The Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies is hosting its 5th anniversary international conference at The American University of Rome from June 9-10, 2017. The conference will provide a forum to discuss innovative directions for the journal and examine the role of Italian cinema and media in a global context. Possible topics include Italian co-productions, LGBTQ cinema, digital cultures, and television narratives. The deadline for 250-word abstract submissions is October 31, 2016. Selected papers will be considered for publication in the journal or an edited volume.

1. CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference
Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies
Innovations and Tensions
Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World
The American University of Rome
9-10 June 2017
Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, published by Intellect Ltd. since 2012, is a peer-reviewed
triannual journal. JICMS is the leading English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical
debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption. It provides a platform for dialogue
between academics, filmmakers, cinema, and media professionals. Within the realm of a trans-cultural debate,
the purpose of JICMS is to refer to Italy as the unifying geo-cultural site for a contemporary discussion of
translocal cinema. The journal aims to elaborate a multifaceted definition of Italian cinema, shifting the critical
paradigm outside the inwardly focused field of Italian film studies and exploring how Italian cinema and media
expand beyond the boundaries of their (pen)insularity. The journal also intends to explore the hybridization of
film and media as well as the permeability and versatility of new media.
In 2017, JICMS celebrates its 5th anniversary (2012-2017) with an international conference. This conference
will provide a forum for developing innovative directions for the journal. We will exchange ideas about trans-
national approaches to Italian cinema and media and foster debate on the role of Italian cinema and media in the
complex tapestry of global societies in the twenty-first century.
With this CFP, the conference organizers invite proposals for single papers, pre-constituted panels and
roundtables that would identify innovations and tensions shaping contemporary Italian cinema and media
productions in a global world.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Milly Buonanno, La Sapienza University
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Italian cinema and international co-productions
- LGBTQ cinema
- Borderlands and the changing geographies of liminal spaces
- Filmmakers of diverse ethnic, religious, national background
- Diasporic and accented filmmakers/filmmaking

2. - Digital diaspora and electronic migrant communities
- Digitalized cultures for participating, citizenship, and intercultural communication
- Postcoloniality in various media
- Digital cinema
- Italian film festivals in the world
- Television serial narratives
- Presence-absence of Italians of various ethnic background in the media
- Web series
- New media and intermediality
- Networked activism
- Transmedia and social activism
- Transmedia narratives and productions in film and television
- Video-games
- Animation
- Subtitling and dubbing
- How or if Italy is rethinking or renegotiating its situation in the EU
- Who owns/controls the media in Italy, and what are the ramifications of this political economy of the
media
- Future Memories: Anniversaries of Cinema and Media Institutions
Please send an abstract of 250 words plus a short bio of 100 words for single papers, or 350 words (a including
the aims of the panel and summaries of each contribution specifying the names of filmmakers, artists, films,
media etc.) followed by individual titles, panelists’ bios, current academic affiliation, and emails for pre-
constituted panels with 3 speakers, or roundtables in Italian or in English in a word.doc format, no pdf. We
invite proposals for 20-minute presentations (inclusive of film clips). We welcome presentations using both
conventional tools and video-essay commentaries.
The languages of the conference are English and Italian
Abstracts for consideration should be submitted to the conference organizer Flavia Laviosa at
flaviosa@wellesley.edu
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 October 2016
Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out to authors by 15 December 2016
Conference registration fee:
Regular: EURO 100 by 15 March 2017
Student: EURO 75 by 15 March 2017
Participants will receive a complimentary copy of JICMS, generously offered by Intellect.
Selected papers will be considered for publication for a special edited volume or issues of JICMS.
This conference is organized by Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College) in collaboration with Catherine Ramsey
Portolano (The American University of Rome) and co-sponsored by The American University of Rome,
Wellesley College, and Intellect.
Additional activities
A guided visit to the Cinecittà Studios will be offered on Thursday 8 June: EURO 20

3. A choice of two tours will be offered on Sunday 11 June
1) Southern Lazio: Ninfa, Valvisciolo and Sermoneta: EURO 60
2) Bomarzo and Viterbo: EURO 60