Studies in French Cinema News (February 2013)
1. Studies in French Cinema vol 13 no 1
2. Membership and journal subscription
3. Studies in French Cinema Annual Conference, 27 June 2013
4. Susan Hayward Prize
5. New books
6. Translator required: Frodon
7. Two seminars by Jean-Michel Frodon at St Andrews, April 2013
8. Chris Marker Study Day, Birkbeck, 23 February 2013
9. CFP: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures, Stirling, 20 June 2013
10. CFP: Queer European Film, Studies in European Cinema
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1. Studies in French Cinema vol 13 no 1
This has now been published and contains:
Emma Bielecki, Fantômas’s shifting identities: From books to screen
Kim Knowles, Travels with a camera:
Speed and embodiment in early French avant-garde film
Robert J. Cardullo, Cinema as ‘social documentary’: The film theory of André Bazin, revisited
Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, La Fille coupée en deux (2007): instabilité générique, théâtralité et « image-cristal » selon claude chabrol
Jennifer Munro, Denis, Caven, Fassbinder: Reading performance intertextuality in 35 Rhums (2008)
Alison Smith, Crossing the linguistic threshold: language, hospitality and linguistic exchange in Philippe Lioret’s Welcome and Rachid Bouchareb’s London River
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2. Membership and journal subscription
A reminder that membership of the Association for Studies in French Cinema is £10, and that this automatically reduces individual journal subscription from £36 to £18 per annum. If you would like to join the Association, please click on the following link, which will take you to the University of Surrey’s online store for the annual subscription for 2013. We will then arrange the discount with the journal distributors. Link:
http://store.surrey.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&catid=64&modid=1&prodid=1468&deptid=75&prodvarid=0.
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3. CFP Studies in French Cinema Annual Conference, June 2013
Thursday, 27 June 2013, Middlesex University, London
Papers are invited on any aspect of French cinema, but we would particularly welcome papers (in French or English) on the following topics:
French Films, French Philosophers: Explorations of the relationship between cinema and philosophy, and the ways in which such relationships may manifest in the aesthetics, themes, and/or perspectives in particular French cinemas.
Production Studies in a European Context: Studies of the ways in which French cinema, both historical and contemporary, may be produced. Papers about the contexts of production, distribution, and exhibition; new models of production; and relationship with Hollywood and other national cinemas are welcomed.
Beyond French Cinema as We Know It: Investigations into French cinema that furthers knowledge beyond those concerning accepted canons, auteurs, genres, theories, and ideas.
Papers, including clips, should not exceed 20 minutes. Proposals of 200-300 words should be submitted by 28 February 2013 to Dr Sharon Lin Tay<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) with “French Cinema Conference” as the subject heading. Selected proposals will be announced in early April. Further details (fee, reduced rates and bursaries, location, accommodation):
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/fahs/research/sfc/annualconference/index.htm
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4. Susan Hayward Prize
The Susan Hayward prize for 2012 has been awarded to Mary Harrod (Kings College London) for her article 'Linguistic difference as ontological sameness in Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis', published in Studies in French Cinema vol 12 no 1 (2008).
The Prize is awarded annually in January by the Editorial Board for the best article published in the journal by an author who was registered as a Doctoral candidate at the time of submission. The prize consists of a cheque for £100, and free admission to the Studies in French Cinema annual conference in 2013.
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5. New books
Patricia Caillé et Florence Martin (eds), Les Cinémas du Maghreb et leurs publics, L’Harmattan.
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=numero&no_revue=1&no=38742
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6. Translator required: Frodon
St Andrews Film Studies, the university-affiliated press led by Prof. Dina Iordanova, is in the early stages of publishing two books by Jean-Michel Frodon: Le Cinéma d’Edward Yang (Paris: Editions de l’Eclat, 2010), and La Projection Nationale: Cinéma et Nation (Paris: Odile Jacob, 1998). They are looking for a professional translator from French to English. For Le Cinéma d’Edward Yang, we search someone who in addition to perfect French and English has an intimate knowledge of Chinese (Taiwanese) culture and cinema. If you are interested or if you know of someone who would be appropriate for this project, please contact Stefanie Van De Peer <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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7. Two seminars by Jean-Michel Frodon at St Andrews, April 2013
Prominent international journalist and film critic Jean-Michel Frodon has joined the Department of Film Studies and will teach two open seminars in April 2013. His deep and extensive background in film criticism and history is drawn from his years as chief editor of Cahiers du Cinema.
