Women and the Silent Screen VII: Performance and the Emotions
The University of Melbourne, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2013

***NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR CFP: 1 March 2013***

Previously held in Utrecht, Santa Cruz, Montréal, Guadalajara, Stockholm
and Bologna, this is the first time the conference has been brought to the
Australia-Pacific region. We are inviting participants to submit abstracts
(200-300 words, headed by a paper title) as well as a short biographical
statement by 20/01/2013. Those who would like to propose panels or
workshops should submit a panel title, as well as the individual paper
proposal. We hope that the nature of the industry itself can become a
starting point for questions about women’s collaborative endeavor. Topics
may include but are not limited to:

*   Performance and the emotions
*   Women making films
*   Film and the archive
*   Transnational collaborations
*   Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples
*   Set design and fashion
*   Monstrosity and the silent screen
*   Queer theory
*   Historiography
*   Studies in National cinemas (especially Australian, East & South East
Asian film)
*   The New Woman
*   The Sound of the Silents

Those whose work does not fall within these categories are still encouraged
to submit a proposal. We will make every effort to represent the breadth of
scholarship being undertaken in film history.

The conference welcomes participation from scholars, archivists, students
and cinephiles. It is supported by a program of screenings at ACMI
(Australia Centre for the Moving Image), which will run from 26 September
to 30 September, 2013. This program will be developed in collaboration with
the National Film and Sound Archive.

The conference is convened by Victoria Duckett and Jeanette Hoorn. Keynote
speakers include Richard Abel, Weihong Bao, Pam Cook, Barbara Creed, Mary
Ann Doane and Shelley Stamp.

Please send your abstracts, or any questions you might have to the
organizers at wssconference2013@gmail.com