Call for Papers ANIMAL Area 2008 Film & History Conference “Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond” October 30-November 2, 2008 Chicago, Illinois www.filmandhistory.org First-Round Deadline: November 1, 2007 Area: Animal Films From Bambi to March of the Penguins, animal films have represented human values, recorded life in the non-human world, and influenced perceptions of animal nature. Just as the medium of film connects its audience with faraway or fantastical places in other genres, so does it provide glimpses of animal lives they might otherwise not knowgeographically and temporally. This area seeks paper and panel proposals that examine images of animals and address the broader implications of these constructions. Have fictional representations affected the work of documentary film-makers? What value does wildlife footage have for animal science and conservation? What relationships do animal films form or dissolve with humans? Paper topics might include: Animals in fiction and the socio-cultural effects of such “nature fakery” The construction of animal lives in documentaries The role of animal films in environmentalism and wildlife conservation Portrayals of pets, tamed animals, and wildlife Human relationships with animals Role of visual and audio techniques and technologies in field photography Please send your 200-word proposal by November 1, 2007 to: Kelly Enright, Chair of the Animal Area Department of History Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 16 Seminary Place New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1004 [log in to unmask] Panel proposals for up to four presenters are welcome. Each presenter must submit his or her own paper proposal. Deadline for first-round proposals: November 1, 2007. This area, comprising multiple panels, is a part of the 2008 biennial Film & History Conference, sponsored by The Center for the Study of Film and History. Speakers will include founder John O’Connor and editor Peter C. Rollins (in a ceremony to celebrate the transfer to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh); Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Visions of the Apocalypse, Disaster and Memory, and Lost in the Fifties: Recovering Phantom Hollywood; Emmy award-winning writer and producer John Rubin, and special-effects legend Stan Winston, our Keynote Speaker. For updates and registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & History website (http://www.filmandhistory.org). ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]