Check it Out!: Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York

 Congratulations to co-chair Cortland Rankin on Routledge publishing his first monograph! Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York Check out the link: https://www.routledge.com/Decline-and-Reimagination-in-Cinematic-New-York/Rankin/p/book/9781032246413 Book Summary: Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York examines the cinematic representation of New York from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s, placing the dominant discourse of urban […]

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CF CONFERENCES, CF PUBLISHING & PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST [09-02-22]

CF Conferences, CF Publishing & Publications of Interest    [09-02-22] ***Please check the homepage under “Resources” for more Blogs, CFPs, Publications… ***Please email Vivienne.Tailor@cgu.edu to have your CFP, Book Review, etc. posted   WMS Highlights from the Feeds:   Conference Calls for Papers:   UCLA’s Thinking Gender 2023 Conference Theme: “Transforming Research: […]

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CF Conferences & Publishing AND Publications of Interest  [08-03-22]

CF Conferences & Publishing AND Publications of Interest    [08-03-22] ***Please check the homepage under “Resources” for more Blogs, CFPs, Publications, etc. ***Please email Vivienne.Tailor@cgu.edu to have your CFP, Book Review, etc. posted   WMS Highlights from the Feeds:   Conference Calls for Papers: 1. Memory, Trauma And Recovery—International Interdisciplinary Conference Deadline […]

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Extended CFP: “SQUID GAME” AND BEYOND: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary Asian Popular Culture

CALL FOR PAPERS (co-chaired by former WMS leader Karen A. Ritzenhoff) FINAL EXTENDED DEADLINE–>Abstracts due: October 31, 2022   “SQUID GAME” AND BEYOND: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary Asian Popular Culture   Website: https://nysean.org/blog/2022/5/31/squid-game-and-beyond-utopia-and-dystopia-in-contemporary-asian-popular-culture   Event Date: April 13-15, 2023 Location: International Hybrid Conference (virtual and in-person) Central Connecticut State […]

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SCMS 2023 Conference Networking During Summer 2022

Hello WMS Members, We hope this summer newsletter finds you relaxing, rejuvenating, and brainstorming!   SCMS Alert: The deadline for all conference proposals (pre-constituted panels, open call papers, workshops, roundtables) is Wed, August 31, 2022, 5:00 PM US Central Time.   Also, please note SCMS’s new 2023 participation regulations: https://scms-conference.secure-platform.com/a/organizations/main/submissions/details/15056 […]

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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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