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Note: A previous error with the hotel room reservation link has been corrected in this version.

CINEMA JOURNAL EDITOR ANNOUNCED

TRAVEL GRANTS AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION WAIVERS

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

SCMS FIELDNOTES

SCMS-U CALL FOR PAPERS

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

SCMS STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

IMPORTANT DATES

DECEMBER 14 (5 PM CT)

DEADLINE: Conference Travel Grants and Waiver Applications Due

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/waiver_grants

DECEMBER 19

DEADLINE:Contracts and Payments Due for Exhibitors at Conference

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/exhibitors

DECEMBER 21

Preliminary Draft of Conference Schedule Posted at cmstudies.org

http://www.cmstudies.org

Conference Registration Volunteer Sign-Up Opens

SIG/Caucus Meeting Times Sign-Up Opens

Requests for SIG/Caucus Sponsored Panels and Workshops Begins

DECEMBER 31

Last Day for Early Bird Conference Registration Rates

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/conf_registration

JANUARY 2

DEADLINE: Conference Program Correction Requests Due to Home Office

JANUARY 13

DEADLINE: SIG/Caucus Meeting Times Sign-up Closes

DEADLINE: SIG/Caucus Sponsored Panels and Workshop Requests Due

DEADLINE: Early Bird Hotel Reservations Cut-Off

JANUARY 16

DEADLINE: Conference Registration Volunteer Sign-Up Closes

JANUARY 31

Online Conference Registration Closes

Participants must have an active membership AND have registered for the conference

by this deadline.

MARCH 22 - MARCH 26

Chicago 2017 Conference

Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park

All conference presenters must be current SCMS members.

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY!

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/Membership_Renew

Your year-end tax-deductible contribution helps SCMS continue its mission. Please consider making a contribution to support our ongoing efforts to promote a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.

http://www.cmstudies.org/donations

ANNOUNCING CINEMA JOURNAL EDITOR 2018-2022

We are pleased to announce that the Board has selected Dr. Caetlin Benson-Allott to be the next editor of Cinema Journal. Caetlin begins her one-year apprenticeship on January 1, 2017. Her apprenticeship will be followed by a five-year term as Editor from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022. Her first issue will be 57.4, appearing in the summer of 2018.

Caetlin is Associate Professor of English and Film and Media Studies at Georgetown University. She is the author of Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing (University of California Press, 2013) and Remote Control (Bloomsbury Press, January 2015). Her work on US film cultures, exhibition history and material culture, spectatorship theory, and gender and sexuality studies has appeared in Cinema Journal, The Atlantic, South Atlantic Quarterly, Journal of Visual Culture, Jump Cut, Film Quarterly, Film Criticism, Feminist Media Histories, In Media Res, FLOW, and multiple anthologies. After winning Film Quarterly's 50th Anniversary Review Essay Competition in 2008, she became a contributing editor and wrote a regular column for the journal from 2011 to 2013, which she revived in 2016.

In 2015, she edited special issues of Feminist Media Histories (on "Materialisms") and the Journal of Visual Culture (with Eugenie Brinkema on "The Design and Componentry of Horror"). She is currently working on a book-length study of six influential objects in contemporary media culture, arguing that the meanings we draw from media are shaped by the technologies we use to preserve media, the objects that come into and become extensions of our screening spaces, and the substances we consume while consuming media. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Modern Language Association's Screen Arts and Culture Forum and multiple editorial boards. She teaches courses on film history and theory, histories of new media, gender and technology studies, and the horror genre.

Caetlin joined SCMS in 2010. As Cinema Journal Editor, she plans to utilize "In Focus" as a forum for outreach within our membership and to bring in new authors and expand our membership, thereby expanding the interdisciplinary mission of SCMS. She is also committed to include more television, radio, and other media scholarship in Cinema Journal and soliciting interviews with and scholarly profiles of media makers and industry executives.

Please join us in welcoming Caetlin as the next Cinema Journal editor!

BEWARE OF HOUSING SCAMS

If you're contacted by someone who wants to help you book your travel to SCMS, it's not us. Please exercise caution and contact us if you have any questions at hotel@scmsconference.com.

Please only use OFFICIAL RESERVATION PROCEDURES to make your reservation at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park:

For room reservations, please call 1-866-540-4408 or the hotel directly at (312) 565-8000 and specify that you are a part of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies Annual Conference (SCMS) to receive the group rate and the additional concessions listed above. You can also make reservations by visiting https://resweb.passkey.com/go/scms2017

For international numbers, please visit http://www.fairmont.com/contact-us/morenumbers/#international

Reservations will be accepted until the cut-off date of March 1, 2017-based on availability. However, we urge you-reservations should be made as soon as possible as the hotel will likely sell out early (well before the cut-off date). If you have any problems, please email hotel@scmsconference.com

REMINDER: Travel discounts are still available for conference attendees! Southwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Amtrak, and Avis are all offering discounted rates for travel to Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.cmstudies.org/page/travel_info

If you're looking for a fellow attendee to share the cost of a hotel room, visit https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/forums/Topics.aspx?forum=101180 to post a query to the Conference Roommate Forum.

2017 CHICAGO REGISTRATION RATES

REMINDER: "Early Bird" conference registration rates end December 31!

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: $160.00

Student Rate: $90.00

(through December 31, 2016)

REGULAR PRE-REGISTRATION: $220.00

Student Rate: $140.00

(January 1-31, 2017)

ON-SITE REGISTRATION: $230.00

Student Rate: $150.00

Please note: Students must show a valid student ID at the registration desk to receive the student rate.

Register online here:

http://www.cmstudies.org/event/chicago2017

TRAVEL GRANTS AND REGISTRATION FEE WAIVERS

All travel grant applications are due on or before Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. Please see further details and a link to apply at: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/waiver_grants

All applicants will be notified of their status by Friday, January 20, 2017.

CHICAGO CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

It is through the generous contributions of sponsors and partners that SCMS is able to enhance its annual national meeting and offer exciting social/mixer/networking opportunities. Allow us to help you increase exposure and heighten awareness of your organization/institution with our audience of highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students, precollege teachers, postdocs and professionals in film and

media studies. For more details and information about becoming a conference sponsor, please visit

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/sponsorship

CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS AND ADVERTISING DECEMBER DEADLINES

SCMS is currently accepting exhibitors and advertisers for our 2017 Conference. If you have a publisher you would like to see attend or know of a Chicago business that would be engaging to our membership, please pass along this information. Additionally, if your university or department would like an audience of media scholars, please pass along the advertising link. Join us for the 2017 Conference in Chicago, where your organization has the opportunity to capture the attention of an estimated 2000+ scholars from 38 countries around the world.

Deadline for early bird reservations for advertisers is

Friday, December 16, 2016.

Contract and payment deadline for exhibitors is

Monday, December 19, 2016.

More information for exhibitors and advertisers can be found on the SCMS website:

Exhibitors: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/exhibitors

Advertisers: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/advertising

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

Best wishes for the holidays from the SCMS home office! At this time of year, our thoughts turn gratefully to all of you who have made unique and valuable contributions to SCMS in the past year. Thank you!

A special note of gratitude goes out to 2016-17 Program Committee Chair, Pam Wojcik, Conference Scheduler, Bruce Brasell, and this year's hard-working and dedicated reading pairs. Their tasks are now complete, and the 2017 Chicago conference is shaping up to be another great one.

