Martin O'Shaughnessy has asked me to alert colleagues to an extension of the deadline for papers on French/Francophone film until 10 March for the annual ASMCF conference. */La France et la Crise: bilans, ruptures, antécédents/* *Modern and Contemporary France annual conference, Nottingham Trent, 9-11 September 2010* The current economic crisis surely constitutes a major turning point for France, Europe and the broader world. Since around 1983 -- the time of the Socialist government's famous shift to the right -- the march of liberal globalisation has seemed unquestioned and inevitable, decisively shifting the balance of power between capital and nation-states on the one hand, between management and labour on the other. The crisis has thrown that apparently inevitable process into doubt, questioning our assumptions and inviting us to an urgent mapping of the present and a rethinking of our understanding of an immediate and longer-term past and possible futures. The conference will be organised around four major themes. We list these below with _suggested_ panels for each theme. _The panels suggestions are not meant to imply that alternative ideas are not also warmly welcomed_. *1. **Mapping the crisis * We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas: Narratives of crisis (frameworks, actors, causes, solutions, periodisations) The impact of the crisis on 'mainstream' politics The crisis as moral crisis Policy responses to the crisis The crisis and the margins The geography of crisis The crisis and the world of work The crisis in mainstream and alternative media * * *2. **Reactions to the crisis* We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas: Political alternatives (Greens, anti-capitalists, counter-globalists) Protest movements and protest repertoires Social movement reactions Cultural responses (film, novel, theatre, song, bande dessinée etc.) Intellectual reactions and interventions * * *3. **The international perspective* We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas: The crisis and development from a French perspective The crisis and French Exceptionalism France, Europe and the crisis The French role in broader international responses to the crisis *4. Histories, bilans* We would welcome panel proposals in the following areas: The 'bilan' of the neo-liberal years: patterns, changes, resistances The crisis and the legacy of 1968 The crisis and the 1930s The crisis of the 1970s In line with the ASMCF's interdisciplinary approach, this three day conference will welcome papers from a wide variety of disciplines including international relations, history, geography, politics, economics, sociology and religious, gender, literary, cultural, film and media studies. We welcome both proposals for individual papers (300 words max.) and for panels, which should consist of three presenters and a named chairperson. *Papers may be delivered in English or French*. The total time for one paper is 20 minutes both for presentations in panels as well as for individual presentations. Postgraduates students are strongly encouraged to present papers. Postgraduate Poster Session: Postgraduates in the early stage of their research are invited to present their work at the conference Poster Session. The Poster Session aims to enable postgraduate students to participate in the conference programme, receive feedback from specialists in an informal and friendly setting and to prepare them for presenting papers at future conferences. If you require further information about presenting a poster at the ASMCF annual conference, please contact the ASMCF postgraduate representative, Lindsey Dodd ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Proposals for papers and panels (with contact details) should be sent to Martin.O'Shaughnessy ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Chris Reynolds ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) by 1 February 2010. *NEW DEADLINE 10 MARCH 2010* -- Phil Powrie Professor of Cinema Studies School of Modern Languages Jessop West University of Sheffield 1 Upper Hanover Street Sheffield S3 7RA Email: [log in to unmask] Studies in French Cinema: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/crif/sfc/home.htm ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org