CPF Update: Conference on War in Film, TV, and History (November 11-14, 2004, Dallas, TX) Old information on Film & History web site: www.filmandhistory.org Old Speaker information: In addition to Adrian Cronauer (Good Morning, Vietnam), a special evening speaker will be Lawrence Suid, author of the epic study Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film (2nd ed. UP of Kentucky, 2003). NEW SPEAKER information: Frank Thompson of THE ALAMO has agreed to be the Literature Film Association plenary speaker. Thompson is an expert on Lincoln in Film, but is most recently prominent for his novelization of The Alamo; in addition he has made a widely-distributed DVD documentary about the long line of film renderings of the great Texas battle. Frank Thompson even appears in three scenes of the John Lee Hancock epic. New partner; The Literature Film Association will meeting with us, conducting its own panels and papers around the concept of Conflict in literature and film. Contact is David Kranz at [log in to unmask] See our web site for full details. Both groups are looking for Area Chairs and participants. Current Areas on web site: Aesthetics of the War Film Consequences and Legacies of War Cuban Missile Crisis Television on War Hollywood on the Home Front Holocaust and Genocide Stanley Kurbrick Medieval Films Military Leaders Nursing and Military Medicine The Vietnam Conflict War Crimes Wars on Terror Women and War World War II--"A" Films World War II--"B" Films Deadline for proposals is 30 July, 2004. Peter Rollins Film&History [log in to unmask] www.filmandhistory.org ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu