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FILMSTUDIESASSOCIATIONOFCANADA/ASSOCIATIONCANADIENNED’ÉTUDES
CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUES
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2012FSAC/ACÉCAnnualConference
May30‐June1,2012WilfridLaurierUniversity/UniversityofWaterloo
Waterloo,ON,Canada
HeldinconjunctionwiththeCongressoftheHumanitiesandSocialSciences
CongressTheme:
Crossroads:ScholarshipforanUncertainWorld
LocalArrangementCoordinator:LizClarke(WLU)ProgramChair:PhilippaGates(WLU)
2SPECIALEVENTS:OVERVIEWMay29mai18:00 WelcomeGathering(locationTBA)May30mai9:00 ConférencePratleyLecture17:30 ConférenceCommémorativeMartinWalshMemorialLecture
19:00 JointReception/RecéptionJointe
ParticipatingAssociations:CanadianGameStudiesAssociation(CGSA)CanadianAssociationofInformationScience(CAIS/ACSI)CanadianCommunicationAssociation(CCA/ACC)SocietyforDigitalHumanities(SDH/SEMI)FilmStudiesAssociationofCanada(FSAC/ACEC)
HostedbyNetworksofCentresofExcellenceforGraphics;AnimationandNewMedia(NCEGRAND);andtheCanadianDigitalMediaNetwork(CDMN)
May31mai12:30 PlenaryPanel—InPeter’sWords:CelebratingtheWorkofPeterMorris15:45 3rdAnnualScholars’ScreeningSeries18:00 MembersBookLaunch&Reception/LancementdesnouveauxlivresdesmembresJune1juin8:30 AnnualGeneralMeeting/Assembléegénéraleannuelle16:00 SilentFilm(onDVD)MusicMini‐Concert
ScreeningofMantrap(1926)starringClaraBowwithlivemusicalaccompaniment
3CampusInfo AllFSACpanelsessionsareinJ.R.CouttsEngineeringBuilding(RCH)
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NotethatjointpanelswithCUMS,SDH,andCGSAareheldonWilfridLauriercampus
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19:00‐21:00
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1. 7BustoDCharlesStTerminal[EastonUniversityAve](19mins,19stops)2. AlightatKing/Victoria(nextlightsafteryoucrosstherailwaytracks)3. Walkto151CharlesStW#100,KitchenerAbout2mins(150m)
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Driving=7mins(3.8kms;walking=45mins)
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Publictransit=25mins(cost$2.50)
1. 7BustoDCharlesStTerminal[SouthonKingfromUniversityAve](14mins,14stops)2. AlightatKing/Victoria(nextlightsafteryoucrosstherailwaytracks)3. Walkto151CharlesStW#100,KitchenerAbout2mins(150m)
5 8:30 May30mai May31mai June1juin
AnnualGeneralMeetingAssembléegénéraleannuelle8:30‐12:30
9:00 ConférencePratleyLecturePhilippeGauthier(UniversitédeMontréal/UniversitédeLausanne)
SoundStyleOnRhythminExperimentalCinemaSubjectivityandNewVoicesHollywoodGenresTheorisingtheAvantGarde
9:30
10:00
10:3011:00 Break/Pause Break/Pause
11:30
“HomeMovies”&InheritedVisionsWorkshop:PhDCurriculuminCanadianFilmStudiesDoctoralProgramsIdentities:DoublingandPerformanceSm/ArtFilm:AuthorshipandSpectatorshipPedagogy,InterventionandCinephilia
Workshop:HowtoGetHiredandWhattoDoOnceYouArePhilosophiesofCinema:Perception,Sensation,AffectHorror‐Comic‐Can:PromotionandReceptionSubjectivityandSexualDifferenceArchivalInvestigations
12:00
12:30
13:00 Lunch
PlenaryPanel:“InPeter’sWords:CelebratingtheWorkofPeterMorris”
Lunch
13:30 MusicinFilm(Jointpanel)
AlternativeMediaandtheMovingImage
Time,Memory,andNostalgiaTheComicBookFilm:MediaandMediation
TheEssayFilm:DecolonizingtheArchive,RepositioningSpectatorship
QueerFilmmakingandPerformance
14:00
14:30
TheMovingImagebeyondFilm(Jointpanel)13:45ParatextualConstructionofAuthorshipinaDigitalMediaCulture(Jointpanel)13:15CinematicCityPornandNecrophilia:TransgressiveSexualityFilmAdaptationinthePost‐CinematicEraSilentFilmRevisitedCanadianFilm:RegulationandPolicyScreen/play(Jointpanel)14:40
HistoricalContextsFilmandAestheticsSurveillance:Ignorance,Truth,andVampiresPost/ColonialCinemasWorkshop:FutureoftheDiscipline
15:00
15:30
16:00
Break/Pause Break/Pause Break/PauseFilmHistories:Essay,Direct,MontageWorkshop:TheProphecyof1997:RupturesandContinuitiesinContemporaryHongKongCinemaAccessibility:PreservationandReproducibilityWomen:Guilt,Violence,StardomExperimentationinContemporaryBrazilianDocumentaries
QuestionsofInfluence:NewHistoriesandTheoriesCanadianMediaHistoryAnime/Comics:AdaptationandAppropriationPhilosophyandFilm3rdScholars’ScreeningSeries
16:30
Event:SilentFilm(onDVD)MusicMini‐Concert
16:00‐17:30
17:00
17:30 WalshLecture[Co‐sponsoredbyCCA]TomGunning(UniversityofChicago)"Let'sStartOver:WhyCinemaHasn'tYetBeenInvented"18:00
Break/Pause
18:30 Event:BookLaunch&ReceptionLancementdesnouveauxlivres18:00
19:00Event:JointReception19:00FSAC,CGSA,CAIS,CCA,SDH
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WelcometoWaterloo!BienvenueàWaterloo!
