12 – 13 July 2012
Academi Hywel Teifi, Swansea University
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2012
Cyfrwng is currently seeking presentations for its annual conference to be held at Academi Hywel Teifi, College of Arts and Humanities, Swansea University, Wales. We are seeking submissions from academics, arts and media practitioners, and policy makers in the following fields of study: Film, Television, Radio, Journalism, New Media and Theatre and Performance.
Cyfrwng 2012 aims to discuss the relationship which exists between literature and the media within Small Nations. Here in Wales, and especially in the Welsh language, a close relationship has developed between our literary canon and the dramatic productions which are seen on our screens. We hope through this conference to share experiences and ideas about that relationship, its influence and the reaction to it.
Proposals for papers, complete discussion panels, workshops, screenings and performances discussing any aspect of the conference theme are welcomed, including, but not limited to:
- The means by which literary texts are adapted for a variety of platforms
- Audience responses and reactions to literature on various platforms
- The role of the media as a means of developing new audiences for literary works
- The relationship between a minority language and literature on the stage and screen
- The effect of dependency on literary adaptations on the development of new creative ideas
- The work of key creative individuals via a variety of platforms, e.g. poets and the radio; dramatists on stage/screen; novelists on the screen.
We invite those engaged in intellectual work within existing institutions, such as universities, but also those engaged in the arts and media professionally to share their ongoing work.
Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length, but we will consider other timescales for short performances, screenings etc. We would also consider proposals for small-scale exhibitions. Proposals for complete panels will also be welcome. Please send proposals of around 300 words (for individual papers) together with a short biography to the following address: e.price@abertawe.ac.uk
For more information on Academi Hywel Teifi please go to: www.abertawe.ac.uk/academihywelteifi
For more information on Swansea University please go to: www.swansea.ac.uk
For more information on the city of Swansea please go to: www.visitswanseabay.com
We look forward to hearing from you, organizing with you and, of course, discussing your work with you!