War & Media-Related Film Reviews

Welcome to the review section.   Here our members will provide reviews and overviews or key works in the field of War and Media Studies, including books, articles, films, TV programs, games, archives, and other materials of interest. If you’re interested in contributing a review, email Vivienne Tailor.

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New SIG leadership team

Meet your new team!   Several SIG members have agreed to take over as co-Chairs and as our graduate student assistant for the 2022 to 2025 term.   They were elected by attending members during our zoom business meeting on March 25, 2022, and confirmed through a group-wide vote.   […]

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In Memoriam: Eileen Rositzka

It is with enormous sadness and heavy hearts that the War and Media Studies SIG shares the news of Eileen Rositzka’s passing. Many of you will no doubt have read the moving tribute to Eileen on the Cinepoetics site; we want to offer another tribute to her to honour the […]

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And the winners are . . .

We had eleven applications for the Travel Award this year, and we have selected two winners. The video below illustrates the random selection process and reveals our two winners. They are (drumroll, please): Hang Wu of McGill University and Xiuhe Zhang of UCSB. Congratulations to the winners! Awards will be […]

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Apply for a Travel Stipend (Due Feb 7, 2020)

War and Media Studies will again offer TWO small travel stipends for members accepted into the annual conference. Both stipends will be $100, and the competition will be restricted to our graduate student members and those who are precariously employed. The award will be determined through random selection from among […]

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Annual Student Essay Prize (Due Nov 15)

Student Essay Prize in War and Media Studies The SCMS War and Media Studies Scholarly Interest Group invites submissions to its annual Graduate Student Writing Award. A $100 cash prize will be awarded to an outstanding essay on any topic related to the relationship between war and media studies. The […]

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Opportunities

Hi folks. I have a couple of opportunities to share. Oklahoma State is hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor (non-tenure track, but full benefits) in Interdisciplinary studies. Also Co-Chair Karen Ritzenhoff is working on a new volume about Black Panther. There are relevant categories about women warriors, action film tropes, armed […]

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