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FILMSTUDIESASSOCIATIONOFCANADA/ASSOCIATIONCANADIENNED’ÉTUDES

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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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May30

19:00‐21:00

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Driving=10mins(4.2kms;walking=55mins)

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Driving=7mins(3.8kms;walking=45mins)

1. HeadsouthonKingStN/RegionalRoad15towardLodgeSt(3.7kms)2. TurnrightontoVictoriaStS(110m)3. TurnleftontoCharlesStW(11m):destinationisontheright

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

_______________________________________________June1juin______________________________________________

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)