<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">(via Donatella Della Ratta)<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Images, Film, and Video of Atrocity</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">University of Copenhagen</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">March 25-26, 2024</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">The two-day conference on “Images, Film, and Video of Atrocity” invites</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">scholars and researchers from diverse disciplines to submit their papers</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">and join us in exploring the complex and multifaceted realm of</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">non-fictional representations of atrocity. The conference is</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">particularly interested in non-fictional representations of atrocity</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">beyond the Holocaust and invites contributions that engage with</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">photography, video, television, or feature film. Our disciplines are at</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">the intersection of film and media studies as well as history and we are</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">equally interested in close-readings as well as expansive overviews and</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">macro-analyses.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">We welcome papers lasting 20 minutes, with additional time for</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">questions, on any of the following (non-comprehensively listed) topics:</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• the uses (and abuses) of archival images of past and recent conflicts</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• comparisons of image-representations across atrocities, time,</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">geography, or media</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• the rhetoric of images in documentary and propaganda film</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• representational configurations of particular groups (victims,</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">perpetrators, bystanders, and any complex combinations of these)</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• the agents, processes, infrastructures (e.g. festivals, platforms,</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">social media), and institutions behind these images that shape the</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">images or how they reach (or fail to reach) their audiences</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• narratives that (seek to) establish or perpetuate national memory and</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">identity as well as narratives that aim to establish transnational</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">representation</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">• research into the impact of such images on audiences and consumption</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">patterns</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Keynote speaker: Dr Piotr Cieplak, University of Sussex</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Please send a 300 word abstract by November 30 to:</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><a href="mailto:Julian.koch@hum.ku.dk" target="_blank" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Julian.koch@hum.ku.dk</a><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">The first day of the conference will feature the keynote, your</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">presentations, and possibly a screening. The second day of the</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">conference will be a workshop in which we will review and give</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">constructive feedback on each other’s papers. For this purpose, please</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">have a draft paper ready. These drafts should be a maximum of 8000</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">words, but can be as short as 3000 to 4000 words. Please ensure that</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">your draft is prepared at the latest two weeks before the start of the</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">conference (reminders will be sent). Papers will then be circulated and</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">each participant will be expected to review two papers.</span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">The conference is organized together with the Ethics and Violence</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">cluster at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies of the</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">University of Copenhagen and is funded by the HORIZON EUROPE Framework;</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"> </span><br style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">grant number 101025897.</span></div></body></html>