MCLC: Asian Cinema Studies Society--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

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ASIAN CINEMA STUDIES SOCIETY CONFERENCE

MARCH 18-20, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

 
This meeting of the Asian Cinema Studies Society welcomes paper, poster,
workshop and panel proposals covering all aspects of Asian film and media.

Please send proposals of 200-300 words as RTF or WORD attachments to Dr.
Natalie Wong at nslw at hku.hk.   For all proposals, be certain to include
the title, author(s) name(s), institutional affiliation, mailing address,
and email contacts, as well as a brief biography of each contributor.  For
panel, workshop, and group submissions, be certain to provide a brief
description (100 words) of the contribution of each participant.  Sessions
will be 1 1Ž2 hours in duration, and time limits will be strictly enforced.
 

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: 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.   Registered guests are welcome to
attend as well; however, some conference events/meals may only be
available for those presenting papers or serving in other official
capacities.
 

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

Proposal submissions & inquiries: Dr. Natalie Wong at nslw at hku.hk
 

Visit our website at http://www.hku.hk/complit/acssc/
 
 

About the Asian Cinema Studies Society (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
 

About the Centre for the Study of Globalization and Culture:

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/