FSAC renamed FMSAC | L’ACÉC renommée l’ACÉCM

By On August 4, 2022 · In News

Following a successful motion at the 2022 Annual General Meeting, the Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) is now the Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC). In the weeks and months to come, this site, along with Association’s social media feeds, will be modified to reflect this change.

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Call for Proposals: (Re)Imagining AI Interventions///Intervening (into) AI Imaginaries

By On November 27, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Proposals: (Re)Imagining AI Interventions///Intervening (into) AI Imaginaries

https://imaginationsjournal.ca/index.php/imaginations/cfps

Deadline: 500-word abstract due January 15, 2024, papers due June 1, 2025

In an age of endless disruption, how do we live with the rapid advances and early analyses of artificial intelligence software, moral panic, and the voracious consumption of already oppressive […]

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Call for Papers – 2025 Annual Graduate Student Conference: EXIT SIGNS

By On November 27, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

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2025 Annual Graduate Student Conference
Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto
Friday, March 14th to Sunday, March 16th, 2025

Call for Papers: EXIT SIGNS

EXIT SIGNS pose a provocative double signification. The icon signifies warning and, at the same time, evokes an imagined hidden space, a way forward, […]

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CFP: 5th Spiral Film and Philosophy Conference

By On November 27, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Papers
5th Spiral Film and Philosophy Conference

“Rise of the Machines”

Toronto, Canada

May 23-24, 2025

Recent breakthroughs in generative AI technology have once again drawn attention to cinema’s ongoing identity crisis. In the digital epoch, under what Davide Panagia calls the algorithm dispositif or what Shane Denson refers to as post-cinema, […]

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Showrunning & Screenwriting for Media Industries, York University Cinema and Media Arts

By On November 13, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Showrunning & Screenwriting for Media Industries — Department of Cinema and Media Arts, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design

The Department of Cinema and Media Arts in the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University invites highly qualified applicants for an Assistant Professor, Teaching […]

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CFP: CJFS/RCEC special issue call for papers

By On October 30, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Papers
(version française ci-bas)

Special issue of Canadian Journal of Film Studies/ Revue Canadienne d’études cinématographiques
Crawley Films and the Mid-Century Industry and Imagination of Canadian Sponsored Media

Issue editors, Charles Acland (c.acland@concordia.ca) and Liz Czach (liz.czach@ualberta.ca)

Ottawa-based Crawley Films was a […]

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CFP: Minority Identities and Vernacular Visual Culture. Interdisciplinary symposium

By On October 30, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS

Minority Identities and Vernacular Visual Culture. Interdisciplinary symposium
Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago
May 9-10, 2025
Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2024

Minority groups are often underrepresented in official archives, which has resulted in their continuing marginalization in historiography. Critical archive scholars argue for empowering […]

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor in Quebec and Canadian cinema, with a specialization in Audiovisual Archives and Heritage

By On October 30, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

Become an Assistant Professor in Quebec and Canadian cinema, with a specialization in Audiovisual Archives and Heritage

Department Statement

Vibrant, multidisciplinary and innovative, the Faculty of Arts and Science is one of Université de Montréal’s largest faculties. Through its 29 departments, schools, centres and institutes, it offers over 300 programs […]

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CFP: Call for Chapter Proposals – Refocus: The Films of Agnès Varda

By On October 10, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Chapter Proposals – Refocus: The Films of Agnès Varda
Edited by Melissa Oliver-Powell and Natasha Farrell

Deadline for proposals: November 29, 2024 Notification of acceptance: December 17, 2024 Deadline for chapters: September 20, 2025

Renowned for her innovation, independence, and uniquely eclectic style, it is hard to overstate the importance of Agnès […]

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CFP: Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2025 Conference

By On October 7, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

CALL FOR PAPERS: Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2025 Conference

Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7 2025
Edmonton, Canada – University of Alberta
Co-sponsored by the University of Alberta and University of Lethbridge

The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) invites proposals for presentations at its […]

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Job Posting: Associate or Full Professor in American film studies at Montclair State University, NJ

By On September 30, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

Associate or Full Professor of Film Studies

locations: Montclair, NJ
time type: Full time

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Montclair State University is seeking a Film Studies scholar of national standing to fill the Marie Frazee-Baldassarre Professorship in the Department of English. We are seeking a scholar with expertise in the history of American film from its […]

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