WelcomeGathering 18:00 Offcampus(TBA)
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1.A.1 9:00–10:45 RCH301ConférencePratleyLecture
PhilippeGauthier(UniversitédeMontréal/UniversitédeLausanne)«L’histoiredisciplinaireetl’identitéd’unediscipline:lespremièresannéesdesétudescinématographiquesdanslesuniversitéscanadiennes»[TheDisciplinaryHistoryandtheIdentityofanAcademicDiscipline:HistoricisingtheEarlyYearsofCanadianFilmStudies]
Chair/Modératrice:PhilippaGates(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
Break/Pause 10:45–11:001.B.1 11:00‐12:30 RCH212
“HomeMovies”andInheritedVisions:NegotiatingPatrimonialLegacies PanelConvener:AngelicaFenner(UniversityofToronto)
o FlorentineStrzelczyk(UniversityofCalgary)
“Fathers,Sons,EmbodiedGuilt—ThomasHarlan’sfilmWundkanal(GunWound,1984)”
o GerdaCammaer(RyersonUniversity) “TheWonderfulLegacyofNelleMertens’s8mmFilms”
o AngelicaFenner(UniversityofToronto) “CinemaandReincarnation:DocumentingFamilyHistoryinaBuddhist
Context”1.B.2 11:00–12:30 RCH302
Workshop:PhDCurriculuminCanadianFilmStudiesDoctoralPrograms PanelConveners:MashaSalazkina(Concordia)/MichaelZryd(York)
o AndréGaudreault(UniversitédeMontréal)o CorinnColumpar(UniversityofToronto)o MashaSalazkina(ConcordiaUniversity)o MichaelZryd(YorkUniversity)
71.B.3 11:00–12:30 RCH209
Identities:DoublingandPerformance Chair/Modérateur:PeterDickinson(SimonFraserUniversity)
o ChristineRamsay(UniversityofRegina)
“TheDoubleandDavidCronenberg”o LaurenDavine(RyersonUniversity)
“HardRock,SoftMasculinities:ThePerformanceofSentimentalMasculinityinMetallica:SomeKindofMonsterandAnvil:TheStoryofAnvil”
o Ruurd(Roy)Dykstra(UniversityofWesternOntario) “DoublingDutch:Re‐presentingtheJewishExperienceinZwartboek”
1.B.4 11:00–12:30 RCH301
Sm/ArtFilm:AuthorshipandSpectatorship Chair/Modérateur:StefanSereda(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
o JacquelynCain(YorkUniversity)
“The ‘Cult’ Director vs. The Art‐House Auteur: Changing Notions ofAuthorshipinHorror&ArtCinema”
o JustinShaw(WilfridLaurierUniversity) “Melancholia, Scientific Rationalism, and Gender in Lars von Trier’s
Melancholia”o ThomasDorey(YorkUniversity)
“WatchingSmartFilm’sWritersWriting”1.B.5 11:00–12:30 RCH307
Pedagogy,InterventionandCinephilia Chair/Modérateur:ScottPreston(UniversityofNewBrunswick)
o ScottMacKenzie(YorkUniversity)
“DétournementDowntheRabbitHole:DigitalRemixesandDisneySubterfugeinAliceinWonderland,orWhoisGuyDebord?”
o BirgitM.Schneidmueller(YorkUniversity) “TheDigitalParadigmintheClassroom:FromTextbooktoTransmedia”
o DominicLeppla(ConcordiaUniversity) “AmateurismandRevelation:TheAmateurwithinFilmStudies”
Lunch/Déjeuner 12:30–14:00
81.C.1 13:15–14:30[NOTE:earlierstarttime] R103(@202ReginaSt,WLU)TheMovingImagebeyondFilm:Promises&PitfallsintheFilm/GamesConnection
[Joint‐PanelwithCanadianGameStudiesAssociationandSocietyforDigitalHumanities] PanelConvener:DominicArsenault(UniversitédeMontréal)
o DominicArsenault(UniversitédeMontréal)
“Acalltoeyes:riseagainstcinema!Ontheimportanceofreassessingthemultiplerootsofvideogamegraphicsacrosshistory,genresandplatforms”
o DannyGodin(UniversitédeMontréal) “Degreesofinteractivityingameplayasarepresentationofagame’s
storylineanddiegeticfreedomofaction”o SachaLebel(UniversitédeMontréal)
“ViolenceVs.Violence:Acomparativestudyoffilmandvideogameviolence”o GuillaumeRoux‐Girard(UniversitédeMontréal)
“Fromremediationtotransmediality:Videogamesandculturalseries”
1.C.2/3F 13:45–15:15[NOTE:earlierstarttime] Rm1106(HageyHall/Arts,UW)ParatextualConstructionofAuthorshipinaDigitalMediaCulture
[Joint‐PanelwithCanadianCommunicationAssociation] PanelConvener:DavidRichler(CarletonUniversity)
o LinaShoumarova(CarletonUniversity)
“’Generatinggoodbuzz’:YoungReaders'InvolvementinBookTrailerCreation”
o DavidRichler(CarletonUniversity) “TowardsaParatextualModelofAuthorship”
o FelanParker(YorkUniversity) “Play‐By‐Play:AudioCommentaryinDigitalGames”
o ThomasDorey(YorkUniversity) “TheWalkthroughasTelevisionParatext”
1.C.3 14:00–15:30 RCH301
CinematicCity Chair/Modératrice:ChristineRamsay(UniversityofRegina)
o NathanHolmes(UniversityofChicago)
“What’sGoingOn?:TheFrenchConnection,UrbanObservation,andtheLogicofPursuit”
o IanRobinson(YorkUniversity) “TheCinematicCityasLocalHistory”
91.C.4 14:00–15:30 RCH212
TransgressivePleasures Chair/Modérateur:TroyRhoades(ConcordiaUniversity)
o BlairDavis(DePaulUniversity)
“Cheesy!(Or,WhyDoStudentsKeepUsingThisWordToDescribeFilmsThatILove?)”
o PeterAlilunas(UniversityofMichigan)o “TransgressiveExuberance:GingerLynn,VividVideo,GenderedSexuality”
o TysonStewart(UniversityofWesternOntario)o “SharingtheLoveinL.A.:Showtime’sCalifornicationandJouissance”
1.C.5 14:00–15:30 RCH302
FilmAdaptationinthePost‐CinematicEra PanelConveners:RussellKilbourn(WilfridLaurierUniversity)andPatrickFaubert
(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
o AaronTaylor(UniversityofLethbridge) “HowtoSeeThingsDifferently:The‘Reimaginings’ofTimBurton”
o SandraAnnett(WilfridLaurierUniversity) "DigitalDreamsandtheNostalgiaforCinemainPaprikaandHugo"
o PatrickFaubert(WilfridLaurierUniversity) "CriticalIntermediality:TheShifting‘Ontology’ofAdaptation"
1.C.6 14:00–15:30 RCH209
SilentFilmRevisited Chair/Modérateur:PaulMoore(RyersonUniversity)
o PeterMersereau(UniversityofToronto)
o “FromtheKaiser’sCinematothe‘TheatreofthePeople’:GermanFilmintheAftermathoftheFirstWorldWar”
o CristianMelchiorre(RyersonUniversity)o “(Ex)PosingInteriors:VachelLindsay&theCinemaasIntimacy‐Monstrator”
o CameronMoneo(YorkUniversity)o “OntheScenewithDzigaVertov:TheKino‐EyeRevelationsandDocumented
RealitiesofKenJacobs’Tom,Tom,thePiper’sSon”
1.C.7 14:00–15:30 RCH307CanadianFilm:RegulationandPolicy
Chair/Modérateur:PeterUrquhart(WilfridLaurierUniversity)o SalahHassanpour(YorkUniversity)
o “Labour‐governmentrelationsintheCanadianmovingpictureindustry,1908‐1929"
