Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Art in praxis
Social practices
SUBMISSIONS
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
All speakers are required to provide a title, an abstract of max. 150 words, 3-5 key
bibliographical references and keywords, name of the speaker and short bio (max.
100 words).
PRECONSTITUTED PANELS
We support the submission of pre-constituted panel proposals in order to
strengthen the thematic coherence of individual panels. We would like to strongly
encourage members of the NECS workgroups to put together a pre-constituted
panel but we also welcome submissions from academic project teams, museums,
galleries and other institutions wishing to share their experience in the area of
archives of/for the future. Panels may consist of 3-4 speakers from at least two
different academic affiliations and preferably from two or more different countries
with a maximum of 20 minutes speaking time each. Panel organisers are asked to
submit panel proposals including a panel title, a short description (up to 100
words) of the panel and information on all the papers, as listed above.
WORKSHOPS
Events such as workshops, roundtables or seminars both pre-conference and
conference concentrating on more practical aspects of our field such as
teaching or research methods are also welcome. In order to guarantee the
success of this format as a forum for discussion, speaking time will be limited to 10
minutes per participant. Organisers are asked to submit workshop proposals
including workshop title and a short description (max. 100 words).
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Please note that individuals may submit only one paper proposal, either to the
open call or as part of a pre-constituted panel or workshop.
Please submit all proposals before 31 January 2015 using the submission form
available at: http://necs.org/conference/proposal-submission-form/.
Confirmation will follow shortly thereafter (around 28 February 2015).
The conference will be held in English.
Attendance is free of charge, but valid NECS membership and online registration
are required in order to participate in the conference. Participants must register
with NECS at http://necs.org/user/register and pay their fee before a proposal is
submitted. Proposals from non-members (including all members of preconstituted panels) will not be taken into consideration. See also:
http://necs.org/faq
Participants will have to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Travel information, as well as a list of affordable hotels will be posted on the NECS
conference website in spring 2015.
Please email all enquiries to: conference@necs.org
Permanent link: http://necs.org/conference/cfp/
PROJECT FORUM
We would like to announce that the Project Forum an event in a brand new
format will be a part of the 2015 NECS Conference in d. The forum is
intended to provide scholars with an opportunity to present their work in progress
and their recent publications (monographs, book series, journals, collections),
initiatives in digital humanities and ongoing research projects. Each speaker will
be given a six-minute slot in which he or she will introduce the publication or
work in progress. There will also be time set aside towards the end of the event
for contributors to have a discussion with other speakers and members of the
audience.
Please send proposals, including the title of your publication or project, to ukasz
Biskupski lukasz.biskupski@swps.edu.pl by 31 January 2015. Confirmations of
acceptance will be issued by 28 February 2015.
ACCOMPANYING EVENTS
THE 13 th NECS GRADUATE WORKSHOP
The NECS Graduate Workshop has been designed to give scholars at the
beginning of their career a platform for networking with established European film
and media scholars. The 13th NECS Graduate Workshop in d is dedicated to the
topic of Fictional Technologies & Technologies of Fiction . You will find the CFP
online at: http://necs.org/conference/preconference/
Please send your submission with an abstract (max. 200 words) and a short bio
(max. 150 words) to Alex Casper Cline and Karol Jwiak: graduates@necs.org
TRANSMEDIALITY IN MODERN POPULAR CULTURE WORKSHOP
A workshop on the history of transmediality in modern popular culture will be held
in reference to the meeting's sub-theme The archive of popular culture. It will
focus on the exploration of cross-media business synergies in the entertainment
industry and the history of media convergence in the popular culture covering the
19th and the first half of the 20 th century. You will find the CFP online at:
http://necs.org/conference/preconference