On December 21, the home office will post a preliminary draft of the conference program at cmstudies.org and follow up with you via an email notification. As you are aware, the draft is a work-in-progress so it will not contain room numbers, but the schedule itself will be locked. This year, in an effort to help you determine your travel dates, the preliminary draft will include information on 2017 conference events. Please note that the home office must receive your requests for corrections to your information by January 2.

The 2016-17 Caucus and SIG Funding Committee is currently reviewing the many funding requests we received this year. It is the committee's goal to accommodate as many requests as is allowed within the SCMS annual budget giving priority to proposals that demonstrate forethought and planning for scholarly purposes. The home office will notify all applicants of the committee's final decision in mid-January.

Planning and preparation are well underway for the fifth annual 2017 SCMS-U scheduled to take place on April 20-22, 2017 at the University of Minnesota. The SCMS Board and Conference organizer Graeme Stout request your assistance in getting the word out about the conference to your undergraduate students. A link to the call for proposals and submission form is included in this issue.

I wish you happiness, abundance and peace in the coming year.

Jill Simpson

SCMS-U 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS

Fifth Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Undergraduate Conference

Hosted by The University of Minnesota

April 20 - 22, 2017

The fifth annual SCMS Undergraduate Conference invites undergraduate students to propose papers representing their best work in cinema and media studies. At the conference, students will deliver papers on any aspect of cinema and media history, criticism, or theory. Each participant will have 15 minutes to present their individual essay - approximately 2,000-2,100 words when presented at a normal talking speed with a few visual aids - on a thematically organized panel. Any student who wishes to participate in the conference should submit a completed proposal form, which will include a 200-word abstract. Do not submit complete papers. The submission form can be found here: http://www.cmstudies.org/resource/resmgr/2017_conference/SCMS-U_2017_Submission_Form.docx

A panel composed of University of Minnesota faculty will select 30 proposals for acceptance to the conference. All selected conference participants must agree to attend all full days of the event. Panels will be scheduled for Friday (4/21) and Saturday (4/22), with reception on the Thursday night (4/20). Registration is free, and on-campus hotel accommodations will be available at a discounted student rate for conference participants. Students are encouraged to seek travel funding from their home institutions to defray the costs of travel and lodging. Students attending the conference will also be provided with passes to the Walker Arts Center ( http://www.walkerart.org) and the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (http://mspfilm.org/festivals/mspiff)

The deadline for proposals is midnight EST on Friday, February 3rd, 2017. Completed proposal forms with abstracts should be sent via email to (mims@umn.edu) with "SCMS-U 2017" in the subject line of the email. For more information, please contact Dr. Graeme Stout ( stou0046@umn.edu), at the University of Minnesota.

Sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Press, the Walker Arts Center, and the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul. and the following departments and programs at the University of Minnesota: Moving Image Studies, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, Communication Studies, Art History, and French and Italian.

BECOME AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER

Institutional membership represents a significant engagement with current scholarship, theory, criticism, education, and practice in the study of cinema and media. Allow us to help you increase exposure and heighten awareness of your organization with our audience of highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students, precollege teachers, postdocs and professionals in media and film studies.

Sign up your department, program, or office for SCMS institutional membership and ensure that you and your colleagues have timely access to valuable resources. For more details about becoming an institutional member, please visit: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/institut_membership

SCMS FIELDNOTES

The SCMS Fieldnotes project is pleased to present two new interviews with foundational film and media studies scholars E. Ann Kaplan and Charles Musser.

E. Ann Kaplan

interviewed by Krin Gabbard

https://vimeo.com/185768614

Charles Musser

interviewed by J.D. Connor

https://vimeo.com/187690925

See all Fieldnotes interviews at: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/fieldnotes

Fieldnotes is an SCMS project to conduct, circulate and archive interviews with pioneers of film and media studies. In addition to recognizing the contributions of key scholars, the project also aims to foster knowledge of and interest in the diverse and dynamic developments that have shaped -- and continue to shape -- our expanding field.

STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY

At this historical moment the Board of Directors of SCMS recognizes that the humanities and humanistic knowledge, on which cinema and media studies are still broadly based, are now more essential than ever. We therefore pledge to maintain SCMS as an inclusive organization open to all individuals who share our field's commitments to diverse and multiple national origins, races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, classes, abilities, migration statuses, and other expressions or categorizations of identity. We understand that this commitment extends to our membership overall as well as to what we study.

MLA STATEMENT ON THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The SCMS Board of Directors have voted to endorse the following statement approved by the MLA Executive Council in November 2016:

Throughout the campaign and in the aftermath of the presidential election in the United States, sharp political lines have been drawn that pit groups and individuals against one another on the basis of national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, migration status, ability, class, and other forms of identity. The Modern Language Association reaffirms in the strongest terms possible its commitment to free inquiry and academic freedom for all, unimpeded by acts of prejudice and hate. We note especially the need to offer support to those who are the most vulnerable and condemn the unjust rhetoric that targets them. We recognize that the humanities and humanistic knowledge are now more essential than ever to help guide us in these difficult times, and we pledge to maintain the MLA as an organization open to all individuals who share our commitments.

https://www.mla.org/About-Us/Governance/Executive-Council/Executive-Council-Actions/2016/MLA-Statement-on-the-2016-Presidential-Election

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

ACA-MEDIA

EPISODE 33: PARTAKE IN THE FACTIONAL WRANGLE

Recorded after Game 1 of the World Series and before the conclusion of the US presidential election, here we feature interviews with Kirk Combe and Sangeet Kumar on political satire media in an international context, as well as Cynthia Meyers on broadcast advertising and the red scare.

Listen here:http://www.aca-media.org

ACLS Digital Extension Grants

Deadline: January 25, 2017

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to invite applications for the 2016-17 ACLS Digital Extension Grant competition, which is made possible by the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is hoped that these grants will help advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital research projects and extending their reach to new communities of users.

This program aims to extend the opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of humanistic inquiry to a greater number of humanities scholars. To this end, projects supported by ACLS Digital Extension Grants may:

* Extend established digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach

* Develop new systems of making established digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions

* Foster new team-based work or collaborations that allow scholars from institutions with limited digital infrastructure to exploit digital resources

* Create new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities.

Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged

* Support projects aimed at preserving and making sustainable established digital projects and content.

ACLS will award up to six Digital Extension Grants in this competition year. Each grant provides funding of up to $125,000 to support a range of project costs, including, where necessary, salary replacement for faculty or staff. As this program places special emphasis on extending access to digital research opportunities to scholars working at US colleges and universities of all categories, applicants also may request up to an additional $25,000 to fund concrete plans to collaborate with and build networks among scholars from US higher education institutions of diverse profiles. Thus each grant carries a maximum possible award of $150,000.

The deadline for applications is 9pm EST, January 25, 2017. Applications will be accepted only through ACLS's Online Fellowship and Grant Application (OFA) system.

Additional information about the eligibility criteria and terms of ACLS Digital Extension Grants is available at www.acls.org/programs/digitalextension

Questions may be directed to fellowships@acls.org.