FILM FESTIVALS AND FESTIVAL FILMS
This series of seminars by foremost film critic and cineaste Jean-Michel Frodon will look at the concept and development of film festivals and festival films: how do film festivals effect filmmaking worldwide? Seminars will take place once a week. These two-hour seminars are open to everyone and will take place in the Quad, School 5, on Thursdays, 11.00am - 1.00 pm.
We will cover issues such as the festival visitor, mass markets, national and transnational festivals, the politics of festivals, themed festivals, audiences and professionals, economics and aesthetics, archives, patterns and explorations.
CINEMA AND NATION
This series of seminars by foremost film critic and cineaste Jean-Michel Frodon will look at the concept of national cinema and the projection of the nation on screen. Seminars will take place twice a week. These 1.5-hour seminars are open to everyone and will take place in the Quad on Wednesdays (School 1) and Thursdays (School 6) at 5.30pm to 7.00pm.
We will cover issues such as national identity and national film cultures, through the hypothesis of how cinema has, and still does, represent national situations and evolutions, for its indigenous communities and potentially also for the rest of the world.
For all info on these courses, and to receive course materials, please contact Stefanie van de Peer, Research Coordinator Centre for Film Studies, University of St Andrews, on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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8. Chris Marker Study Day, Birkbeck, 23 February
The new Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) is holding a Chris Marker Study Day at the Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1, on Saturday 23rd February, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
With contributions from Chris Darke, Janet Harbord, and other invited guests, this free event will feature screenings of rarely seen films and discussion of La Jetée and other key works by Marker.
The day will close with the first UK screening of a work-in-progress cut of Emiko Omori’s To Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter (USA, 2012).
Places are limited, so please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to book (
Laura Mulvey and Michael Temple, on behalf of Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image).
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9. CFP: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures, Stirling, 20 June 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
Allah n'est pas obligé: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures, SFPS Postgraduate Study Day, University of Stirling, 20 June 2013
From France to West Africa and farther afield in the Francophone world, Islam is a dominant force in the universe that writers, filmmakers and other social and cultural actors hail from and often turn to for critical inspiration. It has played a major role in the history of this world before, during and after the colonial period. However, the study of Islam has received insufficient attention in Francophone postcolonial and cultural studies. Over a decade into the twenty-first century, Islam is still heavily studied in its disciplinary stronghold of area studies but rarely in the postcolonial zones of the arts and the humanities. When one considers its central position in many Francophone cultures and the insufficient attention it has received in postcolonial studies, Islam can thus be seen as a very promising research site for new critical perspectives on cultural production in and beyond the Francophone world.
The next postgraduate study day of the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies (SFPS) will take place at the University of Stirling on 20 June 2013. It aims to bring together postgraduate researchers and attending scholars in the humanities and the social sciences to reflect on the location of Islam in Francophone cultures. Potential themes might include but are not limited to:
● Representations of pre-colonial Islam
● Islam in colonial discourse
● Islam and postcolonialism
● Islam in Francophone literature, cinema, mass media, and arts
● Diasporic and Transatlantic Islam
● Islam Francais? Islam laïque?
● Islam and immigration
● Political Islam
● Francophone responses to ‘9/11’
● Islam in West Africa, the Francophone Caribbean and the Maghreb
● Islam in French and Francophone Studies
Proposals of 250 words in English or French accompanied by a short biography to be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 15 March 2013.
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10. CFP: Queer European Film, Studies in European Cinema
Editors: Leanne Dawson (Edinburgh), Jacky Collins (Northumbria)
European film has long featured queer elements, while recent cinematic output increasingly challenges national borders and cultural boundaries via a multitude of transnational co-productions and transcultural themes. It is therefore timely to investigate the fluidity of borders and boundaries in relation to the concepts of queerness and nation in order to map the myriad specificities, subjectivities and desires of queer film in contemporary Europe.
The proposed series of special editions of peer-reviewed journal, Studies in European Cinema will explore the current situation of queer film in Europe. Contributions of approximately 6,000 words may include close readings of individual films, but should strive to achieve an overview of queer film/practice by locating work in its broader cultural, political and social context. Articles may focus on one country/language area or include a comparative aspect. Submissions are welcome on, but not limited to, European cinema and the following themes:
sexuality and/or gender
queering straight film
the intersection of transculturalism/nationalism and queerness
queer directors
queer(ing) stars/star personas
queer(ing) film festivals
Abstracts of 200 words and a 150 word bio-bibliography should be submitted by Friday 29 March 2013 to: Leanne Dawson ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Jacky Collins ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
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Phil Powrie
Professor of Cinema Studies
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