Faculty of Belas Artes of the University of Lisbon and Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa are glad to announce a call for
papers concerning the 3° International Conference “The Left Conference – Photography and Film Criticism” to be held at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Lisbon, on 9 and 10 November
2018.
The aim of
the third edition of The Left Conference, Photography and Films to debate the
use of photographs and film from a leftist stance. In particular, to critical
examine and explore the relation of documentarypractices with political
commitment in different historical circumstances throughout the twentieth
century and the early twenty first century.
The
seminar/conference together will take place at the Faculty of Belas Artes of the University of Lisbon on the 9th and 10th November 2018.
We invite
paper submission of no more than 500 words abstract, followed by a short bio
(200 words – including name and institution). The proposal can focuses on
photography and film related to:
- The creation of documentary as a social and political weapon;
- Postcolonial representations and imagery;
- Women rights and feminist imagery;
- Avant-gardes and ideology claims;
- The role of images in the leftist movements;
- Contemporary art practices and social and political criticism;
- Gender studies;
- Surveillance and the political;
- Alan Sekula legacy and the political commitment with images.
ABSTRACTS
Please send
your abstracts until 21st June 2018 to photographyandtheleft@gmail.com
Participants
will be notified by early July and the conference program will be published in
late September.
Language:
English
Deadline
for submissions: June 21, 2018
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
David Bate
(University of Westminster, London UK)
Laura
Mulvey (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK) – to be confirmed
CONFERENCE VENUE & DATES
9th and
10th November 2018
More info
on the conference: photographyandtheleft.wordpress.com
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