For more information about ACLS programs, visit www.acls.org

FINAL REMINDER: 2017 Academy Film Scholar Grants

Application Deadline: January 31, 2017

Academy Film Scholars grants are awarded to scholars (both academically affiliated and non-affiliated) to support significant new works of film scholarship.

Through the Grants program, the Academy seeks to:

* Promote diversity

* Bridge the opportunity divide

* Attract and engage broad new audiences for theatrical motion pictures

* Provide a platform for underrepresented artists, the full range of film genres, and a variety of viewpoints and approaches

* Encourage filmmaking as a vocation

* Illuminate less visible aspects of filmmaking and the film industry through scholarly research, presentations and discussions

To apply, please visit: track="on" >http://www.oscars.org/education-grants/academy-film-scholars

VISITING FACULTY POSITIONS

Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing seeks to recruit Visiting Faculty from the world's leading universities and institutions for the 2017-18 academic year. These international scholars and practitioners will engage a highly motivated cohort of future leaders through Schwarzman Scholars' unique, interdisciplinary curriculum focused on contemporary global issues. Visiting Faculty also have opportunities to pursue independent research and develop collaborations with Tsinghua colleagues. Eligible candidates include early, mid-career and senior level academics who are available to spend from one to eleven months in Beijing.

Please view the full flyer for 2017-2018 Visiting Faculty Positions here: https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/cmstudies.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/affiliated_org_logos/Schwarzman_Scholars_Visiting.pdf

To learn more, please contact: lindsey.cohen@schwarzmanscholars.org or visit www.schwarzmanscholars.org

In This Issue:

CONGRATULATIONS ACA-MEDIA!

UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE

SCMS FIELDNOTES

ELECTION RESULTS FORM

GRADUATE STUDENT WRITING AWARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

CINEMA JOURNAL POSTAGE RATES

CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS, ADVERTISERS INFORMATION

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

IMPORTANT DATES

EARLY NOVEMBER New Cinema Journal Editor announced

NOVEMBER 2-9 Conference Open Call Papers, Panels, Workshop Proposals accept and decline notices emailed

NOVEMBER 28 SIG/Caucus Funding Requests Due Caucus Online Form: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/request_funds_Caucus SIG Online Form: http://www.cmstudies.org/page/request_funds_SIG

DECEMBER 20 (5 PM CT) Deadline: Conference travel grant and waiver applications

DECEMBER 21 Preliminary draft of Conference schedule posted at cmstudies.org

MARCH 22 - MARCH 26 Chicago 2017 Conference Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park

CONGRATULATIONS ACA-MEDIA!

Congratulations to Cinema Journal's Aca-Media podcast, which was named one of the top 10 media podcasts by Player FM! http://player.fm/featured/media

ACA-MEDIA EPISODE 32: FOLLOWING MY FASCINATIONS

Kicking of the fall semester, we present the first in a three part series with media scholars in conversations addressing the current election season-beginning with Chuck Tryon, author of the new book "Political TV." In addition, we are featuring an excerpt of the excellent SCMS Fieldnotes interview with Constance Penley by Elena Gorfinkel. http://www.aca-media.org/episode32

UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE

With the 2016-2017 membership year in full swing, please take a moment to update your membership profile with any changes in institution affiliation, shipping address, or contact information.

Click here to view instructions on updating your profile: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.cmstudies.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/UpdateProfileInstructions.pdf

Any questions and requests about your profile can be directed to the Home Office

staff at scms-office@ou.edu.

DONATE TO SCMS

SCMS is able to continue its mission because of your support and generosity. Please consider making a contribution now. http://www.cmstudies.org/donations

SCMS FIELDNOTES

Fieldnotes is an SCMS project to conduct, circulate and archive interviews with pioneers of film and media studies. In addition to recognizing the contributions of key scholars, the project also aims to foster knowledge of and interest in the diverse and dynamic developments that have shaped -- and continue to shape -- our expanding field.

Fieldnotes is currently led by Haidee Wasson, with the help of a committee comprised of Patrice Petro and Barbara Klinger. It is sponsored both by SCMS and by ARTHEMIS, a Concordia University based research team investigating the history and epistemology of moving image studies.

Since the Atlanta Conference, the Fieldnotes team has been completing production on interviews with the following distinguished members:

Rick Altman, interviewed by Corey Creekmur https://vimeo.com/165205960

Dudley Andrew, interviewed by Timothy Corrigan https://vimeo.com/164350282

John Caldwell, interviewed by Lisa Parks http://www.cmstudies.org/resource/resmgr/fieldnotes/Caldwell_and_Parks.mp3

Constance Penley, interviewed by Elena Gorfinkle https://vimeo.com/164288278

Vivian Sobchack, interviewed by Kathleen McHugh https://vimeo.com/176448237

Thomas Waugh, interviewed by Damon Young https://vimeo.com/177239258

View all Fieldnotes Interviews here: http://www.cmstudies.org/default.asp?page=fieldnotes

If you are interested in contributing to Fieldnotes, or would like to suggest the name of an interview subject, or would just like to know more, please contact Haidee Wasson at haidee.wasson@concordia.ca

ELECTION RESULTS FORM

As new Chairs, Graduate Representatives, and Secretaries are elected, it is important for the Home Office and our Web Content Manager to be notified regarding election results.

Please use the Election Results Form to report any changes in SIG/Caucus/Coordinating Committee leadership after your election to ensure all records and the website is up to date.

http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=electionresults

Thank you!

STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE

The SCMS War and Media Studies Special Interest Group invites submissions to its inaugural Graduate Student Writing Award. A $100 cash prize will be awarded annually to an outstanding essay on any topic related to war and media studies. The award panel will consist of the SIG co-chairs and two scholars with expertise in the field.

The deadline for submissions is December 2, 2016.

The rules:

-Entrants must be enrolled on a recognized program of graduate study at the time of submitting work to the competition.

-Entrants must be members of SCMS and the War and Media Studies SIG.

-Essays should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including references) and be formatted as PDFs.

-Submissions may have been prepared as coursework essays, or as part of a dissertation or thesis.

-Essays must not have been published or accepted for publication at the time of entry.

-The author's name and affiliation should not appear anywhere on the essay. An application form, to be submitted as a separate document to the essay, is available here: http://www.warandmediastudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Student-Essay-Prize-form.docx

-Applicants may only submit one essay.

-Co-authored works will share the $100 cash prize between authors.

-The deadline for submissions is December 2, 2016. The winner will be announced at the SCMS War and Media SIG meeting in Chicago.

Applicants should send their completed forms and essays as separate documents to Eileen Rositzka: er53@st-andrews.ac.uk

For more information about the War and Media Studies Special Interest group, please visit http://www.warandmediastudies.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

Happy fall! As we reach the midway point in the academic term, I hope things are going smoothly for each of you.

In the coming weeks, the SCMS Home Office will be sending out several key emails to you including conference proposal accept/decline notices, the outcome of conference event proposal deliberations, and travel grant award recipient notices. Considering a good many of you relocate just prior to the beginning of the academic year, we ask that you please take a moment now to verify that we have the correct email address for you in your membership profile. This will ensure that you continue to receive notifications in a timely manner.

Conference proposal accept and decline notices will be emailed to you between November 2-9. If you have not received a notification by Friday, November 11, please email the Home Office at scms-office@ou.edu.

