Keynote speakers include:
Theo Angelopoulos, acclaimed for his films such as Ulysses' Gaze and The Weeping Meadow.
Prof. Thomas Elsaesser (University of Amsterdam)
Prof. Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)
Prof. Jan Olsson (Stockholm University)

As previously announced, the title of the conference is, Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European Context and the aim is to address the complex and intertwined issues in European film and audiovisual media arising from the transformations in technology and social/urban landscapes, and in the macro forces of economics and politics. These changes have significant implications for the production, distribution and exhibition/consumption of European audiovisual works, thus creating new micro-realities "within" and "across", and beyond the bounds of nationality, geography, space, language, ethnicity, race, gender and sexuality, age, socioeconomic status, etc. We invite contributions from researchers and professionals from a broad cross-section of related schools and disciplines.

Suggested areas of inquiry include (but are not limited to):

• Production/Distribution/Exhibition
• Film/Media and identity
• Gender
• Race/Ethnicity
• Political economy
• Urban topography/architecture and film/media
• Consumption/consumer society
• New media technologies
• Digitization
• Globalization/Regionalization
• Film/Media reception
• Questions of cultural imperialism
• Territorialization /De-territorialization/ Re-territorialization
• Cultural Heritage/Preservation

Please submit a 250-word abstract to Serazer Pekerman (conference@bilgi.edu.tr)
For detailed information and updates please click on the conference link http://filmandmedia.bilgi.edu.tr/