Utrecht University's Institute for Media and Re/Presentation presents: CALL FOR PAPERS VISIBLE EVIDENCE VIII AUGUST 17-20, 2000 Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands The 2000 Visible Evidence Conference is presented by Utrecht University in co-operation with the Filmmuseum and Film Theatre 't Hoogt. The 2000 Visible Evidence Conference is the eighth in a series of major interdisciplinary conferences on the representation of (social) reality in documentary film and video. Since the key issue of representing reality explores a wide range of cultural, political, social, historical, ethnographic, medical and pedagogical questions, we welcome papers from all academic fields. We would also like to involve filmmakers, curators and producers in debates on contemporary documentary practice, and to explore the space between the perspectives of scholars and cultural entrepreneurs. Filmmakers Johan van der Keuken and Peter Forgacs (conditionally) are happy to participate in the conference. At this time you may submit a paper directly to a panel listed below (to the panel chair), or to the Open Call address listed at the bottom of this page. In either case you will need to submit the following: 1) a one page paper proposal, 2) a brief description of your experience relevant to the proposal, 3) your e-mail address and phone number. All proposals for panels must be received by e-mail, by March 31st, 2000. To view full descriptions of existing panel topics please visit our website at www.let.uu.nl/tftv/ve8/ Visible Evidence VIII Panels: * Dina Iordanova, University of Leicester Panel: The Post-Communist Post-Colonial Contact: [log in to unmask] * Bill Nichols, San Francisco State University Panel: Revising the Record Contact: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] * Patricia Zimmermann, Ithaca College Panel: Mining the home movie: Excavations into Historical and Cultural Memories Contact: [log in to unmask] * Barbara Abrash , New York University and Patricia Aufderheide, American University Panel: Confession, testimonial, witness: Human rights and personal narrative in documentary Contact: [log in to unmask] * Julia Lesage, University of Oregon Panel: Travel Media, Now and Then Contact: [log in to unmask] * Dan Streible, University of South Carolina Panel: Re-examining Newsreels as History Contact: [log in to unmask] * Frank Kessler, Utrecht University Panel: Visible Evidence, But What Of? Reassessing Early Nonfiction Contact: [log in to unmask] * Elizabeth Cowie, University of Kent Panel: Performing Identity: Documenting Subjectivity Contact: [log in to unmask] * Derek Paget, University College Worchester Panel: Border Genres: Hybrid Futures Contact: [log in to unmask] * Thomas Elsaesser, Amsterdam University Panel: Appropriate Identities Contact: [log in to unmask] Open Call for papers that do not fit panel topics Two or three panels will be constructed from submissions to the open call. Send Open Call Proposals to: Sonja de Leeuw Media and Re/Presentation Utrecht University: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For more information about fees, local information, hotels and to view full descriptions of existing panel topics please visit our website at www.let.uu.nl/tftv/ve8/ The 2000 Visible Evidence Conference will be organized by the Utrecht University FBU-congress Bureau. Project leader for VE VIII is Ms. Jorunn Labordus For all your questions about administrative issues, please mail to [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu