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Statement in Support of the Film Studies Program, University of Iowa
Saturday 27th February, 2010
For more than three decades, the film studies program at the University of Iowa has been one of the most important training grounds for film scholars world wide. Looking at the list of alumni of the program, one realizes that this program is one of the birth places of film studies in North America. Living up to its reputation the program continues to excel in research and in educating film scholars of the very first rank who go on to make significant contributions to their field.
It is therefore with great dismay that we learn that the University of Iowa is considering closing their film studies program down for budgetary reason. As representatives of NECS, the European Network for Film and Media Scholars, a scholarly organiziation with more than 750 members from all European countries we attest to the enormous international reputation of the program, and we strongly urge the responsible bodies at the University of Iowa to refrain from cutting back on, let alone eliminating this prestigious program. The loss of this program would be a loss to the entire field of film studies.
Signed,
Francois Albéra
(Université de Lausanne)
Tim Bergfelder
(University of Southampton)
Hans-Michael Bock
(Cinegraph, Hamburg)
Christine Noll Brinckmann
(Universität Zürich)
Francesco Casetti
(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano)
Elisabeth Cowie
(University of Kent)
Richard Dyer
(King´s College, London)
Thomas Elsaesser
(Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Torben Grodal
(Københavns Universitet)
Andrzej Gwózdz
(Uniwersytetu Slaskiego Katowice)
Alexander Horwath
(Österreichisches Filmmuseum Wien)
Frank Kessler
(Universiteit Utrecht)
Nico de Klerk
(Filmmuseum Amsterdam)
Gertrud Koch
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Martin Koerber
(Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin)
Annette Kuhn
(School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary, University of London)
Michèle Lagny
(Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III)
Martin Loiperdinger
(Universität Trier)
Brigitte Mayr
(Synema, Wien)
Jan Olsson
(Stockholms universitet)
Leonardo Quaresima
(Università degli studi di Udine)
Rainer Rother
(Filmmuseum Berlin)
Vicente Sánchez-Biosca
(Universitat de València)
Karl Sierek
(Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
Murray Smith
(University of Kent)
Bjørn Sørenssen
(Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim)
Margrit Tröhler
(Universität Zürich)
Yuri Tsivian
(University of Chicago)
Ginette Vincendeau
(King´s College, London)
Hans Jürgen Wulff
(Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
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(NECS - European Network of Cinema and Media Studies, advisory board)
Please be invited to add your name/institution to this statement by sending an email to mail@necs-initiative.org, with the subject line "NECS declaration Iowa".
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"Urban Mediations"
NECS 2010 Conference
Istanbul, Turkey, June 24-27, 2010
in cooperation with Communication Faculty, Kadir Has University
The 2010 NECS Conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 24 through June 27. Istanbul, a global city of more than 12 million inhabitants occupying the Eastern edge of Europe and the Western edge of Asia, will be hosting a great variety of events as a European Capital of Culture. In this light, Istanbul is the ideal place to host the 2010 conference for the European Network of Cinema and Media Studies. In Europe’s Capital of Culture, we would like to debate issues of capitals, cities and urbanity under the rubric of “Urban Mediations.” Confirmed keynote speakers include Saskia Sassen, Thomas Elsaesser and Charlotte Brunsdon.
Thank you for all the submissions. Notification about acceptance of papers will be send out in March. Information on travel and accommodation will be provided in early 2010. Please address all inquiries to conference@necs-initiative.org
Welcome to Istanbul!
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