o JeremyMathers(YorkUniversity/RyersonUniversity)o “SponsoredFilmsandNuclearEnergyPropagandaattheNationalFilmBoard
ofCanada”o ChrisE.Gittings(UniversityofWesternOntario)
o “Re‐visitingtheAnglo‐CanadianNationalCinemaProject”
101.C.8 14:40–15:30[NOTE:laterstarttime] R103(@202ReginaSt,WLU)
Screen/play[Joint‐PanelwithCanadianGameStudiesAssociationandSocietyforDigitalHumanities]o DavidMurphy(Ryerson/YorkUniversities)
o “Sound,Image,andEmulation:TheParallelPreservationofGamesandFilms”
o NeilRandall(UniversityofWaterloo)o “VideogamesandAdaptationStudies”
Break/Pause 15:30–15:451.D.1 15:45–17:15 RCH302
FilmHistories:Essay,Direct,Montage Chair/Modératrice:CatherineRussell(ConcordiaUniversity)
o ThomasWaugh(ConcordiaUniversity)
o “Problemsinthe1960sessayfilm:twocasestudiesbyJorisIvens”o MatthewJ.Raimondo(YorkUniversity)
o “PolemicsoftheVoice‐Over:AuralAnomaliesinDirectCinemaFilms”o T.A.Pattinson(UniversityofCalgary)
o “’Happiness Isn’t Enjoyable’:Montage and the Folds of History in Jean‐LucGodard’sL’Origineduvingtetunièmesiècle(pourmoi)(2000)”
1.D.2 15:45–17:15 RCH301
Workshop:TheProphecyof1997:Ruptures&ContinuitiesinContemporaryHongKongCinema
PanelConvener:KatherineSpring(WilfridLaurierUniversity)o JingJingChang(WilfridLaurierUniversity)o LisaFunnell(WilfridLaurierUniversity)o BartTesta(UniversityofToronto)
1.D.3 15:45–17:15 RCH212
Accessibility:PreservationandReproducibility Chair/Modératrice:ChristinaStojanova(UniversityofRegina)
o AiméeMitchell(YorkUniversity)
"TheArchivistasActiveCitizen:ACaseStudyofAmateurVideoDigitizedatVtape"
o EliHorwatt(YorkUniversity) “TheAestheticsofFilmPiracy”
o ErikaBalsom(CarletonUniversity) “DistributingMovingImageArt:Authenticity,Reproducibility,andtheRiseof
theLimitedEdition”
111.D.4 15:45–17:15 RCH307
Women:Guilt,Violence,Stardom Chair/Modératrice:LizClarke(WilfridLaurierUniversity)o CristinaLuciaStasia(UniversityofAlberta)
o “Sugar,SpiceandEverythingDeadly:TheGirlActionHero”o BrendaAustin‐Smith(UniversityofManitoba)
o “GuiltyPleasuresinMarleenGorris’AQuestionofSilence”o LizCzach(UniversityofAlberta)
o “GenevièveBujold:MuseofModernQuébéc”
1.D.5 15:45–17:15 RCH209ExperimentationinContemporaryBrazilianDocumentaries
PanelConvener:HudsonMoura(RyersonUniversity)
o HudsonMoura(RyersonUniversity) “Contemplative Cinematic Thinking: The Subjectivity of Reality and the
SuspensionofTimeinCaoGuimarães’Films”o MartinSchlesinger(Ruhr‐UniversityBochum,Germany)
“Mass/Man/Media.ThedocumentariesofErykRocha”
ConférenceCommémorativeMartinWalshMemorialLectureRCH101
[Co‐sponsoredbytheCanadianCommunicationAssociation] 17:30–19:00
TomGunning(UniversityofChicago)
"Let'sStartOver:WhyCinemaHasn'tYetBeenInvented"
JointReception/RecéptionJointe 19:00–21:00CanadianGameStudiesAssociation(CGSA)
CanadianAssociationofInformationScience(CAIS/ACSI)CanadianCommunicationAssociation(CCA/ACC)
SocietyforDigitalHumanities(SDH/SEMI)FilmStudiesAssociationofCanada(FSAC/ACEC)
HostedbyNetworksofCentresofExcellenceforGraphics;AnimationandNewMedia(NCEGRAND);andthe
CanadianDigitalMediaNetwork(CDMN)
@TheCommunitechHubTheatre151CharlesStreetW.Suite100,Kitchener
12_________________________________________________May31mai_____________________________________________2.A.1 9:00–10:45 RCH301
SoundStyle Chair/Modératrice:JoanneStober(CarletonUniversity)
o KatherineQuanz(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
“Cronenberg’sSoundscapes:ShiftsinSonicStylesfromOneDirectorialPhasetoAnother”
o CharlesTepperman(UniversityofCalgary) “TwoTurntablesandaMicrophone:AnArcheologyofAmateurFilmSound”
