Call for Papers
Literature/Film Association Conference 2005
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CINEMA/CINEMAS |
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At Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
13-16 October 2005
Call for Papers
Literature/Film Association Conference 2005
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CINEMA/CINEMAS |
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At Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
13-16 October 2005
Proposals are invited from ALL AREAS of literature and film studies. Papers on biopics, international film, adaptations, remakes, contextual approaches to film, adaptation and film theory, and other related topics are especially welcome. Panels are also encouraged. Proposal abstracts should be 300-500 words in length; papers should be read in no more than twenty minutes.
Send proposals to the Conference Director, Nancy Mellerski, Coordinator of Film Studies, Department of French, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013 either by mail, fax (717-245-1456), or e-mail. Please use .doc attachment; send to mellersk@dickinson.edu. Deadline: 15 August, 2005. Notification of acceptance by 31 August, 2005.
LOCATION: Dickinson College, begun as a grammar school
in
1773 and chartered as a college in 1783, was the brainchild of Benjamin
Rush, an influential doctor, philosopher, and signer of the Declaration
of Independence. The school is named for John Dickinson, governor
of Pennsylvania and "Penman of the Revolution," who was the first chairman
of the college’s board of trustees. Distinctive now for its 32 academic
programs on six continents around the world and its expansive liberal arts
curriculum at home, Dickinson has given courses on the cinema for
twenty-five years and offers a Film Studies Minor.
The College’s historic campus, which boasts numerous facilities for film
and video projection, will provide spaces for conference activities and
promises to be lovely in its sylvan autumn foliage. For more information
on Dickinson, go to http://www.dickinson.edu.
"A patch of Georgetown in the country," Carlisle is a quaint and attractive town of about 18,000 citizens nestled in Pennsylvania farmlands between two Appalachian mountains. The town boasts three high-quality restaurants (Northern Italian, French, Continental), six moderate to up-scale eateries (Chinese, Thai, Mexican, American), a refurbished art-deco movie theater, one mall cinemaplex, and close proximity to the metropolitan area of Harrisburg, the state capital. Since the historic downtown area and Dickinson are contiguous, conference participants will be within four blocks of Carlisle's bars, restaurants, and new hotel. For details, go to http://www.dickinson.edu/carlisle.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: Carlisle and Dickinson are 1-3/4 hours' drive from Baltimore, 2 hours' drive from Washington and Philadelphia, 3-1/2 hours' drive from New York, 40 minutes from Harrisburg International Airport, and 30 minutes from the combined Harrisburg Amtrak Station and Greyhound/Trailways Bus Depot.
Harrisburg International Airport is served by a number of air carriers, including Northwest, United, and US Airways, and by most car rental agencies. Carlisle is at the crossroads of Interstates 81 and 76 (PA Turnpike), not far from Interstates 83 and 78.
The Conference will provide shuttle service to the Harrisburg airport and train/bus station, but arrangements must be made in advance. Please e-mail Prof. Stephen Weinberger at weinberg@dickinson.edu with flight/train information.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS: The LFA 2005 Conference has reserved a large number of rooms at three hotels, Comfort Suites Carlisle, 10 South Hanover Street, which is three blocks from the campus; the Sleep Inn, located just off Route 81 at Exit 47a, just under a mile from the College; and the Days Inn, located just off Route 81 at Exit 45, about a mile and one-half from campus. Call for reservations at the special "Literature/Film Association" rate until September 13 (or October 1 for the Days Inn). The Comfort Suites rate is $86 per night (includes an exercise room and deluxe continental breakfast); the Sleep Inn charges $59 per night; the Days Inn charges $53.00 per night. Comfort Suites: 717-960-1000 or 800-704-1188 (toll-free). Sleep Inn: 717-249-8863; Days Inn 717-258-4147 or 888-606-7447 (toll-free). For those driving to Carlisle, there are many other motels within 1-5 miles of the campus, including Best Western, Hotel Carlisle, Days Inn, Econo Lodge, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Motel 8, Rodeway Inn, and Super 8.
ABOUT THE LFA and the CONFERENCE: Established in 1989, the Literature/Film Association encourages humanistic approaches to cinema studies and provides expedient conference planning. Conferences, often linked with other organizations (e.g., National Film Society, IAMHist, Keaton Festival, Film & History), have been held around the globe. For further information about the LFA, please contact one of the association's officers: David Kranz (Dickinson College); Don Whaley (Salisbury University); Jim Welsh (Salisbury University) or Peter Lev (Towson University).
We hope to carry on the LFA tradition of 'friendly" conferences initiated
over a decade ago, avoiding both academic elitism and the jargon often
associated with professional academic meetings. We also intend to
have an enlightening time screening films at campus locations, and we expect
to hear from plenary speakers well-known for both filmmaking and lit/film
criticism.
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