Open call: symposium on youth and cinema at the International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027) accepts papers until 31 January
The project “Juventud y cine en el fin de los tiempos: Europa y América Latina” (Youth and cinema at the end of times: Europe and Latin America) has opened a call for papers for a symposium at the 59th International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027), held from 5 to 9 July 2027 at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia. Proposals are accepted until 31 January 2027 through the congress’s official platform.
The symposium looks at how film and audiovisual works made since 2000 portray today’s youth, at a time when horizons of the future are in crisis. The project brings together researchers, teachers, students and institutions from Europe and Latin America.
Deadline and how to take part
- By 31 January 2027: submit your paper proposal (individual paper) on the ICA 2027 platform, choosing the symposium “Juventud y cine en el fin de los tiempos: Europa y América Latina”.
- Each presenter registers individually. Each person may submit up to 2 papers, in different symposia, and each paper may have up to 2 presenters.
- The form asks for: name, country and city, institutional affiliation, education level, email, ORCID (optional), a CV of up to 250 words, an abstract of 200 to 300 words, 5 keywords and language.
Submit a paper on the ICA 2027 platform
https://congresoica.org/inicio/ponencias-individuales/
Questions about the call: programacionica@ce.com.co
Who coordinates it
- Creator and general coordinator: Alejandro Ventura, Dodecá Foundation (Uruguay).
- Regional contacts: Serena Gutiérrez Moreno, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Michelle Sales, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Themes
Proposals analyse audiovisual works produced from 2000 to the present. The themes are open lines of research, not closed boxes:
- Rebel youth after the end of utopia
- Masculinities and implosive, unexpected violence
- Youth, gender and contemporary vulnerability
- Power reconfigured in new kinds of family
- The sexual turn as a code of post-utopian youth
- Emotional crisis and social fragmentation
- Migration, exclusion and structural violence
- Dystopias and youth survival strategies
- Education at the end of times
- Youth subcultures and collective belonging
- Youth extremism: from the far right to criminal economies
- Gothic and youth horror
For those who work in schools: theme 9, Education at the end of times
This theme looks at schools as places of socialisation, discipline and conflict, at a time of crisis of authority, fast cultural change and uncertainty about the future. It covers new pedagogies, sex education, school violence, youth radicalisation and the challenges of digital culture, as well as teachers who try to redefine their own authority. The call’s PDF lists as references the films “The Wave” (Die Welle), “The Class” (Entre les murs), “Las niñas” and “After Lucia” (Después de Lucía).
Not to be confused with the REUTOPIA journal dossier
The same project has two calls, with different routes:
- Symposium at ICA 2027 (this call): proposal through the congress platform, by 31/01/2027.
- Dossier in the journal REUTOPIA: email to Alejandro Ventura (alejandro@dodeca.org), by 08/12/2026. Details:
https://play.pupilo.tv.br/chamadas/call-dossier-youth-and-cinema-reutopia/
Sources
- AsAECA, “Simposio Juventud y cine en el fin de los tiempos: Europa y América Latina” (24/09/2026):
https://asaeca.org/simposio-juventud-y-cine-en-el-fin-de-los-tiempos-europa-y-america-latina/ - Official call PDF (in Spanish):
https://pupilo.tv.br/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/simposio-juventud-cine-ica-2027.pdf - 59th International Congress of Americanists (ICA 2027):
https://congresoica.org/
Image: Simposio Juventud y cine / AsAECA.
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