Program Unit
Online June Annual Meeting 2025
Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit
Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals for 2025 Online June Meeting
For the online meeting, we invite individual paper submissions or full panel proposals on any theme related to Religion, Film, and Visual Culture. We are especially interested in proposals on the following:
- International Film and Religion: While Hollywood cinema has dominated the global film market it reflects the particular religious sensibilities and communities of North American creators and audiences. How are global religious practices, ideas, and communities taken up in international cinema? We seek proposals on the analysis of films and cinematic environments revolving around religion in African, Asian, South American, or Oceania.
Statement of Purpose
The Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit offers a forum for theory and methodology of the visual for those interested in the interdisciplinary study of religion, film, and visual culture. There is no single way to study religion and the visual, and we expect scholars to provide new perspectives on the way we understand visual culture and to provide this understanding through traditional and emerging methodologies.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Mayward, George Fox University | jmayward@gmail.com | - | View |
| Kristian Petersen | kristianpetersen20@mac… | - | View |
Review Process: Participant names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection