May 12, 2006

CFP: a new Journal: Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema

Call for submissions: Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema (SRSC)
SRSC is a new journal -- from the team of KinoKultura, which will continue its online publications on contemporary cinema and visual culture -- and invites contributions that constitute original research. The journal seeks to promote research from established scholars as well as to encourage researchers new to the field. SRSC is a refereed journal devoted to Russian cinema -- pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and post-Soviet; to its aesthetic development, and to its role between ideology and industry. Articles should be 5,000-6,000 words, submitted by email attachment as .doc or .rtf file to the journal's mailbox: SRSC@intellectbooks.com. The deadline for articles for the first issue is August 2006.

Editor: Birgit Beumers (U of Bristol)
Deputy Editors: Nancy Condee and Vladimir Padunov (U of Pittsburgh)

Editorial Board:
Tony Anemone (William & Mary College), Richard Stites (U of Washington), Naum Kleiman (Moscow, Film Museum), Richard Taylor (U of Swansea), Vance Kepley (U of Wisconsin), Emma Widdis (U of Cambridge), David MacFadyen (UCLA), Josephine Woll (Howard U, Washington), Evgenii Margolit (Moscow), Denise Youngblood (U of Vermont), Natalia Nousinova (Moscow), Advisory Board Francois Albera (U of Lausanne), Hans Guenther (U of Bielefeld), Katerina Clark (Yale U), Anna Lawton (Georgetown U, Washington), Julian Graffy (UCL London), Maya Turovskaya (Moscow-Munich)

SRSC will publish
- articles on the history of Russian cinema (pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and post-Soviet)
- articles examining aspects of cultural production
- articles on individual actors, directors, and producers
- articles on specific films
- articles exploring the Western reception of Russian cinema
- translations of archival documents on Russian cinema
- analyses of archival materials
- book reviews of publications on Russian cinema

Publisher: Intellect Books, PO Box 862, Bristol BS99 1DE, United Kingdom
(www.intellectbooks.com/journals).

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Vladimir Padunov
Associate Director, Film Studies Program
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1433 Cathedral of Learning voice: 1-412-624-5713
University of Pittsburgh FAX: 1-412-624-9714
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 padunov@pitt.edu

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