SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE
Kursaal Congress Palace, San Sebastian, Spain
26-27 September 2011
http://OntheImage.com/
The Image Conference is a forum at which participants will interrogate the nature and functions of image-making and images. The conference has a cross-disciplinary focus, bringing together researchers, teachers and practitioners from areas of interest including: architecture, art, cognitive science, communications, computer science, cultural studies, design, education, film studies, history, linguistics, management, marketing, media studies, museum studies, philosophy, photography, psychology, religious studies, semiotics, and more.
We are pleased to hold the 2011 conference alongside the San Sebastian International Film Festival, founded in 1953 and acknowledged by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) as an A Category Festival.
This year's conference features the following plenary speakers:
* Owen Evans, Film and Television Media, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
* Dina Iordanova, Chair, Film Studies, St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, UK
* Mario Minichiello, Chair, Visual Communications, Birmingham City University BIAD, Birmingham, UK
* Solon Papadopoulos, Hurricane Films, Liverpool, UK
* Marijke de Valck, Film Festival Research Network and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
For more information about these speakers, please visit the conference website:
http://OntheImage.com/
In addition to plenary presentations, The Image Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may submit their written papers for publication in the refereed 'International Journal of The Image'. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available, which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at the conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Playlist. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 14 July 2011. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website:http://OntheImage.com/
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We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in San Sebastian this September.
Yours Sincerely,
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope & Tamsyn Gilbert
The New School For Social Research, New York City, USA
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on the Image and The International Journal of the Image
