Call For Papers

Call For Papers

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ONLINE CONFERENCE ONLY: MARCH 1, 2022
(See ABOUT WSS/TOPICS menu for additional topics)

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT EXTENDED TO: FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Women and the Silent Screen XI
"Women, Cinema, and World Migration"
June 1: The Museum of Modern Art
June 2 — 4: Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University in the City of New York
June 5: Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee, New Jersey
June 6 — 7: ONLINE ONLY — Asian & Other International Time Zones

**Click to Submit Proposal to 2022 Conference**

Submissions Checklist (Info Needed for Proposal Form)

    1. Contact information
    2. If the proposer is the chair or a solo presenter
    3. Title (10 words)
    4. Abstract (500 words + 3 bibliographic citations)
    5. Presentation Format (see below)
    6. Bio (50 words)
    7. A/V (PowerPoint or Keynote; confrm clips embedded in slides)

*Note: If there are multiple presenters, add Name, Contact info, and Bio for each.

Presentation Formats

    1. Single Paper: academic conference format
    2. Show-and-Tell: large lecture format PowerPoint short presentation of visual material
    3. Preconstituted Panel: 3–4 papers
    4. Workshop: multiple participants + moderator/organizer; see Jump Start PubPub for Workshop ideas-in-progress + contact info for organizers
      Ex: Italian American Workshop, Cross-Race Casting Workshop, Silent Shanghai Workshop

Conference Special Workshop/Screening Events:

  • Cinema's First Nasty Women Project
  • Digital Humanities Workshop
  • Workshop/Screening: Love and Duty (Wangcang Bu, Lianhua Film Co., China, 1931) 
    starring Ruan Lingyu. 2 hrs. 35 min. / Taiwan Film Archive new restoration

*Notes:

  • Conference Program Committee may propose an alternative format.
  • Panel and Workshop sessions are parallel.
  • Plenary sessions and screenings are single-strand.
  • Conference language: English.

Heads Up: A/V Requirements for Conference

1. Bring Keynote or PowerPoint/pptx on USB Drive
2. Embed streamed clips (mp4, mov, wmv) in slides
3. Limit links or videos that require Internet connection
4. Use Animation feature on pptx to limit amount of text onscreen as bullet points & to coordinate point by point with your paper presentation narration

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