Call For Papers 321b35a.png The Sixth Annual International Red River Conference on World Literature April 25-27, 2003 North Dakota State University, Fargo ND Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 16, 2002 This year's theme is "World Literature / World Film: Intersections and Challenges." Possible topics include, but are not limited to: … Film adaptations of literature: practices and politics. … Literature and film as technologies of nationalist and/or post-nationalist expression. … Authors and auteurs: in focus, under scrutiny. … The world outside Hollywood: North American independent films and world cinema. … Composing in text and on film: the craft and materials of storytelling. … Globalization and the new economies of print and film. … Representations, gazes, otherings, disruptions. … National film boards: impacts and influences. … Literature as film, film as literature. … The new media revolution and its challenge to film and literature. … New curriculums: world literature and film in the 21st century curriculum. While we are particularly interested in proposals that address the conference theme, papers on all aspects of world literature, global culture, and postcolonial studies will be considered. Workshops on teaching world and multicultural film and literature, using technology to teach literature and film, and on making "little films" will run in conjunction with the conference. Please use the online submission form (www.ndsu.nodak.edu/RRCWL/submit.html) or send a 300-word abstract for individual papers; include your name, complete mailing address, and e-mail address. Proposals for panels must include an abstract for each presenter, as well as names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of all participants. Address all submissions and inquiries to Kevin Brooks, Coordinator, Red River Conference on World Literature, Department of English, 320 Minard Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND 58105-5075. [log in to unmask] Selected papers from the conference will be published in the online Proceedings, available through the Conference web site: http://www.ndsu.edu/RRCWL/proceedings.html Featured Speaker Renee Tajima-Peña: writer and filmmaker. Tajima-Peña has become a chronicler of the American scene with her award-winning films "Who Killed Vincent Chin?," the Academy Award-nominated investigation of the beating death of a Chinese American in Detroit, and the Sundance Film Festival award-winning "My AmericaŠor Honk if You Love Buddha." In this feature-length documentary, Tajima-Peña takes you on a cross-country road trip as she searches for Asian America. The result is an often funny and poignant look at a changing panorama as she encounters rappers, debutantes, laborers and freedom fighters. Tajima-Peña will deliver a talk at the conference Saturday afternoon, and screen "My AmericaŠor Honk if You Love Buddha" at the historic Fargo Theater Saturday evening, April 26th, 2003. -- Kevin Brooks Assistant Professor Department of English 320 Minard Hall North Dakota State University Fargo ND 58105 701-231-7146 ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]