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CALL FOR PAPERS

Literature/Film Association Annual Conference
October 15-18, 2015
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA

“Adapting the Real”

Film adaptation has largely been inspired by fiction.  Historically, the movies have taken their cue from novels, short stories, and plays.  In recent years, however, a growing number of films have been based on works of nonfiction, including memoirs (American Sniper, Wild, Captain Phillips, Twelve Years a Slave), biographies (The Imitation Game, Unbroken, The Theory of Everything, Lincoln), histories (Argo, The Monuments Men, Public Enemies, Seabiscuit), reportage (The Bling Ring, Fast Food Nation, Moneyball, Green Zone)—even self-help and inspirational books (Heaven is for Real, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Julie & Julia, Think Like a Man).  Still other movies have sought to directly engage with or shape—in short, “adapt”—reality itself, from docudramas (Selma, Margin Call, Compliance, Foxcatcher) to essay films (Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Los Angeles Plays Itself, My Winnipeg, Waltz with Bashir), to say nothing of the history of documentary itself.  What does this new appetite for the real—especially where adaptation is concerned—tell us about the cultural moment we find ourselves in?  The 2015 Literature/Film Association conference takes up the exploration of this question as its theme.  

Paper proposals are invited from ALL AREAS of film and media studies.  Proposals relating to the conference theme outlined above are especially encouraged, but also of significant interest are submissions on adaptation studies, film and history, national cinemas, film genres and stars, auteur studies, film and technology, television and new media, and cultural or political issues connected to the moving image. Proposal abstracts should be 300-500 words in length and are due by July 20, 2015.  Please send by e-mail attachment to Peter Lev ([log in to unmask]) and David Johnson ([log in to unmask]).  

The conference’s keynote speaker will be Timothy Corrigan, Professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Corrigan’s work in Cinema Studies has focused on modern American and contemporary international cinema, with a special interest in adaptation and nonfiction film. His books include New German Film: The Displaced Image (Indiana UP), The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History (Routledge), A Cinema without Walls: Movies and Culture after Vietnam (Routledge/Rutgers UP), Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader (2nd ed., Routledge), and The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker (Oxford UP), winner of the 2012 Katherine Singer Kovács Award for the outstanding book in film and media studies.  He has also published essays in Film Quarterly, Discourse, and Cinema Journal, among other collections, and is an editor of the journal Adaptation.

The conference will take place at York College of Pennsylvania, located in the historic city of York, in South-Central Pennsylvania.  It is within easy driving distance of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., and is served by airports in nearby Harrisburg (HIA) and Baltimore (BWI).  The official conference hotel is the Yorktowne, located in downtown York, where a special rate of $89/night is available to attendees who book rooms before September 15, 2015.  Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-233-9324.  A complimentary shuttle service will run between the hotel and the college. 

The Literature/Film Association will make available two travel awards of $500 each for graduate student or junior faculty attendees who demonstrate a need for financial assistance.  A special prize of $250 will also be awarded for the best graduate student paper delivered at the conference.

The conference registration fee is $150 before September 15, 2015 and $175 thereafter.  All conference attendees must also be current members of the Literature/Film Association.  Annual dues are $20.  To register for the conference and pay dues, visit the Literature/Film Association website at http://litfilm.org/conference/ and use our PayPal feature.  

Presenters will be invited to submit their work to Literature/Film Quarterly for potential publication.  For details on the journal’s submission requirements, visit www.salisbury.edu/lfq. 

Please contact the Literature/Film Association at [log in to unmask] with any questions.

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