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Beirut

Locating the Lost Archive of Arab Cinema

This special issue asks how our histories of Arab cinema might change if we tackle the problem of Arab cinema’s lost archive(s). From most of the films made in Lebanon prior to 1975 to the cinemas of Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, and elsewhere, there are many reasons why films and their histories may have been lost to current memory. From structural and environmental issues and the lack of investment in proper storage facilities and maintenance.

Tokyo

Call for papers - Asia

Films in the Mirror

Forty years of cinema in Japan (1980-2020)

This edition proposes rethinking the last forty years of Japanese cinema along the following lines: industrial, aesthetic, thematic and theoretical. The history of cinema in Japan is still polarised into two “golden ages”: the 1930s and the 1950s, both periods of excellence through their production and artistry. The works of Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse and Kurosawa naturally come to mind for their expression of what is considered as quintessence of uniquely Japanese cinema. But the impact of a golden age is discernible only when in proportion to the decline that surrounds it: from the fits and starts of primitive cinema, to the provocations of the new waves, all the while snubbed by militaristic propaganda. Historiography would nevertheless find its model in this scansion between the peak and trough. But sixty years after the end of its last “golden age”, what relevance does such model still hold, if not to deplore the former glory of a production now adrift?

Beirut

Call for papers - Representation

The Body in all its states. Aesthetics of the body in the Arab World

"Regard" Journal

The current issue of Regards will focus on the relations between the arts (cinema, theater, dance, visual arts…) and the body in the Arab societies and, more broadly, in the Mediterranean region. This sensitive subject suffers from prejudgment and prejudice in both audience’s and critics’ minds.

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11 jui 2018	12 jui 2018	19 jui 2018
20 jui 2018

Tel Aviv | Paris

Conference, symposium - Representation

The Renaissance of origins

Beginnings, genesis and creation in 15th-16th century arts

Cette manifestation, ouverte gratuitement au grand public, souhaite interroger les multiples et diverses modalités de représentation des origines au sein des arts figuratifs à la Renaissance. Quelles sont les conditions d’émergence et d’existence d’un discours figuré sur les origines ? Y-a-t-il des thèmes, motifs ou figures qui invitent plus spécifiquement à une telle mise en scène ? Quelles sont les fins de la convocation de ces figures de l’origine ? Le colloque aura lieu au mois de juin 2018, à Tel Aviv puis à Paris, le temps de quatre journées et réunira une trentaine de spécialistes principalement français et israéliens.

Tel Aviv | Paris

Call for papers - Representation

The Renaissance of Origins

Beginnings, Genesis and Creation in the Art of the VXth and XVIth Centuries

This conference seeks to introduce a variety of different approaches and interpretations of the concept of “origins” within the visual arts during the Renaissance. However, to consider the question of origins necessitates establishing a distinction between an original beginning such as the creation of the world, an event which initiated historical time, and the symbolic exercises of re-creation that follow it. These phenomena of echo or aemulatio are defined by their manifest desire to capture the primal energy of the original beginning. Such re-creations attempt to reproduce the vitality inherent in the original beginning, and are characterized, above all, by a fundamental desire to reestablish a link to an ideal and initial origin.

Tokyo

Conference, symposium - Asia

Deciphering Ôtsu popular imagery - picture books from Tôkaidô to Miró

Des imagiers du Tôkaidô à Miró

Les images d’Ōtsu – peintures populaires produites du XVII^e au XIX^e siècle dans des villages sur la route du Tōkaidō, entre Kyōto et Ōtsu au bord du lac Biwa – sont les grandes oubliées de l’histoire de l’art japonais et de la recherche académique. Elles représentent pourtant une forme unique d’expression graphique, à caractère religieux, moral ou satirique, qui occupa une place importante à l’époque d’Edo.

Kyoto

Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

The idea of medieval architecture in Europe and Japan

L'idée d'architecture est aujourd'hui universellement partagée. Qu'en était-il au Moyen Âge au Japon et en Europe ? Comment percevait-on alors les abbatiales romanes et les cathédrales gothiques, les temples Zen et le style Grand Bouddha ? Et, de nos jours, quelle perception de l'architecture médiévale ont les historiens de l'art en Europe et au Japon ? Le XIX^e siècle a insisté sur les convergences entre les cultures japonaises et européennes. Ne faut-il pas réévaluer les différences, qui sont aussi des signatures culturelles ? Ces questions, qui trouvent une application concrète dans la conservation du patrimoine médiéval, engagent profondément notre présent.

Beirut

Conference, symposium - History

Literature, art and the contemporary world

Narratives, history and memory

Parallèlement à l’évolution de la critique littéraire qui revient à considérer aujourd’hui l’objet littéraire à l’intérieur du contexte historique et politique de sa production, l’une des tendances de la littérature postmoderne consiste à mettre en scène des histoires individuelles dans leurs relations avec les événements collectifs. Aussi la production culturelle contemporaine réside assez généralement dans le recours à l’histoire comme d’un topos autour duquel se nouent des enjeux aussi bien esthétiques que mnémoniques et thérapeutiques. Dans les pays arabes où les pratiques culturelles sont liées à des contextes de conflits cette tendance prend tout son sens. Colloque autour des pratiques littéraires et artistiques au Liban et les écritures de l'histoire et de la mémoire qu'elles permettent de mettre en place.

Beirut

Call for papers - Middle Ages

Light in the Religions of the Book: A Multidisciplinary Approach

If light is a valuable tool for the development of buildings, it also meets the requirements of practical and functional needs. Beyond its purely aesthetic role, it is indeed a way to delineate the space and to organize its occupation by defining spatialities and temporalities adapted to the functions of the building. In order to assess the significance of spatial and temporal dimensions of light, a cross-reading of architectural, archaeological, textual and iconographic sources might be particularly fruitful. The theme of light which, somewhat complex, constitutes a privileged entry point not only to the study of man's relationship to space and the sacred, but also to the development – within or between monotheisms – of influences, exchanges, ruptures, continuities and legacies. The goal of the conference is to explore the theme of light in the East and in the West, during the Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, in a transdisciplinary perspective and within five thematic panels.

Ariel | Bīr Zayt

Conference, symposium - History

150 years of French contributions to Palestinian archaeology

Colloque organisé par l'Ifpo, l'institut français, le Consulat général de France de Jérusalem, l'université de Birzeit et l’École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem.

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