[ecrea] Call for Paper (Asian Cinema and Media; 18-20 March 2012, Hong Kong)

The Asian Cinema Studies Society welcomes paper, poster,workshop and 
panel proposals covering all aspects of Asian film and media, including 
student films. The conference is scheduled for 18-20 March 2012 and will 
be held at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. It is co-sponsored by this 
university's Comparative Literature and Centre for the Study of 
Globalization and Culture. Submission deadline for proposals: 31 
December 2011. For more details, please check the attached documents or 
our website URL: http://www.hku.hk/complit/acssc/

Best regards,

Tan See Kam

Vice Chair, Asian Cinema Studies Society and Associate Professor, 
University of Macau

ASIAN CINEMA STUDIES SOCIETY CONFERENCE

MARCH 18-20, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

The Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS) welcomes paper, poster, workshop 
and panel proposals covering all aspects of Asian film and media.

This international conference has three main presentation categories:

(1) Panels for scholars, teachers, filmmakers and graduate students;

(2) a special screening to showcase outstanding films made by students; and

(3) a special panel for undergraduate papers.

For (1):

• Please send proposals of 200-300 words as RTF or WORD attachments.

• Please include the title, author(s) name(s), institutional 
affiliation, mailing address, and email contacts, as well as a brief 
biography of each contributor.

• In the case of panel, workshop, and group submissions, please provide 
a brief description (100 words) of the contribution of each participant.

• Each session will be 1 ½ hours in duration, and time limits will be 
strictly enforced.

For (2):

The special screening aims to showcase outstanding films made by 
students. Teaching staff of creative media/film production programmes 
are welcome to recommend submissions of excellent works produced by 
their students. Our wide range of scholarly and screening events will 
see the creation of a unique space for film scholars, professional 
filmmakers, and students from around the world to communicate and 
exchange ideas.

• Student film proposal should include student(s) name(s), institution 
affiliation, film title, course title, email address, proposal title and 
abstract (200-300 words as RTF or WORD attachments);

• ALL works of student filmmakers should be recommended by teachers.

For (3):

Undergraduates are encouraged to submit quality papers on all topics 
related to Asian film and media.

• An undergraduate paper proposal should include student(s) name(s), 
institution affiliation, course title, email address, proposal title and 
abstract (200-300 words as RTF or WORD attachments);

• ALL undergraduate papers should be recommended by teachers;

Please send all proposals to Dr. Natalie Wong at (nslw /at/ hku.hk).

DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS: December 31, 2011

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by the end of January 2012.

We regret that we cannot offer any funds for travel or accommodation. 
However, there will

be NO registration fee for those presenting papers, serving as panel 
chairs, or participating

in workshops, poster sessions, or in any other official capacity.

For more details, please check our website URL: 
http://www.hku.hk/complit/acssc/

_Program committee members_: John A. Lent (Chair of ACSS), Tan See-Kam 
(Vice Chair of ACSS/Macau U), Natalie Wong (HKU), Staci Ford (HKU), 
Mirana Szeto (HKU), Winnie Yee (HKU), Ang Sze-wei (HKU), Gina Marchetti 
(HKU).

With the Support of: Hong Kong University’s Comparative Literature and 
the Center for the Study of Globalization and Culture (CSGC).

About ACSS:

Inaugurated in 1984, ACSS has been dedicated to fostering research in 
Asian film and related media. It publishes ASIAN CINEMA twice yearly, 
and features all types of Asian film, including full-length movies, 
documentaries, animation, and experimental. Nine ACSS conferences have 
been held since 1988, including five in the United States and one each 
in Australia, Canada, South Korea and China. Many of the papers 
presented at ACSS conferences have been published in ASIAN CINEMA and 
other journals, and books.

For more information on ACSS and for membership details, visit its 
website at

http://astro.temple.edu/~jlent/asiancinema/acss.html 
<http://astro.temple.edu/%7Ejlent/asiancinema/acss.html>

About CSGC:

The Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC), set up in 
1999, is an interdisciplinary center based in the Department of 
Comparative Literature. The focus of its work is on issues of culture 
and globalization with special reference to Asia, China and Hong Kong. 
Major research themes include: the cultures of capitalism; global flows 
of culture, media and technology; cities and globalization; new 
communities, publics, and identities; and post-colonialism and 
neo-liberalism.

For more information on CSGC, visit its website at 
http://www0.hku.hk/complit/csgc/