35.2062, Calls: Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film and TV Series Across Cultures

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Subject: 35.2062, Calls: Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film and TV Series Across Cultures

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Date: 16-Jul-2024
From: Daniela Wawra [wawra at uni-passau.de]
Subject: Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film and TV Series Across Cultures


Full Title: Academia on Screen: The World of Higher Education in Film
and TV Series Across Cultures
Short Title: AOS 2025

Date: 20-Mar-2025 - 21-Mar-2025
Location: University of Passau, Germany
Contact Person: Daniela Wawra
Meeting Email: academia-on-screen at uni-passau.de
Web Site: https://www.geku.uni-passau.de/en/english-language-and-cultu
re/academia-on-screen

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ling &
Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 04-Nov-2024

Meeting Description:

Join us to explore cinematic representations of academia and their
implications.

This conference aims to explore the multifaceted portrayals of
academia and academics in films and TV series, in both fictional and
documentary modes, across diverse cultural contexts. These multimodal
media not only capture societal perspectives and moods but also play a
pivotal role in shaping public perceptions. They can serve as
catalysts for reflection on academic practice and societal discourse,
fostering a deeper understanding of cultural imprints and trends,
highlighting differences and similarities across cultures, raising
critical awareness, challenging stereotypes, and promoting
inclusivity.

We invite scholars from various disciplines and all continents,
including but not limited to linguistics, film and media studies,
literary studies, cultural studies, didactics and education, to
dissect and discuss representations of academic environments,
characters, practices and narratives in fictional and documentary
films and TV series. Potential topics for exploration include:

- Case studies of specific films or TV series that offer unique
insights into the academic world
- (Comparative) Analyses of academic portrayals in and across
different national and cultural contexts
- The evolution of academic characters, practices and settings,
whether within a single production or from a historical perspective
- Examination of stereotypes, tropes and themes associated with
professors, researchers, scientists, students, and/or college or
university life
- The impact of these portrayals on public perceptions of higher
education
- The role of genre in shaping academic narratives, from drama to
comedy to science fiction
- Intersectional analyses of e.g., gender, race, disability, and
class/caste in on-screen academic portrayals
- Examination of power dynamics in academia
- Analyses of multimodal constructions within academic portrayals,
exploring how linguistic, visual, auditory, and narrative elements
shape meanings, interpretations, and audience perceptions
- Reception studies focusing on audience responses to on-screen
depictions of academia, including engagement, interpretation, and the
influence of cultural and social factors on viewer reception
- Comparisons of and intersections between on-screen and real-life
discourses with reflections on societal developments
- Approaches to incorporating academic portrayals in educational
settings

Contributions from researchers across all disciplines and cultural
backgrounds are equally encouraged. By fostering interdisciplinary
dialogue, this conference aims to deepen our understanding of how the
academic world is represented and interpreted through the lens of film
and television in different cultures and across them. We also seek to
stimulate reflections on developments in real-world contexts. A
publication of the conference papers is planned.

Language: English
Presentation: Each selected talk will be allotted 20 minutes, followed
by 10 minutes of discussion.
Location: The conference will be held on-site on the picturesque
campus of the University of Passau, Germany.

Abstract Submission Guidelines:
Prospective presenters are invited to submit abstracts of no more than
300 words (excluding references). Submissions should include the
presentation title, author(s’) name(s), title(s) and affiliation(s),
email address, up to five keywords and a short biographical note (no
more than 100 words).
The deadline for submission is November 4, 2024. Please submit
abstracts via email to academia-on-screen at uni-passau.de. Notification
of acceptance will be sent by December 4, 2024. We encourage
submissions from scholars across all disciplines and cultural
backgrounds to contribute to an enriching dialogue.

Conference Organizers: Prof. Dr. Daniela Wawra and Prof. Dr. Lucia
Krämer, University of Passau



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