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Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies

Innovations and Tensions

Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World

The American University of Rome

9-10 June 2017

Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, published by Intellect Ltd.
since 2012, is a peer-reviewed triannual journal. JICMS is the leading
English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical
debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption.
It provides a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers,
cinema, and media professionals. Within the realm of a trans-cultural
debate, the purpose of JICMS is to refer to Italy as the unifying
geo-cultural site for a contemporary discussion of translocal cinema.
The journal aims to elaborate a multifaceted definition of Italian
cinema, shifting the critical paradigm outside the inwardly focused
field of Italian film studies and exploring how Italian cinema and media
expand beyond the boundaries of their (pen)insularity. The journal also
intends to explore the hybridization of film and media as well as the
permeability and versatility of new media.

In 2017, JICMS celebrates its 5th anniversary (2012-2017) with an
international conference. This conference will provide a forum for
developing innovative directions for the journal. We will exchange ideas
about trans-national approaches to Italian cinema and media and foster
debate on the role of Italian cinema and media in the complex tapestry
of global societies in the twenty-first century.

With this CFP, the conference organizers invite proposals for single
papers, pre-constituted panels and roundtables that would identify
innovations and tensions shaping contemporary Italian cinema and media
productions in a global world.

Keynote Speaker

Professor Milly Buonanno, La Sapienza University

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

\* Italian cinema and international co-productions

\* LGBTQ cinema

\* Borderlands and the changing geographies of liminal spaces

\* Filmmakers of diverse ethnic, religious, national background

\* Diasporic and accented filmmakers/filmmaking

\* Digital diaspora and electronic migrant communities

\* Digitalized cultures for participating, citizenship, and
intercultural communication

\* Postcoloniality in various media

\* Digital cinema

\* Italian film festivals in the world

\* Television serial narratives

\* Presence-absence of Italians of various ethnic background in the
media

\* Web series

\* New media and intermediality

\* Networked activism

\* Transmedia and social activism

\* Transmedia narratives and productions in film and television

\* Video-games

\* Animation

\* Subtitling and dubbing

\* How or if Italy is rethinking or renegotiating its situation in the
EU

\* Who owns/controls the media in Italy, and what are the ramifications
of this political economy of the media

\* Future Memories: Anniversaries of Cinema and Media Institutions

Please send an abstract of 250 words plus a short bio of 100 words for
single papers, or 350 words with individual titles and bios for
pre-constituted panels or roundtables in Italian or in English in a
word.doc format, no pdf. We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations
(inclusive of film clips). We welcome presentations using both
conventional tools and video-essay commentaries.

The languages of the conference are English and Italian

Abstracts for consideration should be submitted to the conference
organizer Flavia Laviosa at flaviosa@wellesley.edu

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 October 2016
Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out to authors by
15 December 2016

Participants will receive a complimentary copy of JICMS, generously
offered by Intellect.

Selected papers will be considered for publication for a special edited
volume or issues of JICMS.

This conference is organized by Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College) in
collaboration with Catherine Ramsey Portolano (The American University
of Rome) and co-sponsored by The American University of Rome, Wellesley
College, and Intellect.

Additional activities

A guided visit to the Cinecittà Studios will be offered on Thursday June
8th: 20 euro

A choice of two tours will be offered on Sunday June 11th

1\) Southern Lazio: Ninfa, Valvisciolo and Sermoneta: 60 euro

2\) Bomarzo and Viterbo: 60 euro


Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies  Innovations and Tensions  Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World  The American University of Rome  9-10 June 2017  Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, published by Intellect Ltd. since 2012, is a peer-reviewed triannual journal. JICMS is the leading English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption.

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