THE WORLD'S LARGEST ORGANIZATION DEVOTED
TO
THE SCHOLARLY STUDY OF FILM AND MEDIA
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THE 2015-2016 MEMBERSHIP YEAR BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2015.
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November 2015 - In This Issue:
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE
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The countdown to Atlanta 2016 has begun with conference preparation now in full swing!
The Program Committee is about to wrap up its arduous task of reviewing and scoring the 1,200-plus proposals received this year. Once they complete their process in the next couple of weeks, the Home Office will then send out acceptance notifications, and Conference Scheduler Bruce Brasell will begin laying out each day's sessions.
If the timeline seems later to you this year, you are correct. Our 2016 conference dates are falling later on the calendar than in previous years.
The Atlanta Host Committee, led by Co-Chairs Matthew Bernstein and Alessandra Raengo, is hard at work on your behalf. They are busy putting together thought-provoking and engaging events that are informed by the rich history and culture of Atlanta and its growing recognition as a center for film and
media activity.
After receiving a large number of high quality event proposals, President Steve Cohan, Program Chair Neepa Majumdar, and Conference Manager Leslie LeMond are working in tandem to coordinate possible dates and venues for each.
Please note that we are currently seeking institutional sponsorship for some of our conference meetings and networking opportunities, including co-sponsorship of the Graduate Student Reception. If you think your institution might be interested, please let us know so that we may respond with details and information on the ways that a sponsorship can raise awareness of your program among conference attendees.
Wishing each of you and your loved ones a joyous and meaningful Thanksgiving. We are thankful for you and your many contributions to SCMS throughout the year.
- Jill Simpson
Executive Director
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LATE NOVEMBER
Accept and decline notices emailed
MID-DECEMBER
Preliminary program posted online
DECEMBER 21 (5 PM CT)
Deadline: Travel grant and waiver applications
JANUARY 22
Deadline: early bird hotel registration*
*Everyone who registers at the Hilton Atlanta before the early bird deadline will be entered in a drawing to win the cost of their entire stay at the conference (up to 5 nights) plus a $100 gift certificate to Trader Vic's restaurant (for up to 2 people), located inside the Hilton Atlanta.
MARCH 30 - APRIL 3
Atlanta 2016 Conference
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PLEASE UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE
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As of
July 31, 2015
, some profile fields have been cleared in order to facilitate the collection of the most up-to-date information from SCMS members. We apologize for any inconvenience (especially if you are a new member or renewed your membership and updated your profile recently); please update your affiliation from the new drop down menu as it is vital to our on-going membership research and double-check previously entered information in all the fields.
As SCMS grows, we hope to continue expanding our research initiatives, of which annually-updated profile information is an essential component.
Thank for your for your assistance.
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The SCMS records for awards given between 1974-1999 are incomplete. Please help us by reviewing the existing list. If you notice a missing award recipient, please contact the
SCMS Office. Thank you for your help.
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Executive Director
Administrative Coordinator
Account and Budget Representative
Program Assistant
Conference Manager
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OFFICERS
Steven Cohan, President 15-17
Pamela Wojcik, President-Elect 15-17
Victoria Johnson, Secretary 15-18
Amanda Ann Klein, Treasurer 14-17
BOARD MEMBERS
Kara Keeling,
13-16
Neepa Majumdar, 13-16
Mary Beltran,
14-17
Mary Desjardins,
14-17
Linda Mizejewski,
15-18
Nick Davis, 15-18
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, 15-17
NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Barbara Klinger, Past-President 15-17
Will Brooker, Cinema Journal Editor 12-16
Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Web Content Mgr.
Caetlin Benson-Allott, Rep. of Home Office
Lindsey Pendleton, Admin.Coordinator
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jill Simpson
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On October 24th, the SCMS Professional Development Committee hosted a live webinar on Navigating the Academic Job Market. The ninety minute broadcast
featured panelists who have landed tenure-track positions at a variety of institutions and led search committees of their own.
To watch a recording of the webinar, please click
here.
Many thanks to the Professional Development Committee Chair, Kyle Edwards, for organizing such an informative event.
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In this recent
Fieldnotes
recording, Francesco Casetti is interviewed by Luca Caminati. Watch it
here
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Fieldnotes: Francesco Casetti interviewed by Luca Caminati
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Fieldnotes
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s an SCMS project to conduct, circulate and archive interviews with pioneers of film and media studies. In addition to recognizing the contributions of key scholars, the project also aims to foster knowledge of and interest in the diverse and dynamic developments that have shaped -- and continue to shape -- our expanding field.
