[Bilimsel Haber] [ecrea] Film and Media Conference, Istanbul

[Nazan Haydari]

The deadline for submission of paper abstracts for the
>1st International Film and Media Conference in
>Istanbul, Turkey, from June 16th through 18th, 2006,
>has been extended to April 7, 2006.
>
>Keynote speakers include:
>Theo Angelopoulos, acclaimed for his films such as
>Ulysses' Gaze and The Weeping Meadow.
>Prof. Thomas Elsaesser (University of Amsterdam)
>Prof. Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)
>Prof. Jan Olsson (Stockholm University)
>
>As previously announced, the title of the conference
>is, Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European
>Context and the aim is to address the complex and
>intertwined issues in European film and audiovisual
>media arising from the transformations in technology
>and social/urban landscapes, and in the macro forces
>of economics and politics. These changes have
>significant implications for the production,
>distribution and exhibition/consumption of European
>audiovisual works, thus creating new micro-realities
>"within" and "across", and beyond the bounds of
>nationality, geography, space, language, ethnicity,
>race, gender and sexuality, age, socioeconomic
status,
>etc. We invite contributions from researchers and
>professionals from a broad cross-section of related
>schools and disciplines.
>
>Suggested areas of inquiry include (but are not
>limited to):
>
>•     Production/Distribution/Exhibition
>•     Film/Media and identity
>•     Gender
>•     Race/Ethnicity
>•     Political economy
>•     Urban topography/architecture and film/media
>•     Consumption/consumer society
>•     New media technologies
>•     Digitization
>•     Globalization/Regionalization
>•     Film/Media reception
>•     Questions of cultural imperialism
>•    
Territorialization/De-territorialization/Re-territorialization
>•     Cultural Heritage/Preservation
>
>Please submit a 250-word abstract to Serazer Pekerman
>(conference at bilgi.edu.tr)
>
>For detailed information and updates please click on
>the conference link http://filmandmedia.bilgi.edu.tr/
>
>Best Regards,
>Prof. Nezih Erdogan, Dean
>Faculty of Communication
>Istanbul Bilgi University

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