Synoptique is inviting submissions for a special issue entitled “Teaching Media Archives.” This special issue will explore strategies to activate student interest in archives and media preservation, bridging a gap between film and media education and the archival profession. These strategies may be those that…
Early Cinema in the British Empire CfP for Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culture Guest edited by James M. Burns and Mario Slugan The dominant approach to early cinema (c.1893-1918) has been to treat it as an emblem of modernity ushering in the new age of urbanization…
Please find attached the CfP for the international conference ‘Off- and On-Screen: The “New Woman” in Early Russian Cinema’ that will be hosted by the University of Basel in September 2022. We sincerely hope we will be able to hold this conference in person. The…
The extended deadline to submit proposals for Domitor 2022, Dec 6, is approaching ! Please help us circulate the call for papers below widely to insure a successful conference. Thank you very much, and as always, for your support. *** The 2022 Domitor committee and the EC…
The Visible Archive: Archiving, preserving, digitizing, and sharing ‘non-feature’ film collections Symposium of the 2022 FIAF Congress 25–26 April 2022, Budapest – Hosted by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive Call for papers: Nowadays, great progress has been made worldwide in the digitization and restoration of…
The University of Southampton’s Centre for International Film Research is now accepting proposals for its conference : The little apparatus’ : 100 years of 9.5 films (16, 17, 18 June 2022) This event aims to reflect on the diverse use of 9.5mm film throughout its 100…
The Magic Lantern in Leisure, Entertainment and Popular CultureLocation: Photography Museum (FOMU) in Antwerp, BelgiumPre-conference Event at CINEMATEK Brussels on 4 May 2022This conference aims to bring together new research and scholarship on the many uses of the magic/optical lantern. The conference will also present and discuss…
The Editorial Board of Vivomatografías. Revista de estudios sobre precine y cine silente en Latinoamérica is pleased to announce the call for papers for its seventh issue, that will be published in December 2021. We accept contributions in Spanish, Portuguese and English dealing with…
The University of Turin is inviting scholars and students to submit abstracts for “Shadowed Screens. Dante’s Inferno in Cinema and Audio-Visual Media.” The conference will take place in Turin from 16 to 18 December 2021. Of particular interest are proposals which emphasize interdisciplinary perspectives, unpublished documental sources,…
Universitat De Girona & Museu del Cinema are currently circulating a call for papers for the 13th International Seminar on the Origins and History of Cinema: Virtual worlds in early cinema: devices, aesthetics and audiences. This conference, organized by the Museu del Cinema, The Department…
Les cahiers de narratologie just published a call for papers for an issue dedicated to magic lanterns entitled : “Scrolling, projection, performance. The magic lantern as narrative device.” Abstracts (app. 700 words, in French) are due February 1st, 2021 and can be sent at…
Cinema in France from 1908 to 1919 International Conference Paris (France) April 2021 Language: French or English Deadline: March 31st, 2020 Extension of the deadline: May 30st, 2020 Announce of the deadline extension and updated call for papers Call for papers (French + English) Website of the ANR Project “History…
Audience Lost: Minority Women and Spectatorship International Conference Ghent University, Belgium November 22-23, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail
Experimental Media Archaeology in the Classroom Themed issue of: Early Popular Visual Culture special issue Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2018 Call for proposals detail
RADICALS 2019 NYU Orphan Film Symposium Austrian Film Museum, Vienna June 7-8, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2018
SISTERS The 10th Women and the Silent Screen Conference hosted by the 5th Eye International Conference Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam May 25-28, 2019 Language: English Conference detail Deadline for proposals: November 30, 2019
THE VISIBLE WOMAN: ON-SCREEN PRESENCES OF FEMININITY (1895-1920) 12th International Seminar on the History and Origins of Cinema EspaiCaixa, Girona March 28-29, 2019 Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: November 4, 2018 extended until November, 11!
New Approaches to Silent Film Historiography: Technology, Spectatorship and the Archive Silent Film Historiography Conference 2018 University of Leeds, UK September 18-19, 2018 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: August 10, 2018
Writing Film History with the Amateur: Techniques and the Archives International Conference University of Lausanne & Cinémathèque suisse, national film archive November 28-30, 2018 Language: English & French Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2018
Materiality, Aesthetics and The History of Technology. The François Lemai Collection as Laboratory International Conference Université Laval, Québec 29 October – 2 November 2018 Language: English & French Call for papers detail in English / Collection to be examined The deadline has been extended to April 24 ! Deadline for…
