Call For Papers: 2018 'Stars and Screen' Film and Media History Conference | September 27-29, 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS ‘ Stars and Screen ’ Film and Media History Conference September 27-29, 2018 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ The ‘ Stars and Screen ’ Film and Media History Conference is an Interdisciplinary Symposium dedicated to Film History , Archival Research , Cinema and Media History . In the ‘Golden Age’ of Classical Hollywood Cinema, MGM was known as the motion picture studio with “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven.” In fact, ‘Stars’ have illuminated cinematic screens for over 100 years, from classic movie stars (Bogart, Bacall, Hepburn, Chaplin) to films about Hollywood’s star factory ( A Star Is Born, What Price Hollywood? ) to shooting stars ( Deep Impact ), falling stars ( Sunset Boulevard, Raging Bull ), and stars in ‘space, the final frontier’ ( Star Trek ) in a ‘galaxy far, far away’ ( Star Wars ). Digital video streaming and binge watching of films and media also re-imagines and creates new moving image ‘stars’ transforming the cinematic or televisual producti...