Film and Cinema

The Idea of the New: Discovery, Expression and Reception 7 March 2008 London, United Kingdom Website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/list/ies_conferences Contact name: Lesley Moss This interdisciplinary conference will explore how we recognise and define ‘newness’. It will examine the developments and tensions which cause writers to break away from tradition and the moments of breakthrough which ensue. Organized by: University College London Department of English Language and Literature

If cinema was instrumental to nation building processes during the twentieth century, it has been equally central to their challenging, interrogation and sometimes reaffirmation in the twenty-first. This is especially true for Asian and Latin American cinemas, as present conditions variously described as ‘globalisation’ or ‘flexible accumulation’ have wrought tremendous social change, both rising standards of living and increasing inequality; allowing for reverse cultural flows and also exposing the mediascapes of countries in these two regions to unprecedented contact with ‘the West’; reducing their film production while also increasing availability of films made there. We invite papers addressing the relationship between these cinemas and (post)national identity, cinema and modernity/postmodernity, exilic cinema, diasporic and border filmmaking, the effects of digital technology on filmmaking and viewing in Asia and Latin America and, more generally, on the impact of globalisation on film industries in these two regions. Additional Information The following topics would be especially welcome: * Contemporary issues of audience reception * The role of co-productions * Cross-fertilisation of genre across Asian/Latin American Cinemas * The role of festivals in the construction and promotion of Asian and Latin American transnational cinemas * Diasporic cinema * Asian and Latin American directors and contemporary auteur theory * The Cultural construction of Stars and Fandom in Internet communities * Alternative versions of modernity in Asian and Latin American cinema

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse musical responses to war, ranging from the various types of traditional war protest music to the music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms to patriotic and nationalistic music from a global perspective. The conference will cap a year-long study of war at The Martin Institute—its politics, history, social and cultural effects—and will seek to analyze the complex relationship between war and music. As an example of The Martin Institute’s commitment to the power of crossing disciplinary borders, we welcome papers from a range of experts in fields such as music theory and history, musical theater, sociology, history, anthropology, political science, cultural studies, and literature. The conference is particularly interested in the music of war from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twenty-first. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: · Music as an expression of either the justice or injustice of war · The music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms · The history and future of response music · Popular music during wartime · Studies of individual artists, composers, groups or musical genres · Musical censorship during wartime PLENARY EVENTS “Symphonies of War: Music in the United States during the Second World War,” a lecture given by Annegret Fauser, Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Music in Time of War: From Bunker Hill to Baghdad,” a performance by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey conductor “'Machine Gun Blues: Black Popular Music and War,” a lecture given by Kimberley Phillips, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Associate Professor of History, College of William & Mary PROPOSAL GUIDELINES & DEADLINE Proposals for full panels are preferred, but individual paper proposals are also welcome. Panel proposals should include a panel title, 200-word abstracts of 3-4 papers and a brief CV for each person delivering a paper. Individual proposals should include an abstract and brief CV. Postgraduate students, as well as more senior scholars, are warmly encouraged to submit proposals by November 15, 2007. Panels of and poster presentations by undergraduate students are also welcome.

The 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 11 (Friday) to January 14 (Monday), 2008 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, and the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu. Oahu is often nicknamed "the gathering place". The 2008 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will once again be the gathering place for academicians and professionals from arts and humanities related fields from all over the world. The main goal of the 2008 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various arts and humanities related fields from all over the world to come together and learn from each other. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a place for academicians and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests related to arts and humanities to meet and interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Performing artists (live dance, theater, and music) interested in displaying their talents will be accommodated whenever possible. Additional Information Anthropology Archeology Architecture Art Dance English Ethnic Studies Film Geography Graphic Design History Languages Literature Linguistics Music Performing Arts Philosophy Religion Speech/Com Theatre Visual Arts

Ever since the days when sound was ncorporated into movies, music has been a quintessential part of ones expression of storytelling and making of a film. Attend this afternoon conference and learn: - An understanding of the music business - An explanation of music rights - What licenses and legal documents are required to use music - What are the implications of ownership and licenses - How is money generated by music in film and television - How do you put the movie soundtrack together - Plus attend our networking cocktail reception