare.

CFP: Farscape SW/TX PCA/ACA (11/15/05; 2/8-11/06)
Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA
Special Topic: Farscape

2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 27th
Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM,
February 8-11, 2006.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to
invite paper and panel proposals for several special sessions on any
aspect of the television show Farscape.

Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel
proposals, including full contact information for all participants, to:

C. Jason Smith
jsmith_at_lagcc.cuny.edu