{"id":3864,"date":"2025-05-25T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/?page_id=3864"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:40:22","slug":"call-for-papers-moving-image-remains-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/en\/call-for-papers-moving-image-remains-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Image Remains Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"   class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3909 orientation-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-442x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-442x450.jpg 442w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-786x800.jpg 786w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-1376x1400.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-1510x1536.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-2013x2048.jpg 2013w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-590x600.jpg 590w, https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nitrate-test_Final-conference-2026-1887x1920.jpg 1887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>MOVING IMAGE REMAINS: ON THE REFUSAL TO DISAPPEAR<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>International Conference<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">January 29\u201331, 2026<br \/>\nGoethe University Campus Westend, Frankfurt<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Registration (until 14 January 2026):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hezvvQtA1wpWGAhX6\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hezvvQtA1wpWGAhX6<\/a><br \/>\nNo admission fee required.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Find the full program <a href=\"https:\/\/konfigurationen-des-films.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260109_moving-image-remains_booklet_only-digital-1.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Absence dictates what we know, presence what we forget. In the realm of film and media the rediscovery of neglected fragments, traces of unfinished projects, and suppressed narratives offer a powerful means for unsettling dominant accounts. The international conference <i>Moving Image Remains: On the Refusal to Disappear<\/i> explores how material and immaterial remnants of film and media challenge dominant narratives and temporalities. Engaging with ghosted histories, unfinished projects, and marginal perspectives, the event examines the politics of remaining across archival, cinematic, and aesthetic practices. It brings together scholars, artists, curators, and activists to discuss how traces, absences, and afterlives of the moving image shape our understanding of media history and cultural memory. The conference is hosted by the DFG Research Training Group 2279<i> Configurations of Film <\/i>in collaboration with Produktionshaus NAXOS, Mal Seh&#8217;n Kino, and partner institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, January 28<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><b>Incomplete Lives, Lost Memories<br \/>\n<\/b>Pre-Conference Event Screening at<i> naxos.Kino<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Introduction: Katharina Jost (Goethe University Frankfurt), Nils Meyn (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Lloyd Wong, Unfinished<\/i> (Canada 2025 | Director, Producer, Writer: Lesley Loksi Chan | 29 min | English with English Subtitles)<\/li>\n<li><i>La photo retrouv\u00e9e<\/i> (France 2024 | Director, Writer: Pierre Primetens | 76 min | French with English Subtitles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Content notes: Disease, Racism, Trauma, Abuse, Homophobia, Dissection of Animals, Physical Violence<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, January 29<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30 \u2013 11:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrival and Registration<\/p>\n<p><i>Trude Simonsohn und Irmgard Heydorn-Saal<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:15 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opening Remarks and Thanks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 \u2013 13:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 1: Spectral Urgencies<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Marie Malina (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fran\u00e7ois Yazbeck (Aalto University)<br \/>\n<b>The Afterlife of Memory on Screen: Postmemory and Erasure<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Josefine Hetterich (Gutenberg University Mainz)<br \/>\n<b>AIDS Media\u2019s Moving Afterlives: Memory, Vulnerability, Solidarity<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00 \u2013 14:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lunch &amp; Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:30 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 2: Transient Circulations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Simon Schiller (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joia Duskic (University of California, Los Angeles)<br \/>\n<b>NicheTube Archives: The Afterlives of Francophone Caribbean Carnival Broadcasts<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Silpa Mukherjee (University of California, San Diego)<br \/>\n<b>Intimacies of a Contraband Corridor: The Contingent Presence of Arab Dancing Actresses in Bombay<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Bindu Menon Mannil (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)<br \/>\n<b>Persistent Frames: The Material Afterlives of Migrant Films in Doha (1970-2025)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 \u2013 17:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Break and Location Change<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:30 \u2013 19:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Special Guest Presentation I<\/strong>\u00a0at<i>\u00a0Mal Seh\u2019n Kino<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alison Griffiths (Baruch College, City University of New York)<br \/>\n<b>The Perceptual Salience of Coal Mining Disaster Imagery: Atmosphere, Affect, and Absence<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moderation: Dennis Hippe (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Friday, January 30<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 \u2013 10:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrival and Coffee<\/p>\n<p><em>Trude Simonsohn und Irmgard Heydorn-Saal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 11:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 3: Sites of Resistance<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Maren Feller (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Esra \u00c7eliko\u011flu (TED University, Ankara)<br \/>\nMelis Acar (METU, Ankara)<br \/>\n<b>Hidden Spaces, Queer Lives: Ankara\u2019s Adult Movie Theaters as Sites of Resistance<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Antonio L\u00f3pez (Stanford University)<br \/>\n<b>Don\u2019t Nobody Tell Me to Keep Quiet: Sound, Memory, and the Refusal to Disappear in Whiskey Gulch<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 \u2013 11:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:30 \u2013 13:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 4: Reviving Archives<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Victoria Elizarova (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Xin Zhou (Concordia University, Montreal)<br \/>\n<b>Corn, Peanuts, Garlic, and Film Objects: Media Rurality and the Post-Socialist Archive<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0Jane Hwang (Berlin)<br \/>\n<b>Sonic Relics: The Moving Image as a Medium for Listening to Archival Silence<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Oleksandr Teliuk (Queen Mary University of London)<br \/>\n<b>Flower on the Stone: Ukrainian Soviet Film Stock and the Traces of a Repressed Past<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00 \u2013 14:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lunch &amp; Coffee Break (Mensa)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:30 \u2013 15:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 5: Mining Materialities<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Sophia Gr\u00e4fe (Humboldt University Berlin)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miguel Errazu (Goldsmiths, University of London)<br \/>\n<b>Reconsidering Reactivation: Bolivian Film Archives and Spectral Hope<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Hannah Goodwin (Mount Holyoke College)<b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Ghost Towns and Deep Time Hauntings in the Coal Mines of East German Cinema<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:30 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:00 \u2013 20:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Special Guest Presentation II<\/strong> <i>at Orfeos Erben<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bliss Cua Lim (University of Toronto)<br \/>\n<b>A Colonial Heroine\u2019s Decolonial Choice: Sonic Speculation in Giliw Ko<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>including a full screening of the film:<br \/>\n<em>Giliw Ko<\/em> (<em>My Sweetheart<\/em>) (Philippines 1939 | Director, Writer: Carlos Vander Tolosa | 92 min | Original language with English subtitles)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Nils Meyn (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, January 31<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 \u2013 10:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrival and Coffee<\/p>\n<p><em>Trude Simonsohn und Irmgard Heydorn-Saal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Special Guest Presentation III<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosa Menkman (Amsterdam)<br \/>\n<strong>Methods of Artistic Inquiry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Moderation<\/b>: Simone Nowicki (Goethe University Frankfurt)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 \u2013 13:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lunch &amp; Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:30 \u2013 15:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel 6: Unresolved Histories<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Kerim Do\u011fruel (Bayreuth University)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Nnenna Onuoha (Harvard University\/University of Potsdam)<br \/>\n<b>Haunting the Halls: Spectral Presence and Colonial Memory in Rosenfelde (2020) and The Memory Guardians (2024)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Khushboo Bhutani (University of Pittsburgh)<br \/>\n<b>Archival Authority and the Restorative Image<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Erika Balsom (King\u2019s College London)<br \/>\n<b>The Secret Mirror, or, The Disappearance of A.A.A. Offresi (1981)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00 \u2013 15:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:30 \u2013 16:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wrap-up, Thanks, and Closing Remarks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laliv Melamed (Goethe University Frankfurt),<br \/>\nAlexandra Schneider (Gutenberg University Mainz),<br \/>\nYvonne Zimmermann (Philipps University Marburg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conference Committee:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Elizarova, Dennis Hippe, Katharina Jost, Lisa Le Anh, Nils Meyn, Simone Nowicki<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>remains.conf[at]gmail.com<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Locations:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Main venue:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>January 29-30<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/w5Dk5eH6BBF48Sa5A\">Trude Simonsohn und Irmgard Heydorn-Saal<\/a>, Casino Building, Goethe-University Campus Westend, Frankfurt: Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 2, 60323 Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Special Events:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>January 28, 19:30<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/a3APjV7JaRAKTpmbA\">naxos.Kino<\/a>: Waldschmidtstra\u00dfe 19, 60316 Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>January 29, 17:30<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/bcWE5twxUy2bS3Mq9\">Mal Seh\u2019n Kino<\/a>: Adlerflychtstra\u00dfe 6, 60318 Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>January 30, 18:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/s8njK9RbaPVH6YEV6\">Orfeos Erben<\/a>: Hamburger Allee 45, 60486 Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<div><iframe style=\"position: absolute; 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Find the full program here. &nbsp; Absence dictates what we know, presence what we forget. 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