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Please find the following call for papers (forward to people concerned).<br>
Closing date of abstract submission: 15 December 2008<br>
<br>
Postcommunist Visual Culture and Cinema: Interdisciplinary Studies,<br>
Methodology, Dissemination<br>
AHRC-St. Andrews Postgraduate Conference<br>
University of St. Andrews, Scotland<br>
20-21 March 2009<br>
<br>
This AHRC sponsored conference is organised jointly by the Centre for<br>
Film Studies and the Centre for Russian, Soviet and Eastern European<br>
Studies<br>
at the University of St. Andrews. It will bring together doctoral<br>
students from<br>
the United Kingdom and Europe, whose work is focused on the visual<br>
culture<br>
and cinema of the post-Communist period. The main objective is to launch<br>
a<br>
productive dialogue on methodological and practical issues affecting all<br>
those engaged in the study of the film and visual culture of the<br>
postcommunist<br>
period.<br>
<br>
We invite participants from across Social Sciences and Humanities:<br>
Language, Literature, Culture, Law, International Relations, Politics,<br>
Media, Film<br>
and Television Studies, Art History, Architecture, Design, Museum<br>
Studies,<br>
Russian, German, East European languages and cultures, Law, Religious<br>
Studies,<br>
Philosophy, Publishing, and other disciplines.<br>
<br>
Opening on Friday afternoon (5 pm) and continuing throughout the day on<br>
Saturday, the conference will feature thematic talks dedicated to the<br>
status of the field and the profession. Postgraduate participants will<br>
be able to<br>
present their work in the context of two sessions, at panels moderated<br>
by the<br>
featured speakers. You are welcome to discuss aspects of your work, and<br>
talk of<br>
its challenging and exciting moments.<br>
<br>
We propose to structure the discussion in the context of the following<br>
questions:<br>
<br>
* How are post-Cold War divisions reflected in cultural<br>
production in the<br>
Former communist world?<br>
* What are its specificities and what are the challenges for<br>
researching<br>
cultural production?<br>
* How do the global and the local interplay in the region?<br>
* Can the umbrella of "postcommunism" be explored as shared<br>
experience?<br>
<br>
Confirmed speakers/convenors include:<br>
<br>
Prof. Ib Bondebjerg (Film and Media, University of Copenhagen)<br>
Prof. Ewa Mazierska (Film Studies, University of Central Lancashire)<br>
Prof. Brian McNair (Media Sociology, University of Strathclyde)<br>
<br>
Conference opening<br>
<br>
Prof. Andrew Wachtel (Slavic and Cultural Sociology, Graduate Dean,<br>
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA)<br>
Prof. Dina Iordanova (Film Studies, University of St. Andrews),<br>
<br>
Please send an abstract of 150 words outlining the theme of your<br>
intended<br>
presentation (about 15 min. length), together with your contact details<br>
and a brief biographical note to Lars Kristensen at<br>
<a href="mailto:llfk%40st-andrews.ac.uk">llfk@st-andrews.<wbr>ac.uk</a><br>
<br>
Ten bursaries of ?50 will be awarded to selected participants (please<br>
indicate you would like to be considered for a bursary at the time you<br>
send in<br>
Your abstract).<br>
<br>
Further information will be available at<br>
<a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/">http://www.st-<wbr>andrews.ac.<wbr>uk/filmstudies/</a> <br>
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