o RandolphJordan(SimonFraserUniversity) “OccupyingVancouver:SoundscapePoliticsandContestedSpacesinSylvia
Spring’sMadeleineIs…”2.A.2 9:00–10:45 RCH307
OnRhythminExperimentalCinema PanelConvenor:IzabellaPruska‐Oldenhof(RyersonUniversity)o KellyEgan(YorkUniversity/RyersonUniversity)
“TheHeartofFilm:On theDeathof theFilmProjectorand theSilencingofMechanicalRhythm”
o AngelaJoosse(YorkUniversity/RyersonUniversity) “ThePotentMeetingofCameraRhythmsandEmbodiedRhythmsinMarie
Menken'sArabesqueforKennethAnger”o IzabellaPruska‐Oldenhof(RyersonUniversity)
“Rhythm,Image,andFlesh:SomaticRhythmsinJoyceWieland’sWaterSark”
2.A.3 9:00–10:45 RCH306
SubjectivityandNewVoices Chair/Modératrice:JenniferVanderburgh(SaintMary’sUniversity)
o JonMontes(YorkUniversityandRyersonUniversity)
“BiutifulFeelings:TransnationalCinemaandAffectedPublics”o MariaIonită(OCADUniversity)
“TheWrittenImage:LucianPintilie’sReenactmentandCorneliuPorumboiu’sPolice,Adjective”
o CorinnColumpar(UniversityofToronto) “TheGestaltofShortbus:Collaboration,Performance,andCorporeality”
132.A.4 9:00–10:45 RCH308
HollywoodGenres Chair/Modératrice:AndrewBurke(UniversityofWinnipeg)
o MattHauske(UniversityofChicago)
“SoYouWanttoShootWesterns:LocationFilmmakingandTourisminthePostwarAmericanWest”
o JillianButler(YorkUniversity) “IntheShadowsIwillSingtoYou:TheContentsofRealandImaginedSpace
intheMusicalsofBusbyBerkeley”o BarbaraBruce(CarletonU)/CameronMcFarlane(NipissingU)
“DisasterBegins:TheLastDaysofPompeii,1834‐1935”2.A.5 9:00–10:45 RCH305
TheorisingtheAvantGarde Chair/Modératrice:BrendaLongfellow(YorkUniversity)
o ScottBirdwise(YorkUniversity)
“TheVoicesofMachines,TheVoicesofShock‐Workers”:Documentary,PoliticalModernism,andtheDistributionoftheSensibleinDzigaVertov’sEnthusiasm:SymphonyoftheDonbass”
o MasakiKondo(YorkUniversity) “InterpretationandExtensionofToshioMatsumoto’sFilmTheory”
o JerryWhite(DalhousieUniversity) “Some Basic Considerations for the ‘Conservative Avant Garde’: Brakhage,
Tarkovksy,Syberberg”Break/Pause 10:45–11:002.B.1 11:00–12:30 RCH301
Workshop:HowtoGetHiredandWhattoDoOnceYouAre PanelConvener:CharlieKeil(UniversityofToronto)
o ErikaBalsom(CarletonUniversity)o JamesCahill(UniversityofToronto)o MaliniGuha(CarletonUniversity)o SandraAnnett(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
2.B.2 11:00–12:30 RCH307
PhilosophiesofCinema:Perception,Sensation,Affect PanelConvener:LeeCarruthers(UniversityofCalgary)
o NadineBoljkovac(BrownUniversity)
“ChrisMarker’sbestiary:ofscars,smilesandpast‐futuresigns”o MichaelMeneghetti(BrockUniversity)
“ActsandFrictions:BodilyComportmentandMeaninginBeautyDay”o LeeCarruthers(UniversityofCalgary)
“AVertiginousProximity:ViewingExperienceandTerrenceMalick’sTheTreeofLife”
142.B.3 11:00–12:30 RCH306
Horror‐Comic‐Can:PromotionandReception Chair/Modérateur:PhilippeGauthier(UniversitédeMontréal/deLausanne)
o ErinHanna(UniversityofMichigan)
o “ScottPilgrimvs.Comic‐Con:Power,Labour,andPromotionalSpaces”o SaraA.Swain(YorkUniversity)
o “‘A Horror of Great Darkness All Around’: The Mobile Phone & AuditoryImmersioninRodrigoCortes’Buried”
o SeanFitzpatrick(UniversityofWesternOntario)o “TheHomelessActionFilm:HobowithaShotgunandtheConstructionofa
ContemporaryPopularCinemainEnglish‐SpeakingCanada”
2.B.4 11:00–12:30 RCH308SubjectivityandSexualDifference
Chair/Modératrice:CristinaLuciaStasia(UniversityofAlberta)
o MatthewFlisfeder(IndependentScholar) “‘CinémaFéminine’:OnthePoliticalSublimeinAlfonsoCuarón’sYTuMamá
