Studies in French Cinema News (May 2011)

1. Studies in French Cinema vol 11 no 1
2. Studies in French Cinema vol 11 no 2
3. The Susan Hayward Prize
4. Research bursaries
5. Peer Review College
6. The next conference
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1. Studies in French Cinema vol 11 no 1

The first issue has now been published, and contains the following articles:
MARTIN O’SHAUGHNESSY, Silencing the war all the better to hear it: Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937)
COLIN DAVIS, Jean Renoir’s Elena et les hommes (1956) and the shadow of imperialism
RICHARD NEUPERT, Adieu Philippine and Rozier’s alternative sound practice
DAYNA OSCHERWITZ, Shaking up the historical (Film): Christophe Gans’s Le Pacte des loups/The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
ANNA GURAL-MIGDAL AND ROMAIN CHAREYRON, The ‘ghost image’ of horror and pornography in Michael Haneke’s La Pianiste (2001)
LISA COULTHARD, Negative ethics: The missed event in the French films of Michael Haneke

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2. Studies in French Cinema vol 11 no 2
The second issue has now been published, and contains the following articles:
RICHARD SUCHENSKI, ‘Turn Again, Tourneur’: Maurice Tourneur Between France and Hollywood
CHARLES O’BRIEN, Songs in French-Language Cinema: Coeur de Lilas (1932) in National and Transnational Context
NINA VARSAVA, Processions of trauma in Hiroshima mon amour: Towards an ethics of representation
HUNTER VAUGHAN, The philosophical war: Beyond the Cartesian subject in Alain Resnais’ La Guerre est finie (1966)
CAROLYN A. DURHAM, Bridging the gaps: The construction of Paris in Luc Besson’s Angel-A (2005)
JENNIFER BURRIS, Surveillance and the indifferent gaze in Michael Haneke’s Caché (2005)

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3. The Susan Hayward Prize
In recognition of Susan Hayward’s key contribution to the academic study of French cinema, the annual prize for the best article published in Studies in French Cinema in a given year by a researcher who was PG student at the point of submission has been renamed ‘The Susan Hayward Prize’.

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4. Research bursaries
We now offer two bursaries of £200-300 annually to support early-career researchers with the costs of illustrating their work. For conditions see the SFC website.

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5. Peer Review College
As the community of scholars working in French cinema has expanded, and the volume of articles submitted to Studies in French Cinema has increased, the Editorial team have established a Peer Review College to advise and support the journal.

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6. The next conference
The next conference will focus on Francophone cinema. However, we wish to consult our community about the best date and time to hold the conference. Please take a minute to complete the online survey, which you will find at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZG6S83J.

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Phil Powrie
Professor of Cinema Studies
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
University of Surrey
GU2 7XH

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Studies in French Cinema: http://surrey.ac.uk/fahs/research/sfc
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