CALL FOR PAPERS
GENRE AND IRISH CINEMA
An International Conference at the University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
March 14-16, 2005
Professor Brian McIlroy and the UBC Film Studies Program are pleased to
announce an international conference on Genre and Irish Cinema. This
conference is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada. Confirmed main speakers so far include Kevin Rockett
(Trinity College Dublin), Cheryl Herr (University of Iowa), and Martin
McLoone (University of Ulster). 20 minute paper proposals from faculty and
graduate students dealing with all aspects of Genre and Irish Cinema are
welcome.
Suggested theoretical topics utilizing Irish and Irish-related cinema could
include Genre and Ideology, Genre and Auteur, Genre and Consumption, Genre
and Fandom/Spectatorship, Genre and Economics, Genre and Globalization,
Genre and hybridity; or within Irish film criticism and history, an
examination of specific genresthe crime film, romantic comedies, biopics,
troubles films, diasporic films, reparation cinema, etc. Discussion of
emerging or neglected genres welcomed.
Please submit your 250 word abstract and a brief biography to Professor
Brian McIlroy at bmcilroy@interchange.ubc.ca by *November 15, 2004*. It
is expected that a selection of papers presented at the conference will be
published in an edited collection. More details of the conference will be
posted on the UBC Film website: <www.film.ubc.ca>.
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Julia M. Wright
Canada Research Chair in English & Cultural Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
homepage: http://www.wlu.ca/~wwweng/faculty/jwright/
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