También”o StephanieButler(IndependentScholar)
“LesbianOrpheus:TheUseofFemaleCharactersinWomen‐CenteredPsycho‐KatabasisFilms”
o CelineBell(YorkUniversity) “TheFemaleNarratorinFilmNoir”
2.B.5 11:00–12:30 RCH305
ArchivalInvestigations Chair/Modérateur:RandolphJordan(SimonFraserUniversity)
o JoanneStober(CarletonUniversity)
“SeymourStern:TheArchive” o PaulMcEwan(MuhlenbergCollege)
“TheBirthofaNationandMid‐CenturyFilmCultureinCanadaandtheUnitedStates”
o ZoëDruick(SimonFraserUniversity) “TheArchivebeneaththeArchive:TheNFB&MemoriesofCanadianCinema”
PlenaryPanel 12:30– 14:00RCH302 “InPeter’sWords:CelebratingtheWorkofPeterMorris”
PleasejoinusincelebratingthelifeandworkofPeterMorris.Colleagueswillpresentshort,representativereadingsandscreeningsofPeter'swork,
contextualizinghisremarkableanddiversecontributiontoFilmStudies.Thiscatered,lunchtimeplenarysessionwillthenopenthefloortodiscussthewaysinwhich
Peter'sworkhasinfluencedfilmscholarship.
152.C.1 14:00–15:30 RCH308
HistoricalContexts Chair/Modérateur:TomWaugh(ConcordiaUniversity)
o JessicaMulvogue(YorkUniversity)
“BetweenFilm,Theatre,andPainting:Findingthe‘Cinematic’intheDigitalTableauxofTomHunter”
o PeterBaxter(Queen’sUniversity) “AtFirstSight:Love,HistoryandFilmForm”
o AnthonyCristiano(WilfridLaurierUniversity) “ItalianCinematicTrendsintotheMillennium:AComparisonbetweenDays
andCloudsandIlDivo”
2.C.2 14:00–15:30 RCH307FilmandAesthetics
Chair/Modératrice:MariaIonită(OCADUniversity)
o YvesPicard(UniversitédeMontréal) “FromRuedesPignonsto19‐2:ATaleofTwoDegrees”
o TroyRhoades(ConcordiaUniversity) “TheModulationofColourinFlorianCramer’sFloppyFilms”
o SanjaObradovic(YorkUniversity) “Betweennarrativeandspectacle:immersioninstereoscopic3Dmoving
images”
2.C.3 14:00–15:30 RCH306Surveillance:Ignorance,Truth,andVampires
Chair/Modératrice:JamesCahill(UniversityofToronto)
o StefanSereda(WilfridLaurierUniversity) “TheNewWordsoftheDay:Ignorance,Surveillance&AusterityinDogtooth”
o BrendaLongfellow(YorkUniversity) “ComplexRegimesofTruth:SurveillanceandAffectinLucCoteandPatricio
Henriquez’sYouDon’tLiketheTruth—FourDaysinsideGuantanamo(2010)”o FlorianGrandena(Universitéd’Ottawa)
“TheVampireasSurveillanceMetaphorintheTwilightCycle”
2.C.4 14:00–15:30 RCH305Post/ColonialCinemas
Chair/Modératrice:JingJingChang(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
o MaliniGuha(CarletonUniversity) “‘ASenseofPlace’:PostcolonialKolkataintheAuteuristCinemaofBengal
fromthe1950stothe1970s”o JonathanR.H.Owens(Queen’sUniversity)
IndiaasSlum,IndiaasCity:Globalization,Bollywood&theBrandingofIndiao BrunoCornellier(UniversityofManitoba)
“DefiningSettlerCinema:RepresentingRaceandBelonginginMulticulturalSettlerStates”
162.C.5 14:00–15:30 RCH301
Workshop:FutureoftheDiscipline PanelConvener:MikeZryd(YorkUniversity)
o AubreyAnable(UniversityofToronto)o BrendaAustin‐Smith(UniversityofManitoba)o BarryGrant(BrockUniversity)o HaideeWasson(ConcordiaUniversity)o SethFeldman(YorkUniversity)
Break/Pause 15:30–15:452.D.1 15:45–17:45 RCH305
QuestionsofInfluence:NewHistoriesandTheories
PanelConvener:ColinBurnett(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis)
o ColinBurnett(WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis) “MichaelBaxandall’s‘Excursus’andtheProblemofInfluenceinGlobalArt
Cinema”o DavidResha(Birmingham‐SouthernCollege)
“TracingCinematicInfluenceinDocumentaryFilm”o MichaelBaker(UniversityofBritishColumbia)