Thank you to those of you who recently submitted event proposals for the 2017 Chicago conference. We received a total of eight proposals this year. All are currently being considered by the Caucus and SIG Liaisons, the Conference Program Committee, and the 2017 Chicago Host Committee Chairs who will make their recommendations to the Board of Directors at this weekend's fall meeting. Please note that proposals are evaluated based on their potential to attract a strong audience and to highlight the activities of their group(s). Conference budget limitations and scheduling are also taken into consideration in determining which events are accepted. All members who submitted proposals will be notified of the board's decision by email in early November.

This weekend, the Executive Council will also deliberate on the selection of a new Cinema Journal Editor, with an official announcement to be made by early November. The new Editor will begin his/her first year apprenticeship working with outgoing Editor, Will Brooker, as of January 1, 2017. Will's tenure as Editor officially ends on December 31, 2017, with the newly selected Editor taking the reins for a five-year term beginning on January 1, 2018.

In closing, please consider SCMS when planning your year-end charitable giving. By making a tax-deductible donation to the General Fund, you are helping SCMS to continue its mission of promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media. A donation to the Travel Funds for under/unemployed members and graduate student members allows you to directly assist your peers by helping defray the cost of their travel to the SCMS annual conference. An Award Funds donation supports SCMS's annual awards established to honor the best in our field.

Finally, a donation to the SCMS-U Undergraduate Fund assists undergraduate students who typically have no access to professional resources to attend the annual undergraduate conference.

Thank you.

Jill Simpson Executive Director

CINEMA JOURNAL POSTAGE RATES

As a reminder, postage rates for Cinema Journal went up in May. Members should update their mailing address to ensure their issues are correctly delivered. Please check your membership profile to confirm your mailing address and your membership type based on your country of residence, as the rates for each membership type include the correct amount of postage for Cinema Journal deliveries.

If your mailing address of record and the membership rate at which you renew do not match, there is no guarantee you will continue to receive Cinema Journal issues.

CURRENT SURCHARGE/RATES

CANADIAN MEMBERSHIP RATES (USD)

The postage surcharge for Canadian Memberships is $34.00.

ANNUAL INCOME RANGE - RATES

Under $15k - $89.00

$16k-$35k - $99.00

$36k-$55k - $124.00

$56k-$75k - $154.00

$76k-$100k - $184.00

Over $100k - $214.00

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP RATES (USD)

The postage surcharge for all other International Memberships is $46.00.

ANNUAL INCOME RANGE - RATES

Under $15k - $101.00

$16k-$35k - $111.00

$36k-$55k - $136.00

$56k-$75k - $166.00

$76k-$100k - $196.00

Over $100k - $226.00

REPLACEMENT COSTS

If a journal is unable to be delivered or is delivered incorrectly due to an out-of-date address on file, the member is responsible for the replacement or reshipment of an issue. Rates for each redelivery:

United States: $7.00

Canada: $30.00

International: $45.00

Requests for back or missing issues of Cinema Journal can be made here: http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=missing_back_issues

CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS AND ADVERTISERS INFORMATION

SCMS will soon be accepting exhibitors and advertisers for SCMS 2017 - join us!

Please visit http://www.cmstudies.org after Nov 1st for more information.

Entering our 58th year, the Society for Cinema & Media Studies has served to promote all areas of cinema and media studies within universities and two-and four-year colleges; to encourage and reward excellence in scholarship and writing; to facilitate and improve the teaching of cinema and media studies as disciplines; to advance multi-cultural awareness and interaction; to serve its members' professional needs and concerns; to strengthen the ties between the academic community and those who interact with it, from the media industries to the government to the public at large; and to promote the preservation of our film, television, and media heritage. The annual SCMS Conference Exhibit Area is an integral part of spreading the word to our members of the size and scope of the academic publishing industry as well as other publishers, institutions and companies which serve the cinema and media studies community available in the US and around the world.

The Exhibit Hall is a major attraction for attendees. In addition to our exhibit area, your organization also has an opportunity to sponsor items and special events and to purchase advertising in the conference program. The opportunities to put your organization in front of a membership of over 3,000 professionals from 38 nations are varied and many.

Why Exhibit at the annual SCMS Conference?

• Support your authors by promoting their books
• Meet new potential authors waiting to pitch their projects to you
• Demonstrate your electronic database, digital program, or other tool/media
• Connect with educators seeking new books for course adoption
• Convince attendees to recommend your books and databases to their institutions for purchase

In a survey of 2016 SCMS annual meeting attendees, over 85% stated that they visited the exhibit hall.

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SCMS invites you to take advantage of our many sponsorship opportunities. We also welcome the opportunity to work with you in creating a custom sponsorship that best suits the needs of your organization. Allow us to help you increase exposure and heighten awareness of your department, university, organization.

For more details and information about becoming a conference sponsor, please visit

http://www.cmstudies.org/page/sponsorship

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

2016 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY NOMINATIONS

Nominations Due October 20, 2016

The National Film Preservation Board will hold its annual meeting at the Library of Congress in early November 2016. At the meeting, film titles will be selected for inclusion on the National Film Registry at the end of this year.

Please submit your suggested nomination by emailing SCMS representatives Matthew H. Bernstein (mbernst@emory.edu) and Jenny Horne (jenny@ucsc.edu) no later than 8pm EST on Thursday, October 20. Please include three or four sentences (maximum) justifying your film submission's importance.

For your reference, the following is a list of films already named to the Registry.

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing

The following are titles not yet named to the Registry.

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/films-not-yet-named-to-the-registry

The Registry includes student films, experimental titles, orphan films and documentaries as well as fiction films.

September 2016    - In This Issue:

CINEMA JOURNAL EDITOR FINAL CALL

CHICAGO 2017 PROPOSAL NUMBERS

YOU SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL...NOW WHAT?

AWARD SUBMISSION NUMBERS

2016 - 2017 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

WELCOME MOLLY YOUNGBLOOD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

IN MEMORIAM

IMPORTANT DATES

SEPTEMBER 1

2016-2017 Membership Year Began

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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

SEPTEMBER 30 (5 PM CT)

Deadline: /news/292003/Call-for-Self-Nominations--Editor-Cinema-Journal.htm

Self-Nominations for Cinema Journal /news/292003/Call-for-Self-Nominations--Editor-Cinema-Journal.htm

SEPTEMBER 30 (5 PM CT)

/page/EventProposal

Conference Event Proposals

EARLY NOVEMBER

Accept and decline notices emailed

DECEMBER 20 (5 PM CT)

Deadline: Conference travel grant and waiver applications

DECEMBER 23

Preliminary draft of schedule posted at

MARCH 22 - MARCH 26

Chicago 2017 Conference

Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park

CINEMA JOURNAL EDITOR FINAL CALL!

Call for Self-Nominations – Deadline extended to Friday, September 30, 5PM CST.

SCMS is looking for the next editor of Cinema Journal.  Could it be you?  Click here to learn more!  /news/292003/Call-for-Self-Nominations--Editor-Cinema-Journal.htm

Note: If you intend to apply, please notify Jill Simpson by email at scms-director@ou.edu

CHICAGO 2017 PROPOSAL NUMBERS

1004 Open Call Papers

349 Pre-Constituted Panels

53 Workshops

28 Readers

YOU SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL...NOW WHAT?

