Call For Papers
Deadline Extension
Film and History League, Dallas, November 11-14 2004
Depictions of War on Television

The deadline has been extended for paper proposals for the Film and History League Conference at the Dolce convention center in Dallas Texas, November 11-14.  The new deadline is September 15, with the deadline for conference registration September 20.  Proposals for all areas are being accepted.

 Paper proposals are invited that examine television depictions of war, any aspects. Papers can address topics such as; war drama programs such as JAG or Navy NCIS, situation comedies such as MASH, television news coverage of the war in Iraq, or made-for-tv movies that depict any aspect of war. Topics are not limited and can include examinations of the television aesthetics of war, depictions of the homefront and of veterans. Proposals can be sent to Charlene Etkind at [log in to unmask]

 Proposal Dealine September 15
Full details about the meeting, to include full details about the below listed
topics and organizations are available at the Film & History web site:
www.filmandhistory.org
TOPICS:
CONCURRENT MEETING:
Literature Film Association and The Literature/Film Quarterly
(Purely literary or literature and radio or film.)
Contact [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
AREAS OF STUDY (all listed on web site with contact info)
Anti-War Comedies and Parodies
Aviation
Consequences and Legacies
Cuban Missile Crisis
Depiction on Television
The Family
Film Noir
Alfred Hitchcock
The Home Front
Holocaust
Korean Conflict
Stanley Kubrick
Literature Film Association
Marines
Medieval Wars
Military Leaders
Nursing
Pacifism
Propaganda
Spies
Vietnam
War Crimes
Terror
Women
World War II A and B films
WWII on ABC

SPECIAL SPEAKERS:
Adrian Cronauer of Good Morning Vietnam
Lawrence Suid, author of Guts and Glory: The Making of the
American Military Image on Film
Frank Thompson, expert on the Alamo and content expert for
The Alamo (2004)
Jeanine Basinger, author of The World War II Combat Film
Contact: Area Chairs via web site or Peter Rollins at [log in to unmask]
Be there!



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