Fieldnotes is currently led by Haidee Wasson, with the help of a committee comprised of Patrice Petro and Barbara Klinger. It is sponsored both by SCMS and by ARTHEMIS, a Concordia University-based research team investigating the history and epistemology of moving image studies.
For more information on
Fieldnotes
, and to listen to past interviews, please visit their website.
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ATLANTA 2016
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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It is through the generous contributions of sponsors and partners that SCMS is able to enhance its annual national meeting and offer exciting social/mixer/networking opportunities. Allow us to help you increase exposure and heighten
awareness of your organization/institution with our audience of highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students, precollege teachers, postdocs and professionals in film and media studies.
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please click
here.
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SCMS is currently accepting exhibitors and advertisers for our 2016 Conference. If you have a publisher you would like to see attend or know of an Atlanta business that would be engaging to our membership, please pass along this information. Additionally, if your university or department would like an audience of media scholars, please pass along the advertising link.
Join us for the 2016 conference in Atlanta, where your organization has the opportunity to capture the attention of an estimated
2200+ scholars from 38 countries around the world.
For information and deadlines, please visit our website.
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2015 SCMS AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT
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Tom Gunning
Distinguished Career Achievement Award
Tom Gunning, from the University of Chicago, was the winner of the 2015 Distinguished Career Achievement Award.
Who is your favorite film character or media figure? Why?
The figure/character that still defines cinema for me (and the world) is Charlie Chaplin. He is the medium itself as it emerged, unruly and active, poetic and violent, chaotic and deeply emotional (yes, sentimental in the great tradition). His profile is almost enough, his image in motion is more than enough, to define cinema in whatever era.
What is your favorite guilty pleasure movie or television show?
I hate this question! If it gives me pleasure I don't feel guilty. Although there are pleasures that border on madness or crime, I rarely find this question refers to them (only to little guilts, ones we think are charming). Frankly I take both my pleasures and my guilt seriously and again I hate this question!
What lead you to study cinema and media?
Having an excuse to my parents for why I went to the movies so much, when I was a student. It still serves to justify my love of films.
What are you currently researching/working on?
My forthcoming book is called The Invention of the moving and projected Image. It is equally about the history of film apparatuses and a theory of the moving image and the element of light.
What was the last movie you watched?
On a plane trans-Atlantic flight this week I watched Tim Burton's Big Eyes which was ok for a sleepless flight. But before that I saw Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which I think is terrific.
What movie could you watch over and over again?
Dozens if not hundreds of them! But most of Alfred Hitchcock, Kenji Mizoguchi and Stan Brakhage.
Is there anything you would like to share with the membership?
My recent book which consists mainly of pictures:
The Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema
(University of Amsterdam).
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Official Selections Named for Mobile Film Festival:
Act on Climate Change
The Mobile Film Festival: Act on Climate Change organized in partnership with the United Nations,
received 765 films from 70 countries.
The official selection of the Mobile Film Festival is composed of 75 one-minute films from 27 countries.
They all question climate issues with humor, passion, offset or in a off the wall manner. They all are very different but all of them are little moments of cinema we hope to share with the greatest number.
Voting closes on
November 30, 2015.
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Residential Fellowships
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers fellowships to scholars and writers in the humanities. We seek applications that are intellectually stimulating, imaginative, and accessible to the public. There are no restrictions on topic, and applications are invited from across the broad spectrum of the humanities.
Residential FellowshipsStipends and Sessions
The maximum fellowship stipend is $15,000 per semester. Fellowships are awarded for one semester or a full academic year.
The deadline for 2016-2017 fellowships is December 1, 2015.
For more information, click here.
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Other Opportunities:
Annette Kuhn Essay Award
The editors of
Screen
welcome submissions for the 2016 Annette Kuhn Essay award. The award was established in 2014, in recognition of Professor Kuhn's outstanding contribution to
Screen
and her wider commitment to the development of screen studies and screen theory.
The award offers £1,000 to the author/s of the best debut article in film and television studies, as judged by the Screen editors and members of the journal's editorial advisory board. The prize winner will also be invited to attend the annual Screen conference to accept their award.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2016.
For more information, click
here.
ACLS Digital Extension
Grant Program
ACLS Digital Extension Grants may:
- Extend existing digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach;
- Develop new systems of making existing digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions;
- Foster new team-based work or collaborations that allow scholars from institutions with limited cyberinfrastructure to exploit digital resources; or
- Create new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities and new ways to document and recognize participant engagement.
ACLS will award up to six Digital Extension Grants in this competition year. Each grant provides up to $150,000 in funding, supporting a range of project costs, for terms of 12-18 month.
The deadline is February 2, 2016.
For more information, click
here.
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