Call for Papers

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We are now inviting abstract submissions on topics related to cinema from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective, for our second issue to be released late 2023. We are interested in showcasing both those established in the field of psychoanalysis and related ones as well as new and upcoming voices. In order to facilitate the transmission of psychoanalysis, we aim to make psychoanalysis accessible to a diverse audience and are therefore keen to include authors who are able to write about cinema and psychoanalysis in an accessible and engaging manner.

Deadline for Proposals and Articles

Send abstracts by December 1 2022 to submissions@cinematheme.com
Authors will be notified of the outcome in January and full drafts will be due in April 2023.

Proposal Abstract

Maximum length: 300 words

Third-person biography: max 50 words

Article

Word length: 1500-3000 words

Possible topics:

Film and the real
Film and the symbolic
Film and the imaginary
Fantasy and cinema
Analysis of a film
Film and neurosis
Film and psychosis
Perversion in cinema
Dreams and cinema
Film and subjectivity
Cinema and the phallus
The implications of a director in his oeuvre
The gaze in cinema
The appeal of the theme of apocalypse
Film and sexuality
Film and technology
The depiction of authority in movies
The uncanny in movies
The enjoyment of watching movies