CALL FOR PAPERS – ALL AREAS Representing “Home”: The Real and Imagined Spaces of Belonging The Hilton, Milwaukee City Center Milwaukee, WI (USA) November 1-5, 2017 DEADLINE for abstracts: June 1, 2017 (early decision) July 1, 2017 (general decision) Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal invites paper and panel presentations in all topic areas for the annual Film & History Conference, to be held November 1-5, 2017, at the Hilton Milwaukee, in Milwaukee, WI (USA). The 2017 Film & History Conference will explore all aspects of film—from production and distribution to exhibition and reception—that concern the representation of “home.” Perhaps the most familiar image on screen, “home” is a reflection of cultural ideals and a refraction of complex ideologies. It can be the easy site of privacy and belonging or the difficult site of pain and longing. What stories—of nations and ethnicities, of genders and classes, of technologies and economies—do films present in their depictions of “home”? Is it a historical and ideological anchor, an aesthetic weapon, a psychological escape? When is the representation of "home" a critical doorway into a film, a genre, an artist, or a culture? Please consult our website (www.filmandhistory.org) for current area CFPs and contact information. Additional possible topics include: Far from Home: Migrants, Refugees, and Expatriates The Real and Imagined Homes of Animals You Can Never Go Home Again: Screening Nostalgia The Crazy House: Testing the Edges of Rationality The House of Cards: Machiavelli, Illusions, Politics Home Turf: Protests, Activism, and Advocacy Honey, I’m Home: Suburbia and Its Discontents The Poor House: Screening Affluence and Poverty Home is Where the Heart Is: Love and Romance At Home on the Road: Travel and Mobility on Screen Keeping Up With the Joneses: Class and Consumerism At Home on Stage or Screen: Plays, Novels, and Adaptation Cameras in the House: Reality TV Fallen Houses: Sex and the Internet Video Communities: The YouTube Universe Proposals for these and any other relevant topics may be sent directly to the area chair coordinator. Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, including an e-mail address, for each presenter. For updates and registration information, see the Film & History website (www.filmandhistory.org). Please e-mail your 200-word proposal to the area chair coordinator: Cynthia J. Miller Emerson College [log in to unmask] ---- 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]