CFP: Ancient Egypt in myth, history, and religion (6/1/12; 9/26-30/12)

From: Cynthia Miller <[email protected]>

CALL FOR PAPERS
“Ancient Egypt in myth, history and religion as shown on film and  
television”
An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on “Film  
and Myth”
September 26-30, 2012
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
www.filmandhistory.org
Deadline: June 1, 2012

The history and myths of ancient Egypt have fascinated artists,  
scholars and the general public for thousands of years.  The motion  
picture and television industries have experienced several waves of  
Egyptian stories, from horror films, to Biblical narratives, to  
historical dramas and comedies.  This panel will explore all the  
variations of ancient Egypt on screen, from the epic (The Egyptian,  
The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra) to the parodic (Abbott and Costello  
Meet the Mummy, Carry on Cleo).  Modern updates of Egyptian stories  
are certainly welcome, for example Stargate or the Afrocentric  
Cleopatra Jones.  Even music videos have been designed around ancient  
Egypt (e.g., “Remember the Time” and “Walk Like an Egyptian”).

Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
Mummies and the horror narrative
Tales of the Pharoahs
Afrocentric Egypt
Biblical epics, e.g., the Joseph story, the young Moses, the Exodus  
from Egypt
The Archeology of Egypt in fiction and documentary
Cleopatra dramas, from Shakespeare to Shaw
Cleopatra film and TV, from DeMille to Mankiewicz to Sam Raimi
Egypt, orientalism and popular culture

Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also  
welcome, but they must include an abstract, brief biographical details  
and contact information, including an email address, for each  
presenter.  Please email your 200 word proposal by June 1, 2012

Peter Lev, Area Chair, 2012 Film and History Conference
“Ancient Egypt in myth, history and religion as shown on film and  
television”
Dept. of Electronic Media and Film
Towson University
[email protected]