As Pamela Wojcik, the 2017 Conference Program Committee Chair, and her intrepid team of readers begin the arduous task of reviewing over 1400 proposals, we want to shed some light on the evaluation process.

Step 1: Evaluation of Proposals

Once the submission deadline has passed, proposals are clustered according to category (workshop, pre-constituted panels, open call papers) and the open-call papers are then grouped according to their topics.  Prior to the submission deadline, the Board of Directors appoints a Program Committee comprising pairs of readers for the various categories of proposals. The Program Committee Chair now distributes the groups of proposals to the reading pairs for their independent evaluations. Proposals are then scored, and the readers send their averaged scores to the Program Chair.  Open-call readers also suggest how accepted papers may fit together into panels.

Step 2:  Panel and Workshop Capacity is Determined

While the readers are hard at work, the SCMS office staff creates a conference grid of all the dates/times/sessions.  The grid reflects the total number of panels and workshops that can be accommodated at the conference.  Once the total number of panels and workshops is determined, this information is communicated to the Program Committee Chair.

Step 3:  Proposals are Accepted or Declined

As soon as the Program Committee Chair has finalized the proposal decisions, the SCMS Home Office notifies participants whether their submission was accepted or declined.  These notifications are sent in early to mid-November.

Step 4: Conference Scheduling

The Conference Scheduler's Herculean task now gets under way in scheduling panels and workshops. As soon as the task is completed and reviewed by the Program Chair, a first draft of the schedule is posted at

To learn more, visit the Conference FAQ page. /page/conference_faq

CHICAGO 2017 AWARDS SUBMISSIONS

Kovacs Book Award, 58

Best First Book Award, 46

Kovacs Essay Award, 44

Student Writing Award, 31

Best Book Edited Collection Award, 23

Anne Friedberg Innovative Award, 18

Dissertation Award, 16

Best Essay Edited Collection Award, 15

DCAA, 3

Pedagogy Award, 2

2016 - 2017 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

The SCMS Board of Directors wishes to thank all of you who volunteered for service this year. Over the summer, all committee vacancies were filled and 120 of your dedicated peers are now hard at work carrying on the business of SCMS. Those with award and program committee assignments have now begun the important tasks of reading and deliberating your submissions.

For a complete list of 2016-2017 committee assignments, visit: /page/committees

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

THE 2016-2017 MEMBERSHIP YEAR BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY!

New: Graduate Student Membership Level

Please remember that renewing at the appropriate income level and considering a further donation helps keep SCMS accessible to graduate students and under-resourced colleagues -- especially at a time when travel funds and research support are declining at many of our home institutions.

Additionally, some profile fields have been cleared in order to facilitate the collection of the most up-to-date information from SCMS members. We apologize for any inconvenience (especially if you are a new member or renewed your membership and updated your profile recently.)

Please update your affiliation from the drop down menu as it is vital to our on-going membership research and double-check previously entered information in all the fields.

http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.cmstudies.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/UpdateProfileInstructions.pdf

As SCMS grows, we hope to continue expanding our research initiatives, of which annually-updated profile information is an essential component. Thank for your for your assistance.

As a reminder, SCMS members are being asked to renew their membership in Scholarly Interest Groups every five years at the time of their membership renewal.  The first re-enrollment is taking place throughout the fall.  SIGs that were formed in the last two years will not be affected. For other SIGs, SCMS members may simply check off the box next to the respective group name(s) when you renew your membership.

If you have already renewed your membership, find the SIG's webpage and follow the link to join at the bottom of the page.

SCMS is pleased to announce its revamped Institutional Membership, which now features distinct levels for PhD programs, MA/MFA programs, and Undergraduate programs, libraries and museums. Please urge your institution to become an SCMS member. More information on Institutional Memberships can be found /page/institut_membership

WELCOME MOLLY YOUNGBLOOD!

Molly Youngblood joined the SCMS Home Office on August 29 as our new Program Coordinator. In her new role, Molly will work to provide assistance to the board and members, annual conference administration, and support to the Home Office and Executive Director, Jill Simpson.

Molly moves back to her hometown of Norman, OK after studying Arts Administration and Policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She brings with her five years of experience in the public library sector, as well as relevant skills she developed from various positions held within higher education while completing her MA degree.  SCMS wishes to welcome Molly to the Home Office!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE

With the conference proposal and award submission deadlines now behind us, September marks the point when we begin looking forward to Chicago 2017. Next year's conference will take place March 22-26 at the beautiful Fairmont, Millennium Park.  http://www.fairmont.com/chicago

In this issue of News Brief, we have provided you with a breakdown of this year's conference proposal and award submissions numbers. You will also find details about what happens next in the conference proposal reading and deliberation process. As noted under Important Dates, accept/decline notices are scheduled to go out the first week of November. The awards deliberations are on a different timeline and will conclude by January 6, with results notifications scheduled to go out to all of those nominated by January 9.

As a final reminder, if you would like to submit a proposal to host a conference event in Chicago, please visit /page/EventProposal. Submissions are due by Friday, September 30 at 5pm CST.

We are pleased to announce that the SCMS Professional Development Committee will be expanding their annual webinars to a quarterly format. This decision was made in large part due to the comments you provided in this year's Conference Survey requesting more professional development opportunities. The committee will be working in collaboration with SCMS Caucuses and SIGs to identify meaningful topics for future webinars. The first in the new series is scheduled for October 8, with details included in this month's issue.

In closing, the Home Office's summer of transitions has now successfully concluded with the rounding out of our new team. In this issue, we are happy to introduce to you Molly Youngblood, our new Program Coordinator. She brings to the role many strengths including institutional administration, archives management, interdepartmental coordination, and public outreach. Molly fills the vacancy left by Lindsey Pendleton earlier in the summer. Lindsey remains with us in the freelance role of Conference Program Liaison through January. Molly looks forward to meeting each of you at the conference in Chicago!

Jill Simpson
Executive Director

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

Navigating the Academic Job Market: A Webinar Presented by the SCMS Professional Development Committee

Saturday, October 8, 12:00-1:30pm EST

SCMS members are invited to join the Professional Development Committee in an online discussion of the academic job market, to be presented as a live webinar on Saturday, October 8, at 12pm EST (broadcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R80lt2Y88hk) This free event will feature panelists who have landed tenure-track positions at a variety of institutions and led search committees of their own. Topics for discussion may include tailoring application materials for different types of positions and institutions; protocol for communicating with search committees; strategies for phone, Skype, and in-person interviews; and ways to gain teaching and service experience that may be particularly attractive to search committees. The webinar will conclude with a Q & A session. While panelists are happy to answer questions about preparing for campus visits and negotiating job offers, the Professional Development Committee plans to offer another webinar on these topics specifically in January.

Contact: For more information about the event and/or registration steps, please contact Kimberly Hall (Assistant Professor, English; Wofford College) at hallka@wofford.edu

EPISODE 31: SHAPE THE SONIC SPACE

ACA-MEDIA is back with an extended summer episode courtesy of the SCMS Sound Studies Scholarly Interest Group (SIG). Produced by Tim Anderson, the episode features excellent segments with Jeremy Morris on music formats, metadata and tagging; Brian Fauteux on Canadian college radio; Joan Titus on Shostakovich and musicology; and Nina Cartier on Blaxploitation soundtracks. Enjoy your summer!

