[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Language/Cinema Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference at the University of Leeds

[N. Kivilcim Yavuz]

*LANGUAGE/CINEMA*

*An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference*

*University** of Leeds***

*December 7- 8th, 2012*

*Call for Proposals *

*Deadline: August 1st, 2012*

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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 *of *cinema, referring instead to a language *in*cinema.

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.**

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:

·         Cinema as language

·         Film and the written word

·         Literary and theatrical adaptations

·         Verbal and body language

·         Language and New Media technology

·         Regional dialects and identities

·         Endangered/minority languages and cinema

·         Language and intertextuality

·         Intertitles in silent and sound cinema

·         Subtitles, dubbing and the question of translation

·         Language and cosmopolitanism

·         Language and national identity

Filmmakers and practitioners are also welcome to showcase their work at the
conference.

Please send a 300 word abstract along with a 150 word biography to
cwcinterns at gmail.com by *August 1st, 2012*. 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.



This Conference is supported by:

*Mixed Cinema Network (Leeds, York, Sheffield)*

*WUN (Worldwide Universities Network)*

*BAFTSS (British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies)*
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