Call: The Janovics Center Award for Outstanding Humanities Research in Transnational Film and Theatre Studies

14 January, 2025 by Miruna Runcan | 0 comments

Call: The Janovics Center Award for Outstanding Humanities Research in Transnational Film and Theatre Studies

The Janovics Center for Screen and Performing Arts Studies and the Faculty of Theatre and Film at Babes-Bolyai University invite submissions for their annual award for outstanding humanities research

Call for Submissions
The Janovics Center Award for Outstanding
Humanities Research in Transnational Film and
Theatre Studies


The Janovics Center for Screen and Performing Arts Studies and the Faculty of Theatre and Film
at Babes-Bolyai University invite submissions for their annual award for outstanding humanities
research in transnational film and theatre studies. The award will be offered to contributions in the
fields of film or theatre studies. The award consists of an invitation to give a talk at the Center and
an honorarium.


What is awarded?


The Janovics Center is committed to supporting highly original research in screen and performing
arts studies. We award research articles, monographs, or edited collections published in 2024.1
They are expected to advance transnational research in the fields of film or theatre studies and
employ a methodology that is specific to the humanities. Interdisciplinary approaches are very
welcome.


Publications must be written in English. Monographs and edited collections must be published
with an internationally recognized press by the Romanian Ministry of Research. See list! Articles
are expected to be at least 6000-word long and indexed in one of the following databases: Scopus
or Web of Science.


The Center offers two awards. One for a monograph or an edited collection – invitation and a
Euro 500 honorarium; and one for a research article – invitation and a Euro 300 honorarium.2

Previous awardees include:
Best book: Daniela Berghahn, Exotic Cinema: Encounters with Cultural Difference in
Contemporary Transnational Film; Agnieszka Rasmus, Hollywood Remakes of Iconic
1 For articles, online-first publication is accepted. Chapters in edited collections are not accepted.
2 Travel and accommodation costs are also covered if the talk is given on site in Cluj.

British Films: Class, Gender and Stardom; Rachel S. Harris and Dan Chyutin, Casting a
Giant Shadow: The Transnational Shaping of Israeli Cinema; Andrea Virginás, Film
Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception;
Best article: Athena Stourna, “The Domestic Kitchen as Performance Space: The Female
Artist vs the Housewife”; Majeed Mohammed Midhin & David Clare “National Cultural
history and Transnational Political Concerns in Rasha Fadhil’s ‘Ishtar in Baghdad’”; and
Andrew Higson, "The Resilience of Popular National Cinemas in Europe."

Who can participate?

Submissions from both emerging and experienced scholars are welcome. Authors must hold a
PhD and be employed by a European university. The submitted publication cannot have more
than two authors. In the case of two authors, at least one must fulfill the employment conditions
mentioned above and the award will be split.

Deadline and Evaluation Process

The deadline for submissions is February 7, 2025. Results will be made public by March 25,
2025 on the Center’s Website. The award ceremony and talks will take place in May 2025. The
Jury will include members of the Center and scholars in the fields of film and theatre studies.
How to submit your work?

We encourage electronic submissions in PDF or EPUB format. Electronic submissions should be
sent to both Constantin Parvulescu constantin.parvulescu@ubbcluj.ro and Miruna Runcan
daniela.gologan@ubbcluj.ro and should be accompanied by a cover letter (200-300 word). If not
available in electronic format, hard copies and the cover letter should be mailed to the address
below before the deadline.

Janovics Center for Screen and Performing Arts Studies
Faculty of Theatre and Film
Babes-Bolyai University
Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu nr. 4
400084, Cluj-Napoca, România.


Any queries should be sent to Constantin Parvulescu (film) constantin.parvulescu@ubbcluj.ro
and Miruna Runcan (theatre) daniela.gologan@ubbcluj.ro.

We look forward to reading and awarding your work!

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