Foreign Language Film Conference

Cultural Correspondences and the Camera

 

 

***Announcement***
FLFC II, on the theme "Exile, Migration, and Identity," is scheduled for 6-8 November 2008 on the campus of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge ! Call For Papers now available for download.

Photos from the inaugural conference

Participants, Panels & Program

Conference program from FLFC Year I available for download and printing.

***Keynote Speaker***

The Keynote Speaker for the 2007 Foreign Language Film Conference was Tom Conley (Harvard University).

Tom Conley, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, teaches French and Cinema Studies at Harvard University. Scholarly interests from 16th-century literature (Scève, Rabelais, Montaigne) to contemporary movie classics (Renoir, Godard, Bresson) make him one of the most creative and pluridisciplinary critics writing today. His most recent volume is Cartographic Cinema (University of Minnesota Press, 2007), which traces maps in movies and reads movies themselves as maps.

A recent article discussing Conley's passion for mapmaking, translation, philosophy, and baseball.

***Conference Special Event***

Kate Regan, Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Portland, discussed making her documentary The Sephardic Legacy of Segovia, Spain: Pentimento of the Past, and screened the film on Thursday evening, 11 October 2007, to kick off the conference.



From Films for the Humanities: Regan's documentary explores the Sephardic "legacy and documents recovery and restoration efforts in Segovia’s Jewish quarter. Combining interviews with scholars, historians, and residents with footage of medieval architectural features, the film vividly illustrates the long-term influence of the city’s age-old Jewish community. Special attention is given to the cultural impact of the Edict of Expulsion in 1492—an event that interrupted but did not erase the Sephardic tradition in Spain."

Screening followed by discussion and opening reception.

Lodging and Transportation

Lodging: The FLFC has blocks of rooms reserved at three Carbondale hotels:

The Holiday Inn ~ (618) 549-2600 ~ $99/night + tax

The Hampton Inn ~ (618) 549-6900 ~ $84/night + tax

Super 8 Motel ~ (618) 457-8822 ~ $60/night +tax

***Important: Rooms will be held for FLFC until 11 September 2007, but we urge participants to make lodging reservations as early as possible, perhaps even before finalizing travel arrangements. Carbondale hosts major annual events every weekend in October and hotel rooms tend to fill up within a 50-mile radius.





Transportation: American Airlines flies into Marion-Williamson County Airport (MWA) four times each day. The town of Marion is 16 miles east of Carbondale. From this airport, travelers can arrange for rental cars or taxi service to Carbondale. Participants may wish to book flights to St Louis (STL) and arrange to share rental cars from there. St Louis is approximately 90 miles from Carbondale and most major airlines serve the international hub.


For those who prefer not to fly or drive, Carbondale is also accessible via Amtrak.





Shuttle service: Shuttle service during the conference will be provided from the Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn, and Super 8 hotels to campus.

Call For Papers