Martin O'Shaughnessy has asked me to alert colleagues to an extension of
the deadline for papers on French/Francophone film until 10 March for
the annual ASMCF conference.
*/La France et la Crise: bilans, ruptures, antécédents/*
*Modern and Contemporary France annual conference, Nottingham Trent,
9-11 September 2010*
The current economic crisis surely constitutes a major turning point for
France, Europe and the broader world. Since around 1983 -- the time of
the Socialist government's famous shift to the right -- the march of
liberal globalisation has seemed unquestioned and inevitable, decisively
shifting the balance of power between capital and nation-states on the
one hand, between management and labour on the other. The crisis has
thrown that apparently inevitable process into doubt, questioning our
assumptions and inviting us to an urgent mapping of the present and a
rethinking of our understanding of an immediate and longer-term past and
possible futures. The conference will be organised around four major
themes. We list these below with _suggested_ panels for each theme. _The
panels suggestions are not meant to imply that alternative ideas are not
also warmly welcomed_.
*1. **Mapping the crisis *
We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas:
Narratives of crisis (frameworks, actors, causes, solutions, periodisations)
The impact of the crisis on 'mainstream' politics
The crisis as moral crisis
Policy responses to the crisis
The crisis and the margins
The geography of crisis
The crisis and the world of work
The crisis in mainstream and alternative media
* *
*2. **Reactions to the crisis*
We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas:
Political alternatives (Greens, anti-capitalists, counter-globalists)
Protest movements and protest repertoires
Social movement reactions
Cultural responses (film, novel, theatre, song, bande dessinée etc.)
Intellectual reactions and interventions
* *
*3. **The international perspective*
We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas:
The crisis and development from a French perspective
The crisis and French Exceptionalism
France, Europe and the crisis
The French role in broader international responses to the crisis
*4. Histories, bilans*
We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas:
The 'bilan' of the neo-liberal years: patterns, changes, resistances
The crisis and the legacy of 1968
The crisis and the 1930s
The crisis of the 1970s
In line with the ASMCF's interdisciplinary approach, this three day
conference will welcome papers from a wide variety of disciplines
including international relations, history, geography, politics,
economics, sociology and religious, gender, literary, cultural, film and
media studies. We welcome both proposals for individual papers (300
words max.) and for panels, which should consist of three presenters and
a named chairperson. *Papers may be delivered in English or French*. The
total time for one paper is 20 minutes both for presentations in panels
as well as for individual presentations. Postgraduates students are
strongly encouraged to present papers.
Postgraduate Poster Session: Postgraduates in the early stage of their
research are invited to present their work at the conference Poster
Session. The Poster Session aims to enable postgraduate students to
participate in the conference programme, receive feedback from
specialists in an informal and friendly setting and to prepare them for
presenting papers at future conferences. If you require further
information about presenting a poster at the ASMCF annual conference,
please contact the ASMCF postgraduate representative, Lindsey Dodd
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
Proposals for papers and panels (with contact details) should be sent to
Martin.O'Shaughnessy ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Chris Reynolds
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) by 1
February 2010. *NEW DEADLINE 10 MARCH 2010*
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Phil Powrie
Professor of Cinema Studies
School of Modern Languages
Jessop West
University of Sheffield
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield S3 7RA Email: [log in to unmask]
Studies in French Cinema: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/crif/sfc/home.htm
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