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

Tue Dec 06 11:12:40 GMT 2011


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/


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