Chinese Film Aesthetics Conference

Chinese Film Aesthetics Conference

University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), 6 & 7 May, 2022

Conference Description

Building on the success of last year’s ‘100 Years of Chinese Film & Screen’ conference, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China will be hosting the conference ‘Chinese Film Aesthetics’, Friday 6 May and Saturday 7 May, 2022. This conference will bring together scholars and practitioners to examine the aesthetics of Chinese film and moving image media, and discuss their reception, effects, and impact in China and around the world.

The conference will be a hybrid conference, with both in-person and online presentations. Due to current COVID-19 travel restrictions, we strongly anticipate that people from outside China will not be able to attend in-person. 

Submission guidelines

We invite English-language submissions on any aspect of Chinese film aesthetics, including (but not limited to) artistic, auteurial, genre, historical, industrial, and commercial approaches.

Proposals for 15 minute presentations should be submitted using the following form by midnight, Thursday, 31 March - https://forms.office.com/r/nPDLGwnbnW

A full programme and abstracts will be available near the time of the conference. If travel restrictions change, the conference may have to be postponed or cancelled.

For questions, please contact Corey.Schultz@nottingham.edu.cn.

Conference Venue

Ningbo, home the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is one of China's oldest cities in the northeast Zhejiang province. It is a thriving port and business city, and well located for travel to Shanghai, with high-speed rail links connecting the two cities in approximately two hours. In 2004, UNNC was granted permission by the Chinese Ministry of Education to become the first Sino-foreign university in China, in partnership with Zhejiang Wanli Education Group.  Now more than 8000 students study BA, MA/MSc, PhD and EdD degrees in UNNC’s three faculties: Business, Science & Engineering, and Humanities & Social Sciences. Full details on travel by air, road and rail can be accessed via the university visitor information page.