[Discussion] Memory and History in Film

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Call for Papers 

Memory and History in Film 

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2004 Conference, March 4-7, 
Atlanta, Georgia. 

Deadline for submissions: July 30, 2003 

The session, “Memory and History in Film,” will look into the relationship 
of memory and history and its representation through the cinematic medium. 
This proposed session will address a range of issues, questions and debates 
exploring the relationship between history and memory. We would also explore 
the relationship between film and literature, explaining and evaluating the 
issues most frequently raised on the subject. It also aims to raise 
questions crucial to the understanding of how the cinema (re)works the ideas 
of history and memory through representation. Therefore, the rationale for 
organizing this panel is to trace the trajectories of these two 
forces—Memory and History—always at odds with each other within culture. 
What is the nature of this relationship? Is there a difference between 
memories of the past and the past itself? How do individual and social 
memories intersect? What do the sites of memory tell us about how events 
are remembered and which are forgotten? How does memory become history? 

Specific topics include oral history and social history, private and public 
memory, myth and history, war and remembrance, popular memory and nostalgia, 
psychoanalysis and history, memory and collective identity, and trauma and 
memory. 

Please send your electronic proposal to : 
Dr. Amresh Sinha 
Dept. of Film, Videpo and Broadcasting 
SCPS 
New York University 
as257@nyu.edu