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The "[Stars and Screen](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/)" [Film and
Media History Conference](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) is an
Interdisciplinary Symposium dedicated to [Film
History](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/), [Archival
Research](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/),
[Cinema](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) and [Media
History](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/).

In the 'Golden Age' of Classical Hollywood Cinema, MGM was known as the
motion picture studio with "More Stars Than There Are In Heaven." In
fact, 'Stars' have illuminated cinematic screens for over 100 years,
from classic movie stars (Bogart, Bacall, Hepburn, Chaplin) to films
about Hollywood's star factory (*A Star Is Born, What Price Hollywood?*)
to shooting stars (*Deep Impact*), falling stars (*Sunset Boulevard,
Raging Bull*), and stars in 'space, the final frontier' (*Star Trek*) in
a 'galaxy far, far away' (*Star Wars*). Digital video streaming and
binge watching of films and media also re-imagines and creates new
moving image 'stars' transforming the cinematic or televisual
production, distribution, and viewing reception experience. What does
this nostalgic re-imagining of film history and cinematic production of
stars on screen tell us about the cultural moment we find ourselves
in? The 2018 Film and Media History Conference explores the theme of
"Stars and Screen."

**The 2018 "[Stars and Screen](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/)"
[Film and Media History
Conference](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) invites paper
proposals from all areas of [Film
History](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/),
[Cinema](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) and [Media
Studies](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) and interdisciplinary
submissions from across the humanities, arts, sciences and social
sciences, including:**

- Film History,
- Classical Hollywood Cinema,
- Archival Research,
- Film/Media Industry,
- Historical Development of the Studio System,
- Women Writers, Directors and Producers in Hollywood
- Film Noir, Femme Fatales, Hard-Boiled Antiheroes,
- Star System, Major Studios, Independent Production,
- Censorship, Film/Media Propaganda,
- Film Genres (Science Fiction, Musical, Comedy, Western, Gangster,
  Thriller, Horror),
- Hollywood 'Star Factory,'
- Women and Men in the Dream Factory,
- Émigrés, Immigrants, and Refugees,
- Filmmakers as behind-the-scenes 'Star' Auteurs,
- Hollywood Blacklist,
- Evolution of Stars (Bogart, Bacall, Chaplin, Hepburn, Cagney,
  Hayworth, Brando) from the Silent Era to 'Contract' Studio Creative
  Talent to Independent Filmmakers/Producers
- International Cinema,
- TV/Netflix/Long-Form Cinematic Drama,
- Motion Picture Technology, New Media,
- Convergence between Film and Television,
- Television History,
- Music, Jazz, Soundtracks, 'Star' Musicians, Musical Stars,
- Hollywood and Democracy,
- Radio, Music/Recording Industry
- American Studies,
- Documentary, Third Cinema,
- Popular Culture, Animation, Avant-Garde Cinema,
- Images of Women, Gender, Ethnicity/Race, History, Science, Politics in
  Film and Media.

Paper proposals are invited from ALL AREAS of [film
history](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/){target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"} and [media
studies](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/). Proposals relating to
the conference theme are encouraged, but also of interest are
submissions on film history, classical Hollywood cinema, archival
research, national cinemas, film genres and stars, auteur studies, film
and music, media industry, television history and new media, science
fiction, and cultural or political issues connected to the moving image.
Proposal abstracts should be 200-300 words in length and are due by June
15, 2018.

Please submit your proposal electronically by entering your abstract on
the [Stars and Screen Conference Submission
Form](https://goo.gl/forms/OaMmCKeAp3AtAqmk1){target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"}.

**The conference's keynote speakers include: **

[Thomas Schatz](https://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/tom-schatz), Professor
and Chair of the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University
of Texas at Austin and author of *Hollywood Genres: Formulas,
Filmmaking, and the Studio System*; *The Genius of the System: Hollywood
Filmmaking in the Studio Era*; and *Boom and Bust: American Cinema in
the 1940s*.

[Brian Neve](http://www.bath.ac.uk/polis/staff/brian-neve/), Honorary
Reader in Art and Politics of Film at The University of Bath, UK and
author of *Film and Politics in America: A Social Tradition*; *Elia
Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider*; and *The Many Lives of Cy
Endfield: Film Noir, the Blacklist, and Zulu*.

[Cynthia
Baron](https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies/faculty-and-staff/affiliated-faculty/cynthia-baron.html),
Professor of Theatre and Film Studies, American Culture, and Women's,
Gender & Sexuality Studies at Bowling Green State University and author
of *Reframing Screen Performance*; *Denzel Washington*; and *Modern
Acting: The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre*.

[Charles Maland](https://english.utk.edu/people/charles-maland/),
Professor of Film Studies, American Cultural Studies and American
Literature at The University of Tennessee and author of *Chaplin and
American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image*; *Frank Capra*; *City
Lights*; and *American Visions: The Films of Chaplin, Ford, Capra, and
Welles*.

The conference will take place at Rowan University, located in
Glassboro, in South New Jersey. It is within easy driving distance of
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and about 100 miles south of
New York City, and is served by the nearby Philadelphia (PHL) airport.
The [Courtyard Marriott Glassboro-Rowan
University](http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phlgb-courtyard-glassboro-rowan-university/)
Hotel is located adjacent to the Rowan University campus.

**For more information, visit the '[Stars and
Screen](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/)' [Film and Media History
Conference](https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/) website at
<https://starsandscreen.blogspot.com/>**


The “Stars and Screen” Film and Media History Conference is an Interdisciplinary Symposium dedicated to Film History, Archival Research, Cinema and Media History.

CfP: Film and Media History Conference &#8220;Stars and Screen&#8221;. Sept 27-29, 2018 @ Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ (USA). Deadline: June 15, 2018.

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CfP: Film and Media History Conference “Stars and Screen”. Sept 27-29, 2018 @ Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ (USA). Deadline: June 15, 2018.