Silent Film Information
Another Slapstick Symposium
A film conference on American slapstick comedy in the silent era, 13th-14th May, 2006 organized by BLASA (Belgium Luxembourg American Studies Association) and VDFC (Flemish Council for Film Culture)
To be held at the Cinémathèque Royale, Brussels, Belgium
Another Slapstick Symposium sets out to revisit and rethink some of the themes and ideas of the original 'Slapstick Symposium' organized by Eileen Bowser at the Museum of Modern Art in 1985. The conference will focus on four broad contexts:
- slapstick comedy and early film style
- studios and audiences
- comedy stars/acting
- mechanics of the gag and the culture of modernity
Confirmed keynote speakers include: Jennifer Bean (University of Washington), Tom Gunning (University of Chicago), Barry Salt (London Film School), Charles Wolfe (UC Santa Barbara).>
Abstracts for presentations (of no more than thirty minutes) should be submitted by email to Tom Paulus at tom.paulus@ua.ac.be
Deadline for submissions: 30th March 2006.
Conference organizer: Tom Paulus (for BLASA) (tom.paulus@ua.ac.be or tompaulus@telenet.be)
CFP: Another Slapstick Symposium (Belgium) (3/30/2006; 5/13/2006 - 5/14/2006)