CROSSING BORDERS / call

[claudia westermann]

Call for papers

CROSSING BORDERS
  images of immigration in European film

Department of Languages
Manchester Metropolitan University
15th - 16th September 2004

In the last decade, whilst many governments have turned a blind eye to =
immigration issues in Europe, filmmakers have become increasingly =
interested in exploring the migrant experience.  Crossing Borders aims =
to explore the cinematic representation of these issues in films made =
within the last five years and to interpret the images and the =
narratives of the lives of the persons at the heart of this subject.

Papers on the following themes are particularly welcome:

*       Cultural and national identities;
*       Deterritorialisation;
*       Representational continuity/discontinuity
*       Tradition versus modernity;
*       Gender aspects of immigration;
*       Formal representational practices and issues of border crossings
*       Representations of crime and illegality;
*       Integration and alienation;
*       The experiences of second and third generations

Proposals for twenty minute papers, to be delivered in English, should =
be submitted in the form of a 300 word abstract by the 30th January, =
2004.  It is hoped that selected essays will be published in a refereed =
monograph.

In association with the conference, a Crossing Borders film festival =
will be running at the Cornerhouse Cinema in Manchester during autumn =
2004.

The festival and conference have the support of the Instituto Cervantes, =
Goethe Institut, Delegation Culturelle Fran=E7aise and the Italian =
Consulate.

Please address any correspondence as follows:
Organisation and general enquiries: Prof. David Corkill =
d.corkill at mmu.ac.uk
French Cinema: Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden i.vanderschelden at mmu.ac.uk
Italian Cinema: Dott. Laura Leonardo l.leonardo at mmu.ac.uk
Spanish Cinema: Dr. Carmen Herrero c.herrero at mmu.ac.uk

Further information and updates will be available on the Conference =
website at www.mmu.ac.uk/crossingborders