“TheRemediatedBeatles:Audio‐VisualDesignandInfluence”o MerajDhir(HarvardUniversity)
“GordonWillis:InPraiseofShadows”2.D.2 15:45–17:45 RCH307
CanadianMediaHistory Chair/Modératrice:LizCzach(UniversityofAlberta)
o MartaBraun(RyersonUniversity)andCharlieKeil(UniversityofToronto)
o “ArchitectureandPerformance:Toronto’sScreenMediaLandscapeattheTurnofthe20thCentury”
o PaulS.Moore(RyersonUniversity)andSandraGabriele(ConcordiaUniversity)o “RadioandotherCameraClassics:FilmcraftandtheTorontoStar’s
IntermedialEndeavorsin1922”o JenniferVanderBurgh(SaintMary’sUniversity)
o “TVattheCNE(1939):EmergentTelevisionCitizenshipinCanada”
172.D.3 15:45–17:45 RCH306
Anime/Comics:AdaptationandAppropriation Chair/Modérateur:AaronTaylor(UniversityofLethbridge)
o MichelleBanks(UniversityofWesternOntario)
“Super Cinema: American Exceptionalism, Desire, and Who Gets Saved inSuperheroMovies.”
o MikeMcCleary(WilfridLaurierUniversity) “‘Bad’ Comics Spawn ‘Bad’ Films: The Pleasure of Ichi the Killer’s
SadomasochisticAdaptation”o AlainChouinard(ConcordiaUniversity)
“Textual Appropriation, ‘Fair Use’ Parody, and the Question of OwnershipwithintheWesternOtakuPracticeofAnimeAbridging”
2.D.4 15:45–17:45 RCH308
PhilosophyandFilm Chair/Modératrice:ErikaBalsom(CarletonUniversity)
o AdamSzymanski(ConcordiaUniversity)
“Overcoming Animal Alterity in Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His PastLives”
o LeeKnuttila(YorkUniversity) “FilmsWithoutAudiences:Object‐Oriented‐OntologyandFilmStudies”
o ChristinaStojanova(UniversityofRegina) “Jean‐LucGodardandLudwigWittgensteininNewContexts”
2.D.5 15:45–17:45 RCH3013rdAnnualScholars’ScreeningSeries
SeriesConvener:AnthonyCristiano(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
o ZoëHeyn‐Jones(RyersonUniversity) “DoingExperimentalEthnography”
o SethFeldman(YorkUniversity) “MauthausenTwice”
o AlexisMitchell(IndependentScholar) “CAMP:AnExplorationofSilenceandTransgressioninContemporary
JewishCultureandPolitics”
Break/Pause 17:45–18:00
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Reception/Réception 18:00–20:00
FSACMembersBookLaunch&ReceptionLancementdesnouveauxlivresdesmembresd’ACÉC
SponsoredbytheCanadianJournalofFilmStudies
@TheHawk’sNest4thfloor
FredNicolsStudents’UnionBuildingWilfridLaurierCampus
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3.A.1/3.B.1 8:30–12:30 RCH301
FSACAnnualGeneralMeeting/Assembléegénéraleannuelled’ACEC
Coffee/Tea/Juiceandsnackswillbeserved
Lunch/Déjeuner 12:30–13:303.C.1 13:30–15:30 A431(AirdBuilding@WLU)
MusicinFilm[Joint‐PanelwithCanadianUniversityMusicSociety]
PanelConvener:KatherineSpring(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
o ChristinaGier(UniversityofAlberta) “TheSoundsofDualityandtheMusicinIngmarBergman’sPersona(1966)”
o LloydWhitesell(McGillUniversity) “Haloes,Crowns,Veils”
o RebeccaCoyle(SouthernCrossUniversity) “BrianMay’sMusicalModernismandFilmComposition”
o KatherineSpring(WilfridLaurierUniversity) “’YouDidn’tPrepareMeforThis’:TheMusicalAssimilationofAuthenticityin
Hanna”
193.C.2 13:30–15:30 RCH301
AlternativeMediaandtheMovingImage Chair/Modérateur:JerryWhite(DalhousieUniversity)
o BrandonArroyo(ConcordiaUniversity)
“ExtensionsofOurselves:NegotiatingProximityintheArtandPersonalVlogsofYouTube”
o AllaGadassik(NorthwesternUniversity) “BetweentheKeyframes:AnimationandtheOrganizationofMovement”
o FelanParker(YorkUniversity) “TheSet‐Up,theTiltandtheAftermath:Role‐playingtheCaper‐Gone‐Wrong
