The following panel seeks submissions for the Society for Cinema Studies Conference to be held Dallas, March 7-10, 1996. Address submissions by e- mail or postal mail to: [log in to unmask], or: Edward R. O'Neill, 607 S. Hauser Blvd. #3, LA, CA 90036-3738, (213) 930 - 2329. Submissions are due to the chair the first week of September and should include: the paper's title; the writer's name, address, and institutional affiliations (where appropriate); a brief synopsis; a one-page justification detailing the reasons why the project seems significant and necessary, and a list of the films or works to be discussed. Recipients are invited to circulate or re-post this announcement as appropriate. PANEL: A METHOD TO OUR QUEERNESS? QUEER THEORY AND THE QUESTION OF METHOD CHAIR: EDWARD R. O'NEILL, UCLA Early forays in queer theory and analysis have often by-passed a traditional and significant question: what methodology regulates the interpretive procedures applied to the text? This panel seeks papers which examine the theoretical considerations introduced by recent discussions of sexuality in light of the specific interpretive methods either stated or implied. Ideally, papers should reflect on queer theory and interpretive methodology through discussion of a specific film or films. Questions to be addressed could include: Are there specific interpretive methods which correspond to theoretical displacements introduced by queer studies? Do queer readings have methods of reading that are specific to them? Do queer critical readings displace and question various accepted critical methodologies, including the very idea of a method, or not? Does queer interpretive methodology depend upon the subjectivity or orientation of the critic? Has queer theory lived up to its own analyses, or do queer critical analyses live up to queer theory? ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]