Listen here: http://www.aca-media.org/news/2016/7/27/episode-31-shape-the-sonic-space

IN MEMORIAM

David Lavery

(August 27, 1949 - August 30, 2016)

It is with sadness that SCMS notes the August 2016 passing of David Lavery. Professor Lavery was faculty in the English Department at Middle Tennessee State University where he had been Chair and Director of Graduate Studies. Prior to his appointment at MTSU (1993-present), Dr. Lavery held appointments at the University of Memphis, at Northern Kentucky University, and several visiting appointments, including a post at East China Normal University in Shanghai.

Lavery was a dedicated mentor, generous editor, and prolific scholar. His books include-among many others--works on television fandom, authorship, genre, "cult" series, Joss Whedon, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and the forthcoming Finale: Considering the Ends of Television Shows (Syracuse University Press), edited with Douglas Howard and David Bianculli.

THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER

The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities for the period September 2017 through May 2018. Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are also invited to apply. The Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is international in scope and welcomes applications from scholars outside the United States.

Areas of Special Interest

Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated

for particular areas of research, including fellowships for environmental studies,

English literature, art history, Asian Studies, theology, and a young woman in philosophy. The Center also invites applicants from scholars in inter-disciplinary fields, including African American Studies, area studies, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies.

Stipends

The amounts awarded are individually determined, according to the needs of the Fellow and the Center's ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and dependents.

Facilities and Services

The Center provides a rich environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Located in the progressive Triangle region of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center affords access to the rich cultural and intellectual communities supported by the area's research institutes, universities, and dynamic arts scene. The stunning Archie K. Davis building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, and reading areas. The Center's unparalleled, comprehensive library service supports Fellows by fulfilling thousands of requests for books and other research materials from out partner institutions in the Triangle, usually within 24 hours, and libraries around the world. Library staff also provide reference assistance and instruction in new online research tools.

Support

Fellowships are supported by the Center's endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Deadline and Application Procedures

Applicants submit an application form, a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. The application form and instructions may be found at the Center's website: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org

Applications and letters of recommendation must be submitted online by October 18, 2016.

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org

email: nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org

The National Humanities Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation,or age. We are dedicated to fair treatment, diversity, and inclusion.

SCMS is able to continue its mission because of your support and generosity.  Please consider making a contribution to support our ongoing efforts to promote a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.

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In this month's News Brief: 

-Highlights from Atlanta 2016

-Call for committee volunteers and nominations

-SIG Task Force update

-And more!


Read the April News Brief here.

• Call for SCMS Committee Service
• Call for Proposals for Atlanta 2016
• 2016 Atlanta Conference Bulletin Board
• 2015 Montreal Conference Survey
• 2015 Members’ Business Meeting Minutes

Call for Committee Service SCMS is a member-run organization, and service to our profession remains critical to the ongoing health of our field and to our scholarly organization. Serving on an SCMS committee is an excellent way to network with other members and to provide vital service to the organization. Descriptions for standing, annual, and award committees (below) are provided on the SCMS website under About Us. Standing Committees:Information Technologies; Nominating; Professional Development; Public Policy; and Translation/Publication Annual Committees: Conference Host; Conference Program Award Committees: Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship, Best First Book, Best Edited Collection, Best Essay in an Edited Collection, Best Dissertation, Distinguished Career Achievement, Kovács Book, Kovács Essay, Pedagogy, and Student Writing Awards. The term of service for all award committees except the Distinguished Career Achievement Award is one year. The Distinguished Career Achievement Award term is three years. To volunteer to serve on a committee, please volunteer through the SCMS website: https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/?page=Volunteer_service. The names and affiliations of the volunteers will be forwarded to the SCMS Board of Directors for review and approval. The SCMS Office staff will notify members selected for committee service during the summer. Atlanta 2016 Call for Paper, Panel, and Workshop Proposals The Society for Cinema and Media Studies announces its call for proposals for the 2016 conference. Please join us Wednesday, March 30 – Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the Hilton Atlanta. In Atlanta, fine dining, shopping and rich history combine with inspiration-inducing attractions to create a city with Southern charm and world-class sophistication. It’s easy to see why Atlanta, Georgia is one of the most popular destinations in the Southeast to live and to visit. Atlanta is the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States, via highway, railroad, and air, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world’s busiest airport for the 15th straight year. Atlanta is home to Coca Cola, the Center for Civil and Human Rights, CNN, the world’s largest aquarium-Georgia Aquarium, the High Museum of Art, The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, and Centennial Olympic Park. Atlanta is also home to Emory University, Georgia State University, and the nation’s most prestigious historically Black colleges: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College. Join us! The 2016 SCMS Conference Program Committee welcomes quality paper, panel, and workshop proposals on any topic related to cinema and media studies. Proposal submission forms will be available through the SCMS website on June 1, 2015. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 28, 2015 (5:00 pm Central Time). SCMS 2016 Bulletin Board Announcements To encourage and facilitate the development of panel and workshop proposals, SCMS provides an online forum on which you can announce your topics for panel or workshop proposals to solicit presenters and participants. To submit a posting to the official 2016 Conference Bulletin Board, click on the 2016 Conference Bulletin Board link below and then on Post New Topic. Only ONE announcement per person please. The deadline for posting announcements is July 15, 2015 at 5pm CT. Bulletin Board and Panel/Workshop Announcement Guidelines: To be able to submit an announcement, individuals must be registered users (either a member or a temporary member) of the SCMS website. All chairs/organizers must notify individuals of acceptance or rejection by August 14, 2015. Individuals whose submissions are accepted for an advertised panel or workshop must provide the required information for completion of the proposal forms to the chair/organizer by August 21, 2015, 5pm CT. When creating your proposal, do not include more than two individuals from the same institution. Panels should have a chair and four presenters or a chair, three presenters, and one respondent. Workshops should have a chair and at least four participants, but no more than five (excluding the chair or co-chairs). 2016 Conference Bulletin Board Note: Submitting proposals for consideration to the SCMS Bulletin Board is not the same as submitting a finished proposal for evaluation by the 2016 Conference Program Committee. The link to the Atlanta 2016 conference proposal forms will be active in June 2015. Organizers must submit completed proposals by August 28, 2015 at 5pm CT to the SCMS proposal system here: https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/?page=call_for_submissions. Contact office@cmstudies.org for more information. SCMS 2015 Conference Survey We hope you enjoyed your time at the 2015 Montreal Conference. We would appreciate your feedback, as we are already thinking towards next year’s 2016 Atlanta Conference. Please take a few moments to answer the following questions. 2015 Conference Survey Complete the survey by 5pm on May 29, 2015, and you will be entered into drawings for a free membership renewal for the 2015-2016 membership year and an Atlanta conference registration waiver! Note: To submit the survey, you will need to answer every question, but please feel free to type in N/A for questions you do not wish to answer. While including your contact information with the survey submission is optional, you must include your contact information if you would like to be entered into the drawing. SCMS Members’ Business Meeting: Minutes Friday, March 27, 2015: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SCMS Conference, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal I. Welcome and Introductions: Barb Klinger SCMS President Klinger welcomed members to the conference, and to Montreal, and thanked the Host Committee and local institutions for their support. She began by reiterating SCMS policies regarding the Society’s resistance to taking stands on issues that presume to represent all members in matters that are not directly related to the shared concerns of the Society. Klinger then summarized the recent election results, introducing the newly elected members of the Executive Board, and thanking those who would be outgoing this year for their service. She also encouraged other members to volunteer for service in additional roles, including on the many SCMS committees that rely upon the time and energy of members. She especially thanked those who served on this year’s host committee and conference committee, as well as Caucus and Special Interest Group representatives, for their service to SCMS. All members were also encouraged to consider donating to SCMS, especially to support conference travel and awards funds. II. 2013 Conference Report: Steven Cohan After thanking SCMS members and staff crucial to the planning of the conference, Cohan summarized this year’s data, emphasizing that the 2015 conference received a record number of proposals, resulting in a large and diverse program. Noting that the current acceptance rate is around 80% for pre-constituted panels, and 56% for open call proposals, Cohan emphasized that inclusion on pre-constituted panels remains the most likely route for members to have proposals to the conference accepted. III. Executive Director’s Report: Jill Simpson Simpson provided a detailed summary of the various criteria (including geography, ease of travel, and weather, in addition to costs) that determine the selection of conference sites, and emphasized the importance of members booking rooms in the official conference hotel, necessary to our ability to hold cost-effective conferences. She also clarified that the Executive Board has been closely monitoring and planning for the possibility of pending legislation in Georgia that could impact the 2016 conference already planned for Atlanta. She noted that restrictive and perhaps discriminatory legislation in other states will be an ongoing concern for SCMS when choosing future conference locations, and these will remain closely monitored. (Shortly after the 2015 conference, the impending vote in the Georgia House had been cancelled.) IV. Treasurer’s Report: Amanda Ann Klein Klein summarized the current, healthy fiscal status of SCMS, citing current membership and conference figures (1851 registrants), and total assets ($1.3M). She also noted that SCMS is currently considering new ways to use some of its finances, including possible changes in some of its investments; Klein also noted that the arrival of Executive Director Jill Simpson promises to have a positive impact on SCMS in general and that the Executive Director has begun to work closely with the Treasurer. V. Cinema Journal Report: Will Brooker Cinema Journal editor Brooker noted that his tenure as editor will be ending and a search for his replacement will begin in 2016. After citing basic statistics for the journal, he drew attention to many of the journal’s ongoing features and initiatives, including the “In Focus,” section of the journal and the online Afterthoughts and Postscripts, a visible presence via Facebook, Twitter, as well as expanding and productive links with Aca-Media, TeachingMedia.org, Antenna, and In Media Res. He also noted that the new online journal [in]Transition, overseen by Cinema Journal in collaboration with MediaCommons, was already being recognized this year with an SCMS Award of Distinction. VI. Information-Technology Report: Aviva Dove-Viebahn Dove-Viebahn noted the availability of two mobile apps for the conference (one a test), and encouraged members to respond to the conference survey regarding their use; she also noted that approximately 400 conference abstracts had been digitized as part of another test for future use, and reported that five workshops would be streaming this year, with links to the SCMS Facebook page: these will also be archived. She concluded by offering to help all Scholarly Interest Groups and Caucuses to increase their web presence, and to field any technical questions relevant to SCMS groups and members. VII. Fieldnotes Report: Haidee Wasson Wasson summarized the ongoing progress of the Fieldnotes project, citing the three oral histories (Linda Williams, Janet Staiger, Gertrud Koch) now posted on the SCMS website, and announcing others currently in preparation, including those being currently conducted at the conference. She also encouraged members to offer suggestions of additional names for interviewees and interviewers. VIII. Questions from the Audience Klinger responded to questions from the audience regarding 1) the possibility of future conferences in Europe or other international locations (including Cuba and the Pacific Rim), and 2) the possibility of an SCMS group for administrators to consider (and perhaps defend) changes to the discipline. Klinger emphasized that international conferences pose distinct difficulties, but remain viable and attractive options, and suggested that a workshop for cinema and media studies administrators at the 2016 conference would be a welcome first step towards regular discussion of administrative matters relevant to the discipline within SCMS. Dove-Viebahn noted that the survey material she is gathering (to be released this summer) should be a valuable resource in such discussions. The meeting ended at 12:15 p.m.