FilminFiasco”o AudreyBélanger(UniversitédeMontréal)
«Lesliensentrewebettélévision:lawebsérie»3.C.3 13:30–15:30 RCH306
Time,Memory,andNostalgia Chair/Modératrice:BrendaAustin‐Smith(UniversityofManitoba)
o KatrinaSark(McGillUniversity)
“ManufacturingNostalgia”o AndersJ.Bergstrom(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
“ThePersistenceofMemory:WongKar‐wai’s2046asCinematicMemoryImage”
o AndrewBurke(UniversityofWinnipeg) “HinterlandWho’sWho:Nature,Nostalgia,andtheBureaucraticUncanny”
o JacobPotempski(TrentUniversity) “TheCinemaandReal‐Time:AnInvestigationoftheMedium’sRelationto
TimethroughtheLensofTheClock(2010)&PresentContinuousPast(s)”
3.C.4 13:30–15:30 RCH302
TheComicBookFilm:MediaandMediation PanelConvener:DruJeffries(Concordia)
o KevinHatch(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
“How Many of You are Ready to Help Me Sock ol’ Adolf on the Jaw?”:Disjunctive Violence and Nostalgic Tone in Captain America: The FirstAvenger”
o DruH.Jeffries(ConcordiaUniversity) “TheComicBookFilmasPalimpsest”
o EvangelosTziallas(ConcordiaUniversity) “The Seduction of Special Effects: Superheroes, Action Heroes, and the
LegitimizationofthePoliceState”o MattYockey(UniversityofToledo)
“InfiniteCrisis:IntertextualityandWatchmen”
203.C.5 13:30–15:30 RCH307
TheEssayFilm:DecolonizingtheArchive,RepositioningSpectatorship PanelConvener:PapagenaRobbins(ConcordiaUniversity)
o PapagenaRobbins(ConcordiaUniversity)
“DisruptingtheLinkbetweenSeeingandKnowing: theAnamorphicsof theEssayFilm”
o CatherineRussell(ConcordiaUniversity) “Paris1900:TheArchiveinRuins”
o MatthewCroombs(CarletonUniversity) “French‐Algeria and the Police: Horror as Political Affect in Three Essay
FilmsbyAlainResnais”o KaiaScott(ConcordiaUniversity)
“EngagingaCinematicPublicSphereinCuba:MemoriesofUnderdevelopmentandtheEssayFilmForm”
3.C.6 13:30–15:30 RCH305
QueerFilmmakingandPerformance Chair/Modératrice:BrunoCornellier(UniversityofManitoba)
o RenéePenney(UniversityofSaskatchewan)
“GayWhiteMuscleBoys”o TamasNagypal(YorkUniversity)
“TheQueerChildasaSpectatorinJoeWright’sHanna”o PeterDickinson(SimonFraserUniversity)
StraightTime,or,TheLawofEnclosures
Break/Pause 15:30–16:00
Screening16:00–17:45 SilentFilm(onDVD)MusicMini‐Concert
Mantrap,from1926,featuresClaraBowinacomedyaboutanAmericanwomanwhomovestoasmallCanadiantownwithherolderhusband.Alovetriangle,dancepartiesandatrekthroughtheCanadianwildernesshighlightBowasemblematicoftheroaringtwentiesregardlessofsetting.Thebackwoodslocaledoesnothingtostopthespiritedyoungwomaninthislivelycomedy.Ourscreeningfeatureslivemusicalaccompaniment,whichmakesuseofhistoricalcuesheetstorecreateforcontemporaryaudiencesthefeelofmusicduringcinema’ssilentera.HostedbytheCanadianUniversityMusicSocietyandtheFilmStudiesAssociationofCanada,ourscreeningbringstogetherandhighlightshowinseparablefilmandmusicare,andhavebeen,evenbeforethe“comingofsound.”
A431(AirdBuilding@WLU)
21FSACExecutive/Conseild'administration2011‐2012
President
PhilippaGates(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
Vice‐president
LizCzach(UniversityofAlberta)
Secretary
AaronTaylor(UniversityofLethbridge)
Treasurer
PaulS.Moore(RyersonUniversity)
Members‐at‐large
ScottPreston(UniversityofNewBrunswick)
JenniferVanderBurgh(SaintMary'sUniversity)
PhilippeGauthier(UniversitédeMontréal/UniversitédeLausanne)
GraduateRepresentative
LizClarke(WilfridLaurierUniversity)
Editor,CJFS
CharlesAcland(ConcordiaUniversity)
CatherineRussell(ConcordiaUniversity)