International Workshop
Leipzig, 14-16 November 2019
Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
is now accepting submissions for the international academic workshop focusing
on women's cinema in the GDR and Poland from the end of the World War II in
1945 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. We invite proposals from
researchers and practitioners working in the following fields: history and
theory of film, television and other audiovisual media; production studies;
film and literary genre theory; gender studies; queer theory; cultural studies;
social studies; philosophy; history of Central and Eastern Europe.
The workshop aims to encourage reflection on the position of women in
Polish and East German socialist film industries and film cultures. The goal of
the workshop is not only to highlight examples of film- and media-related work
by women, but also to expand existing methodological approaches as well as to
develop new comparative and transnational modes of evaluating Central and
Eastern European woman's film-making in its various sociopolitical, ideological
and aesthetic dimensions.
The workshop will be held at GWZO in Leipzig on 14-16 November 2019.
Papers will be presented in thematic sessions which will be followed by
round-table discussions. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
1. Women's authorship and creative practices in film-making:
- Individual artistic choices of topics, genres, and styles
- Narrating women's issues: visions of everyday life and social relations in terms of gender, age, living conditions, family and motherhood, professional environment, education and career
- Models of womanhood, constructions of female identity in relation to dominant cultural or ideological patterns, national traditions (e.g. Polish romanticism, Heimat), and propaganda policies in Poland and the GDR
- Histories of women's creative practice in film, television and other media
- Gendering of functions and jobs in film industries
- Women's work on film sets and in post-production
- Women in non-professional cinema: amateur film-making and film clubs, home movie tradition
- Women as students, teachers, and practitioners in film schools
3. Women as film critics and academic researchers in the field of film
and other media:
- Women's writing on film, television and other media in film journals, daily press and popular magazines
- Women's participation in film festivals and film clubs
- Film and media studies, crucial research projects and publications by women
During the last day of the seminar, there will be a discussion forum
providing opportunities to dialogue over all sessions and topics. Beyond a
simple summary of the workshop, the goals of this closing format are: to
compare participants' diverse research methodologies; to foster fuller
understanding of the cultural, social, geopolitical, and economic history of
Central and Eastern European film industries; and to encourage conversations
towards collaboration or continued academic cooperation (e.g. a full-time
research project) on the subjects of women's cinema in Eastern, Central and
Western Europe.
Proposals for twenty-minute presentations should include the title of
the presentation, an abstract specifying the main issues and the methodology
(up to 400 words), as well as a short CV or a short biographical statement. The
proposals can be written in either English, German or Polish. The presentations
during the workshop are to be held in English.
Deadline for the proposals: July 31st, 2019
Please send the proposals to both:
maciej.peplinski@leibniz-gwzo.de
m.radkiewicz@uj.edu.pl
There will be no workshop fee. Accommodation and meals (coffee breaks,
lunch, dinner) will be provided. Travel costs will be reimbursed up to 150 €.
The workshop is supported by the funds of the Deutsch-Polnische
Wissenschaftsstiftung. The Polish partner institution for the workshop is the
Institute of Audiovisual Arts of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
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