CFP: Czech Cinema in an East/West context

[Michael R Gott]

Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:51 PM
The editors of an international collection on cinematic exchanges between
East and West Europe after 1989 request proposals for a chapter with a
primary or comparative focus on Czech cinema. Submissions should be 600
words plus a working bibliography/filmography and short bio, submitted to
both editors at your earliest convenience: Michael Gott (
gottml at ucmail.uc.edu) and Todd Herzog, (herzoghr at ucmail.uc.edu). Completed
essays will be due by September 2013.

The collection aims to assess these East/West cinematic endeavors, voyages,
and exchanges made possible by the fall of the Berlin Wall and by European
Unification and expansion. We hope to address questions such as ‘what is
“East” or “Central” in European cinema?’ and ‘how is the East and
(shifting)Center portrayed in post-1989 European cinema?’ as well as to
assess the extent and impact of co-productions between Eastern Europe and
Western Europe. Possible lines of inquiry include but are not limited to:
• Memories of Communism in post-1989 films
• Reactions to economic and political changes
• Distribution, production, and reception case studies
• Journeys, trafficking, and migration from East to West and West to East
• Czech culture and society vis-à-vis “Western” Europe

The collection plans to examine both auteur films and popular cinema and
will include both analyses of films and of the film industry. Beyond the
realm of cinema, the collection seeks to add to the ongoing debates on
issues of European unity and specifically the discussion of the place of
the ‘East’ and its citizens within the framework of an ostensibly
borderless political Europe and protean European cultural sphere.

Please contact the editors, Michael Gott (gottml at ucmail.uc.edu) and Todd
Herzog (herzoghr at ucmail.uc.edu), with any questions.

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