The American Presidency on Film:
A National Conference, November 10-12, 2000
Westlake Hyatt Hotel, Simi Valley, California
(A 45-min. drive north of LAX Airport)
Sponsors: The Film and History League
and Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal
of Film and Television Studies
Visit the nearby Ronald Reagan Presidential Library with VIP access.
Benefits of participation:
- Panel presentations on topics below.
- Banquet with a prominent guest speaker.
- Films from Presidential Libraries.
- Gift shop of "Presidential" items.
- Major publisher will print selected papers.
Proposals were invited on the following film and tv-related topics:
- Actual Presidents, 1789-present.
- Imaginary Presidents and first families.
- First ladies
- The Imperial Presidency.
- The White House as mise en scene.
- Documentary studies of the Presidency.
- Satires of the Presidency.
- TV and the Presidency: shaping the public mind.
- International perspectives on the Presidency.
- White House staffers.
Costs:
Registration at conference: $200. Fees include registration, banquet, one year of Film & History.
Conference site:
Hyatt Westlake Plaza
Westlake Village, CA 91361
805.557.1234
fax 805.379.9392.
Conference rate: $109 for single/double occupancy per night.
This conference is sponsored by the Film and History League
in conjunction with Film & History: An Interdisciplinary
Journal. Copious information about both are at the web
site. Visit the web site below and then pose us questions.
A credit option is available at the undergraduate and graduate
levels.
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