Film and Film History

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Kristalline Formen: Das Kino von Terrence Malick, Tagung in Präsenz: 14.-15.9.2023, Universität Bamberg, Lehrstuhl für Literatur und Medien, organisiert von Felix Lenz, Sahar Daryab, Gudrun Schwenk

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4th INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is accepting presentation proposals for its inaugural symposium to explore the legacy of groundbreaking Black filmmaker and 1953 OWU graduate Melvin Van Peebles.

The two-day symposium will be held March 31 and April 1, 2023, on the OWU campus in Delaware, Ohio, just 20 miles north of Columbus. The symposium will feature special keynote sessions commemorating the life and work of Melvin Van Peebles by leading scholars and artists in film and media as well as the screening of Van Peebles’ classic films.

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If you have ever wanted to learn how to make videographic criticism, check out the Scholarship in Sound & Image workshop, running June 18 - July 1, 2023, at Middlebury College in Vermont. This will be the 6th iteration of the workshop, which has been widely seen as a very positive experience for participants. Applications are due February 10. Let me know if you have any questions and please spread the word!

https://sites.middlebury.edu/videoworkshop/

Film Matters is pleased to announce Chapman University’s CFP 14.2 for their third special issue, “Retrospective 1974: Fifty Years Later.” This themed call is inviting submissions from undergraduates and recent graduates for consideration in issue 14.2 (2023).

The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2023.

Call for Submissions: Global Cinema Studies in Landscape Allegory (Lexington Books, 2023)

Spring Research Seminar series: "In Conversation: New Directions in Art History".

11 January 2023, 5-7 pm GMT:
Food and the Senses with Holly Shaffer and Sussan Babaie.
More information here: https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/food-and-the-senses