University of Pittsburgh recently issued the following announcement.
Pitt-Lyon 2 International Colloquium / International Colloquium
April 14, 2022
French cinema facing the challenge of film genres
French Cinema and the Challenge of Cinematic Genres
Location: University Club, Conference Room A
123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
NB Papers will be given in the language that matches their title.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
8:50am Opening Remarks
9am-10:30am Panel 1: Testing the Limits of the Notion of Gender
Chair: Sébastien David (University Lumière Lyon 2)
“Can political cinema be a genre? On the fear of normalization in the French militant tradition,” Raphaël Jaudon (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“'Like Milk Poured Out from Christ's Own Breast:' Androgynous and Gender-Bending Lactations in Recent French and Francophone Film,” Aurel Rotival (Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3 University/Balzan International Foundation)
“ She never leaves her memory: Laurent Laffite of the Comédie-Française and the thriller” Hélène Valmary (University of Caen-Normandy)
11am–12:30pm Panel 2: Gender French Traditions
Chair: Luc Vancheri (University Lumière Lyon 2)
“The misfortune of the French western: the origins of an obvious failure,” Louis Daubresse (Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris 3).
“The French detective film: in search of a lost genre?” Stéphane Ledien (Laval University)
“Economic perspectives of popular comedy in the French film industry of the 1960s-1970s: a genre to the rescue of an industry in turmoil?,” Adrien Valgalier (Paul-Valéry-Montpellier University)
12:30pm-2pm Lunch/Break
2:00pm - 3:30pm Panel 3: Relating Authors and Genres
Chair: Benjamin Labé (University Lumière Lyon 2)
“Olivier Assayas and film genre author ” Margaret C. Flinn (The Ohio State University)
““Roubaix, une lumière” or how fiction redeems infamy (documented),” Sébastien David (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“ Jeannette, the childhood of Joan of Arc : from the Christian mysteries to the mysticism of Bruno Dumont,” Luc Vancheri (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
4:00-5:30pm Panel 4: Genres Across Media
Chair: Rémi Fontanel (University Lumière Lyon 2)
“The figure of the angel-hermaphrodite in Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki: the Angelophanies (1987-1988),” Mathilde Collonges (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“Photographing the family space: the intimate between unveiling and sacredness,” Lise Labouré (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“From Maya Deren to contemporary dance performances: what heritage for cinema-dance?,” Léa Thuong-Soo (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
Friday, April 15, 2022
9am-10:30am Panel 5: French Body Genres – Horror and the Fantastic
Chair: David Pettersen (University of Pittsburgh)
“Alice or the Last Fugue (Claude Chabrol, 1977): the art of French fantasy,” Hélène Frazik (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
“ Transhumanist Bodies in Julia Ducournau's Titanium , ” Hyunjin Kim (University of Pittsburgh)
11am–12:30pm Panel 6: The Boundaries of Realism in Genres
Chair: Kaliane Ung (University of Pittsburgh)
“Too Much Sex and Violence: Sagat, History of Cinema , and the French Pornographic Documentary,” Jonathan Devine (University of Pittsburgh)
“The advent of the filmed diary in French (documentary) cinema,” Rémi Fontanel (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“The pornographic shift in current French cinema: towards quality pornography,” Lionel Renaud (Laboratoire Lorrain de Sciences Sociales)
12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch/Break
2:30pm-4pm Panel 7: Genres and the Historiography of Film Movements
Chair: Joshua Lund (University of Notre Dame)
“The literary tradition of genres and French thought: the example of “poetic realism,”” Benjamin Labé (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
“The Tradition of Quality as a Film Genre: A Non-Territorial Approach to Postwar French Cinema,” Tadas Bugnevicius (Yale University)
“ Hate and Suburban Cinema : A Reassessment,” Brett Bowles (Indiana University)
4:30pm-5:30pm Panel 8: Genres in French Media Industries
Chair: Jonathan Devine (University of Pittsburgh)
“A Certain Tendency in French Horror Cinema: Rhetorical, Aesthetic and Industrial Shifts,” Maxime Bey-Rozet (University of Pittsburgh)
“The System of the Genius: Pierre Braunberger and the French New Wave's producer politics, ” Eli Boonin-Vail (University of Pittsburgh)
“Netflix's Lupine : Internationalization and Cultural Heritage on Global SVoD Platforms,” David Pettersen (University of Pittsburgh)
5:30pm Closing Remarks
Thursday, April 14 at 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
More dates through April 15, 2022
University Club, Conference Room A
123 University Place, Pittsburgh, 15213
EVENT TYPE
Readings, Symposia, etc. , Meetings & Conferences , Special Events
TOPIC
Arts & Culture , Humanities , Diversity
TARGET AUDIENCE
Undergraduate Students , Alumni , Faculty , Graduate Students
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