In this issue:

• Call for Proposals
• How to Submit a Successful Proposal
• Proposal Submission Tips
• Important Dates

What Makes a Successful Proposal?

A good proposal will clearly and succinctly identify several key elements: 1) the thesis of the argument or research to be presented; 2) the scholarly context of the paper's thesis and/or intervention; how does this thesis forward previous understanding? Why is it important? And 3) the methodology of the research/analysis; how will this paper accomplish its goals? This latter point might entail identifying new evidence or a new methodology. In addition, effective abstracts are well written, present a synthesized version of the paper-to-be-presented and conform to the length requirement of the proposal system. Abstracts should be articulated to the format in which the research will be presented (individual paper, workshop, pre-constituted panel). If you are unfamiliar with writing a conference paper proposal, we suggest that you show your abstract to an experienced colleague for editorial suggestions and guidance.

Looking for a paper topic? Visit the SCMS Conference Bulletin Board here: https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/?page=ConfBBoard. Send abstracts in response to announcements by July 15 at 5 pm CT.

Keep tabs on important conference dates here: https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/?page=2015dates

All photographs © Michael Kackman, 2014

Call for SCMS Committee Service

Call for Proposals for Montreal 2015

2015 Montreal Conference Bulletin Board

Call for Proposals to Host the SCMS Undergraduate Conference

2014 Seattle Conference Survey

2014 Members' Business Meeting Minutes

Call for Committee Service SCMS is a member-run organization, and service to our profession remains critical to the ongoing health of our field and to our scholarly organization. Serving on an SCMS committee is an excellent way to network with other members and to provide vital service to the organization. Descriptions for standing, annual, and award committees (below) are provided on the SCMS website under About Us.

Standing Committees: Information Technologies; Media Archive; Nominating; Professional Development; Public Policy; Teaching; and Translation/Publication

Annual Committees: Conference Host; Conference Program

Award Committees: Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship, Best First Book, Best Edited Collection, Best Essay in an Edited Collection, Best Dissertation, Distinguished Career Achievement, Kovács Book, Kovács Essay, Pedagogy, and Student Writing Awards There will be vacancies on the following committees beginning July 1: Media Archives; Professional Development; Information Technology; Teaching; Public Policy; Nominating; Translation; Conference Program; Kovács Book; Kovács Essay; Student Writing; Pedagogy; Anne Friedberg; Best First Book; Best Edited Collection; and Best Essay in an Edited Collection awards committees.

To volunteer to serve on a committee, please contact the SCMS Office (office@scmstudies.org) or volunteer through the SCMS website: https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/?page=Volunteer_service. The names and affiliations of the volunteers will be forwarded to the SCMS Board of Directors for review and approval. The SCMS Office staff will notify members selected for committee service during the summer.

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies announces its call for proposals for the 2015 conference.

Please join us Wednesday, March 25 - Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Bienvenue à Montréal! A bilingual cultural mecca, Montreal hosts one of the most dynamic music, film, art, and culinary scenes in North America. Named a UNESCO City of Design in 2011, Montreal hosts dozens of film and cultural festivals, museums, and galleries. A rich cultural and architectural heritage round out a young, vibrant city that embraces difference and diversity. Join us!

