<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%">LANGUAGE/CINEMA</span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">An
Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">University</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"> of Leeds</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">December
7- 8th, 2012</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Call
for Proposals </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Deadline:
August 1^st, 2012</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Film theorist Christian Metz once stated
that: ‘The image is like a word, the sequence is like a sentence, for a
sequence is made up of images like a sentence of words’. Though ground-breaking
in its day, such an understanding has been contested on the basis that a
linguistically-oriented semiology cannot adequately account for all the
properties of the film medium. For instance, Gilles Deleuze rejects the notion
of a language <i>of </i>cinema, referring instead to a language <i>in</i>
cinema.</span></p>

<p class="MsoCommentText"><span lang="EN-GB">Whether in the film form or content,
language remains a crucial issue in cinema. It is fundamental in the
construction of an original story and script, in particular in literary
adaptations. Language is the substance of the dialogue, be it spoken or
conveyed in the form of intertitles. Language is also a visual component of the
film, for example, in diegetic signs and billboards, or extradiegetic
subtitles. Additionally, the use of language can be the very subject matter of
a film, in a transnational world where multiculturalism is constantly reflected
on screen.<i></i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The association of cinema with language
offers an engagement with the text that both challenges and enriches the
critique of the film medium in a variety of ways. This conference seeks to
expand and explore the theme of language of, in and beyond cinema. This is a
call for postgraduates to submit proposals around topics which include, but are
not restricted to:</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Cinema as language</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Film and the written word</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Literary and theatrical
adaptations</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Verbal and body language</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Language and New Media
technology </span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Regional dialects and
identities</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Endangered/minority languages
and cinema</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Language and intertextuality</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Intertitles in silent and sound
cinema</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Subtitles, dubbing and the
question of translation</span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Language and cosmopolitanism </span></p>

<p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Language and national identity</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Filmmakers and practitioners are also
welcome to showcase their work at the conference.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please send a 300 word abstract along with
a 150 word biography to <a href="mailto:cwcinterns@gmail.com">cwcinterns@gmail.com</a> by <b>August
 1^st, 2012</b>. Selected participants will be informed by
September 1st. Please feel free to circulate this Call for Papers to your
contacts. We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds
in December 2012. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This Conference is supported by:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Mixed
Cinema Network (Leeds, York, Sheffield)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">WUN
(Worldwide Universities Network)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">BAFTSS
(British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies)</span></b></p>