Call for Papers:
THE WITNESS AND THE IMAGE
Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Washington D.C., May 24-27,
2001
This panel addresses the use of visual documents in bearing witness to
historical trauma, paying particular attention to film/video works
engaging with the public and/or private domain. Papers may analyze
such issues as: the ethical address of visual documents; the revision
of collective memory; the articulation of identity through bearing
witness.
Possible subjects may include (but are not restricted to) the
Holocaust, Bosnia/Kosovo, Hiroshima/Nagasaki, the AIDS epidemic,
natural or manmade disasters and human rights abuses.
Please send or e-mail a 300-400 word paper proposal, a brief
biographical note and a short bibliography for the paper BY SEPT 1,
2000 to:
Roger Hallas
252 12th Street, Apt 1E
Brooklyn NY 11215
e-mail: roger.hallas@nyu.edu
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