>Foreign Language Film Conference
>
>Cultural Correspondences and the Camera
>
>Call For Papers : Interested scholars are invited to submit
>papers on aspects of film from traditions other than English, for
>the first-annual Foreign Language Film Conference of Southern
>Illinois University, Carbondale. The conference will take place
>October 11-13 2007, in the scenic region of southern Illinois.
>
>The FLFC will focus on the idea of _correspondances_. How are
>cultural transactions portrayed in cinema? How does the camera
>participate in creating a cultural dialogue? How are national
>cinemas transformed by their interactions with transnational
>audiences? Abstracts are invited in the following categories:
>
>- *Correspondences on camera*
>o Cultural interactions among national cinemas
>o Migrations, borders, vernaculars
>
>- *Correspondences off camera*
>o Dubbing, synchronization, production
>o Remakes, adaptations, translations
>o Genre-crossing
>
>- *Correspondences in the classroom*
>o Film as a pedagogical tool
>o Film as cultural/historical document for teaching
>language/literature
>
>Other panel suggestions are also invited; please see website
>(http://www.siu.edu/~flfc) for details. Selected proceedings
>will be considered for publication after the conference.
>
>Send abstract of not more than 250 words as an email attachment
>in Microsoft Word format. Abstract should include presenter's
>name, contact address and telephone number, and professional
>affiliation and status. Presentations should be 15-20 minutes
>long. Deadline for submission of abstracts (papers and panels):
>28 February 2007.
>
>
>Contacts:
>
>French and Francophone
>Dr. Rosemary Peters
>rosemary_at_siu.edu
>
>*
>
>German, Austrian, Swiss
>Thyra Knapp
>thyra_at_siu.edu
>
>*
>
>Spanish and Latin American
>Dr. Edgar Mejía
>emejia_at_siu.edu
>
>*
>
>Film in the Classroom
>Dr. Jennifer Smith
>smithjen_at_siu.edu
>
>*
>
>Other Traditions
>flfcsiuc_at_gmail.com
>
>*****
>
>http://www.siu.edu/~flfc
>
>*****
>
>

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