CFP: Auteurs and Authorship (6/1/14; 10/29-11/1/14)

From: Cynthia Miller <[email protected]>

CALL FOR PAPERS
CFP: Auteurs and Authorship
An area of multiple panels for the 2014 Film & History Conference on =
Golden Ages
October 29-November 2, 2014
Madison Concourse Hotel=20
Madison, WI USA
DEADLINE for abstracts: June 1, 2014

AREA: Auteurs and Authorship

Debates concerning authorship and the auteur theory have long divided =
the film and media studies scholarly community.  A history of film =
criticism cannot be told without due attention to the auteurist critics =
and those critical of their cinephilic enthusiasm.  Even before the =
=93Golden Age=94 of the auteur theory (1950s-1960s), certain directors, =
producers, writers, and even stars were recognized for inserting an =
authorial presence into their films.  The rise of the auteur theory was =
contemporaneous with the birth of film studies within the academy, =
helping it to legitimize itself as an art form worthy of study.

What is the future of authorship in the field, particularly in regards =
to television and new media?  Should we look for authors in the =
televisual landscape?  Does it still matter?  Papers examining =
individual auteurs or authorship debates in film criticism and theory =
are all welcome.

Here are some topics for further exploration:=20

Classic auteurs (Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra)
International auteurs (Ingmar Bergman, Yasujiro Ozu, Federico Fellini, =
Jean-Luc Godard)
Studio authorship (Warner Bros., Pixar)
Indie auteurs (John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch, John Sayles, Richard =
Linklater)
=93Gutter=94 auteurs (Ed Wood, Doris Wishman, Jess Franco, Andy =
Milligan)
Golden age of auteurist criticism (Cahiers du Cinema, Andrew =
Sarris-Pauline Kael debates)
TV authors (Joss Whedon, Norman Lear, Seth MacFarlane, Tyler Perry)
Early auteurs (Alice Guy, Georges M=E9li=E8s, D. W. Griffith)
Women auteurs (Agnes Varda, Jane Campion, Kathryn Bigelow)
African-American auteurs (Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee)
Latino auteurs (Gregory Nava, Robert Rodriguez)
Queer auteurs (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Derek Jarman, Su Friedrich)
Transnational auteurs (Luis Bu=F1uel, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, =
Michael Haneke)

Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also =
welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, =
including an e-mail address, for each presenter. For updates and =
registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & =
History website (www.filmandhistory.org).


Please e-mail your 200-word proposal by 1 June 2014, to the area chair:

Zachary Ingle
University of Kansas
[email protected]

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