Call for Papers: "Violence, Cinema, and American Culture," Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri-St. Louis, April 6-7, 2001. Papers and panels are invited for a conference on film and violence. We seek a wide-ranging program on a variety of topics, including technical/technological and representational issues; philosophical, psychoanalytical, and historical/historicist approaches; violence and genre; violence and ideology. Invited speakers include Noel Carroll, Carol Clover, and William Ian Miller. Completed papers should not exceed 20/25 minutes' reading time. Please send 250-word abstracts by October 30, 2000, to Frank Grady or Paul Roth Department of English Department of Philosophy University of Missouri, St-Louis University of Missouri, St-Louis 8001 Natural Bridge Road 8001 Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, MO 63121 St. Louis, MO 63121 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] fax (314) 516-5781 fax (314) 516-5816 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html