Professor Brian McIlroy of The University of British Columbia Film Studies (Vancouver, Canada) and professor Brian McIlroy are calling for papers for the international conference on Genre and Irish Cinema, which will take place on March 14-16, 2005 in Vancouver.
The conference is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and confirmed main speakers so far include Kevin Rockett (Trinity College Dublin), Cheryl Herr (University of Iowa), and Martin McLoone (University of Ulster).
Submissions should be 20 minute paper proposals from faculty and graduate students dealing with all aspects of Genre and Irish Cinema are welcome. Suggested theoretical topics utilizing Irish and Irish-related cinema could include Genre and Ideology, Genre and Auteur, Genre and Consumption, Genre and Fandom/Spectatorship, Genre and Economics, Genre and Globalization, Genre and hybridity; or within Irish film criticism and history, an examination of specific genres—the crime film, romantic comedies, biopics, troubles films, diasporic films, reparation cinema, etc. Discussion of emerging or neglected genres welcomed.
Applicants are asked to submit a 250 word abstract and a brief biography to Professor Brian McIlroy at bmcilroy@interchange.ubc.ca by November 15, 2004. It is expected that a selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in an edited collection. More details of the conference will be posted on the UBC Film website: www.film.ubc.ca
