*****Please excuse cross-postings.***** Call for Papers 2006 Film and History League Conference "The Documentary Tradition" www.filmandhistory.org AREA: Women's Studies The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film asserts that documentary films come from "every region of the world," crossing cultural, sociopolitical, and gender boundaries. "Varying in style, technique, editing, story-telling, narration, and intent, it is a medium that records the cross-section of human experience, from monumental conflict to simple lives lived day to day. It documents the events, pressures, and institutions of modern society, records traditional cultural practices, cultural changes, and captures the natural and animal world in all their complexity" (2005). The Women's Studies Area of the Film & History League's Conference invites proposals for individual papers, panels, and/or roundtable discussions which highlight the documentary tradition as it has explored and exposed women's issues, women as subject, or women as filmmakers. Topics may include, but are not limited to the following areas within the realm of women's studies: * Women and ethnography, sociology, ethnicity * Gender in nonfiction film * Educational and industrial films * Government sponsorship and political or social ideology * Religion and spirituality * National documentary film theories and schools * Historical eras and coverage of historical events affecting women * Popular culture, concert films, music videos, sports, and leisure * Technique, technology, and cyberspace * Documentary auteurs * Women filmmakers The Film and History League conference details can be found at www.filmandhistory.org. The meeting will run from 8-12 November, 2006 in the Dolce Conference Center near the DFW airport. A spectrum of other areas will evolve on the web site over time. Send all inquires and proposals by 20 July, 2006. Pat Tyrer West Texas A&M University English and Modern Languages, Box 60908 Canyon, TX 79016-0001 [log in to unmask] Phone: 806.651.2476 ---- 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]