The 2015 SCMS Conference Program Committee welcomes quality paper, panel, and workshop proposals on any topic related to cinema and media studies. Proposal submission forms will be available through the SCMS website on June 1, 2014. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 29, 2014 (5:00 PM Central Time).

SCMS 2015 Bulletin Board Announcements To encourage and facilitate the development of panel and workshop proposals, SCMS provides an online forum on which you can announce your topics for panel or workshop proposals to solicit presenters and participants. To submit a posting to the official 2015 Conference Bulletin Board, click on the 2015 Conference Bulletin Board link below and then on Post New Topic. Only ONE announcement per person please. The deadline for posting announcements is July 15, 2014 at 5pm CT.

Bulletin Board and Panel/Workshop Announcement Guidelines:

• To be able to submit an announcement, individuals must be registered users (either a member or a temporary member) of the SCMS website.
• All chairs/organizers must notify individuals of acceptance or rejection by August 15, 2014.
• Individuals whose submissions are accepted for an advertised panel or workshop must provide the required information for completion of the proposal forms to the chair/organizer by August 23, 2014, 5pm CT.
• When creating your proposal, do not include more than two individuals from the same institution.
• Panels should have a chair and four presenters or a chair, three presenters, and one respondent. Workshops should have a chair and at least four participants, but no more than five (excluding the chair or co-chairs).

Call for Proposals to Host the SCMS Undergraduate Conference The annual SCMS Undergraduate Conference was inaugurated in Spring 2013 at the University of Notre Dame. This conference aims to provide undergraduate students with a forum to exchange ideas, meet their peers, and discover a range of approaches to film and media studies beyond their home institution. The conference introduces students to professional academic behavior and familiarizes them with the Society.

The annual SCMS Undergraduate Conference will be held at different host institutions each year, with the possibility that host schools will repeat on a four- or five-year cycle. The host of the SCMS Undergraduate Conference can garner attention for their film or media studies program, showcase work by their students, and introduce their students to different ways of thinking about film and media, as well as introduce them to peers from across North America.

In Spring 2014, the SCMS Undergraduate Conference will be held at the University of Oklahoma, and Smith College will host in Spring 2015. We are seeking proposals to host the SCMS Undergraduate Conference in 2016 and 2017. To achieve regional balance, we would be especially eager to have proposals from the West and Canada, but we will entertain proposals from any area of North America. In future years, we will aim to rotate the conference among hosts from different regions.

The conference is a two-day event, with roughly 30 papers. Students are not asked to pay registration fees, and meals are provided. SCMS will provide up to $2000 seed funding with the understanding that the host program will seek matching funds from their own colleges or universities. Hosts will be provided with templates for a budget and calls for papers, as well as sample programs and a timeline for running the conference. Proposals should include information about how the host will fund the event, what accommodations are available to students, information about ease and costs of travel to the host site, information about site facilities, and faculty involvement.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please contact Pam Wojcik (Pamela.wojcik.5@nd.edu) or Victoria Sturtevant (vsturtevant@ou.edu) to learn more.

Complete the survey by 5pm on May 16, 2014, and you will be entered into drawings for a free membership renewal for the 2014-2015 membership year and a Montreal conference registration waiver!

Note: To submit the survey, you will need to answer every question, but please feel free to type in N/A for questions you do not wish to answer. While including your contact information with the survey submission is optional, you must include your contact information if you would like to be entered into the drawing.

SCMS President Barb Klinger (Indiana University) welcomed members and briefly summarized the order of the meeting.

Klinger introduced present officers and board members before thanking outgoing board members Jim Castonguay, Angelo Restivo, and Pam Wojcik. She also announced that Amanda Klein has been elected Treasurer, and that Mary Beltran and Mary Desjardins will join the board. Finally, Klinger thanked members who ran for office, and those who served on conference, standing, annual, and awards committees, as well as caucus, Special Interest Group, and graduate student representatives.

Steven Cohan (Syracuse University: President-Elect and Chair of Task Force for Executive Director) reported on the progress of the search for an Executive Director, summarizing a timeline designed to see the position filled by September 2014. He encouraged the ongoing submission of applications for qualified applicants.

Aviva Dove-Viebahn (Arizona State University: SCMS Web Content Manager) reported on recent developments on the SCMS website, including restored member access to Cinema Journal through Project Muse and the compilation of information on film and media studies programs in the United States: she also drew attention to the ongoing media activity (tweeting, live streaming, video interviews, etc.) taking place at the conference.

Victoria Sturtevant (Oklahoma University: Ex-officio Board Member) reported on upcoming SCMS Undergraduate Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, and announced that the 2015 conference will take place at Smith College: she also welcomed volunteers interested in hosting future conferences, especially in the Western United States in 2016.

Haidee Wasson (Concordia University: SCMS Board Member) reported on the launch and future goals of the Fieldnotes oral history project, which will include a group of interviews with four key figures being conducted at this year's conference: Charles Acland will interview Janet Staiger, Patrice Petro will interview Thomas Elsaesser, Thomas Waugh will interview Linda Williams, and Robin Curtis will interview Gertrud Koch.

SCMS members Michael Renov (University of Southern California) and Scott MacDonald (Syracuse University/Harvard University) updated members on the ongoing initiative to help support the experimental film distributor Canyon Cinema, encouraging members to ask their home institutions to make a commitment to financially supporting Canyon. They also discussed the goal of redefining Canyon Cinema as a nonprofit company.VI. Member Comments and QuestionsBrief questions were addressed to Renov and MacDonald regarding additional forms of support for Canyon Cinema: they emphasized that any form of support is welcome, but that the current goal is to secure larger donations. A member also asked Jim Castonguay what SCMS funded from its basic assets. He and Barb Klinger explained that SCMS funds go toward paying staff and supporting the awards, SIGs and Caucuses, Conference Events, and many other SCMS activities, including the new Undergraduate Conference. In addition, the investment in an Executive Director, which is crucial to SCMS, will be an ongoing substantial expense.

SCMS President Klinger again thanked everyone for attending, and encouraged everyone to also attend the Awards Ceremony and Reception that evening: she wished everyone an enjoyable conference experience.

In this issue: Call for Proposals How to Submit a Successful Proposal Proposal Submission Tips Important Dates

What Makes a Successful Proposal? A good proposal will clearly and succinctly identify several key elements: 1) the thesis of the argument or research to be presented; 2) the scholarly context of the paper's thesis and/or intervention; how does this thesis forward previous understanding? Why is it important? And 3) the methodology of the research/analysis; how will this paper accomplish its goals? This latter point might entail identifying new evidence or a new methodology. In addition, effective abstracts are well written, present a synthesized version of the paper-to-be-presented and conform to the length requirement of the proposal system. Abstracts should be articulated to the format in which the research will be presented (individual paper, workshop, pre-constituted panel). If you are unfamiliar with writing a conference paper proposal, we suggest that you show your abstract to an experienced colleague for editorial suggestions and guidance.

Important Dates July 15: Last day to submit abstracts to the Bulletin Board announcements August 30: 2014 Seattle conference proposal deadline November 15: Accept and decline notices emailed December: Preliminary conference program draft available on SCMS website January 6: Last day for minor corrections to the preliminary draft January 17: Last day for early registration and registration for presenters March 19-23: 2014 Seattle conference

All photographs © Michael Kackman, 2013