SCMS Conf 2023–Whoohoo! It’s here! WMS Sponsored Panels & Recommended Panels/Rountables/Papers   Sponsored Panels F26      Representation and Militarism   Chair: Mary Schmitt, Quinnipiac University Mary Schmitt, Quinnipiac University, “Reading Black Panther Through/With The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Lessons on Black Internationalism and US Militarism” Karina Griffith, University of Toronto, Berlin University of Art (UdK), “G.I. Dreams in Black Authored German Cinema” Samantha Welwood, University of Texas – Dallas, “Disabling Po ..read more

WMS: SPECIAL CALLS for the Midwest Popular Culture conference, CFPS & PUBLICATIONS [03-24-23]   SPECIAL FOCUS: Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Cambridge Scholars Publishing: East Asian Studies Volume (related project) For details, please click: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/03/18/east-asian-popular-culture-call-for-completed-chapters-to-publish-in-cambridge Requesting: COMPLETED chapters of 7-8,000 words including citation Bionote: 100 words Citations: Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date) Deadline: Monday, March 27, 2023 Cultural So ..read more

Dear Colleagues! What a wonderful annual meeting we had with our WMS members!  We want to update members on the review of the past year and the plans for the upcoming year. ***For the past year & the 2023 Denver conference: 1. Graduate Student Writing Prize Winner: Hugo Ljungbäck, University of Chicago, “Vertical Interference: Video, Drone Witnessing, and the Myth of Precision Targeting” Abstract: Artists and filmmakers have frequently problematized drone warfare through their creative practices, contesting military surveillance and violence by appropriating, parodying, and turning th ..read more

Dear Colleagues, The year is already racing towards SCMS’s main event: the 2023 Denver Conference! 1. WMS’s SPONSORED PANELS Please go to the following Google doc to register your panel by February 10th. Like all the SIGs, we can sponsor EIGHT panels. So, please fill in the information here ASAP. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRZ3Lk5-O9GrXhE3B-CQ6qI8ckqaKHHCZ0ZZvyKojhM/edit 2. In wonderful news, our previous co-chair Karen Ritzenhoff has generously donated $100 to support another travel grant. She donates this grant in honor of Eileen Rositzka, a founding WMS member. Please follow t ..read more

WMS: Updates, Special Call for Co-Editor, Jobs, Podcasts, CFPS & Publications [01-13-23]   Conference REMINDERS: *For the SCMS 2023 Denver conference, presenters must register by Jan 27th. *The virtual preconferences have been moved to Feb 24-25.   UPDATE: We’re well into our essay contest review process and will make our decisions soon. We’ll keep everyone posted.   SPECIAL CALL FOR a Co-Editor and Contributors: Trinh T. Minh-ha volume Title: Refocus volume on Trinh T. Minh-ha (Film Studies emphasis) About: Vivienne Tailor is working with Edinburgh University Press (E ..read more

Framing the Dead to Expose the Past: Catalyzing Postmemory in Almodóvar’s Bad Education (2004) and Parallel Mothers (2021)   On a movie set, a fratricidal brother hyperventilates after acting a scene presenting just one imagined variation of his brother’s murder. In a maternity ward, two women—whose lives are haunted by trauma—calm their breathing while birthing the new Spanish generation. These scenes represent pivotal moments in two of auteur filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s works—Bad Education (Education, 2004) and Parallel Mothers (Parallel, 2021). In the imaginative realms of postmemory c ..read more

Announcement: Call-for-Papers:   International edited collection titled:   Taking Control: the critical and creative uses of digital tools and the now, the past, the foreseeable future and beyond.   I am seeking a number of academics and professionals in the field who might like to send me an abstract for consideration for inclusion in the book.   Due to the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, we have extended the deadline date for abstracts. Abstracts now due: 30 March 2023. The aim of Taking Control is to highlight the human-computer blend and AI as a vibrant ..read more

WMS: Contest update, Jobs, Podcasts, CFPS, Publications & Reviews [12-02-22]    ***Extended Deadline: Dec. 9 midnight PST! Publish with the Media, War and Conflict journal & win $100 Cash! For details on the submission process and prizes: https://www.warandmediastudies.org/?p=424406   ***Check out the Humanities and Social Sciences H’Net Job Guide: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/home.php Hundreds of posts in various fields, including gender studies,  Holocaust research, Japanese instruction, museum curating, and the list goes on!   ***Links to podcasts on war topic ..read more

WMS: CONTEST UPDATE, CFPS & PUBLICATIONS [10-28-22] ***Check it out: Publications from our essay contest partner the Media, War and Conflict journal, CFPs & Publications of Interest!   ***See the WMS Essay Contest announcement for details on deadlines and prizes! Publication Opportunity & $100 Cash! https://www.warandmediastudies.org/?p=424406   SUBMIT your essay: Share your research and win some pocket money!   From the Feeds:   Highlight: View recent Media, War and Conflict (MWC) book review and publications:   *Bond, C. (2022). Book revi ..read more

WMS: CONTEST UPDATE, PUBLICATIONS, CFPS & JOBS [10-01-22] ***Special Highlights: Publications from our essay contest partner the Media, War and Conflict journal and CFPs from SCMS members!   ***See the WMS Essay Contest announcement for details on deadlines and prizes! Publication Opportunity & $100 Cash! https://www.warandmediastudies.org/?p=424406   1. Highlight: View recent Media, War and Conflict (MWC) publications:   *Ambrosio, T., & Ross, J. (2022). The War on Terror beyond the barrel of a gun: The procedural rhetorics of the boardgame Labyrinth. Media, War &am ..read more