CFP: Women in Hollywood (DeMontfort University, Leicester)
Women in Hollywood One day symposium by the Cinema and Television History Research Centre at DeMontfort University, Leicester. We are now accepting proposals for our one-day symposium on the treatment of women in Hollywood. Date of conference: Bank Holiday Monday, May 28th 2018. Deadline for submissions: midnight, Friday March 16th 2018. Submissions to be sent to: ellen.wright@dmu.ac.uk The focus of this event: 2017 has seen a number of high profile news stories around the poor treatment of women in the entertainment industry, from the Weinstein allegations and the explosion of #MeToo, to revelations about gender pay gaps and the under representation of female labour, both in front of the camera and behind. This symposium seeks to consider the range of intersecting factors that impact upon women working in Hollywood now and in the past and is intended as a platform to discuss the disadvantageous treatment of women and those who identify as female, and an opportunity to […]