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RUDOLF ARNHEIM SCHOLARSHIP IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES
The Department for Image Science is pleased to announce a half-tuition scholarship for the Master of Arts (MA) course starting in Nov. 2008!

> Rudolf Arnheim Scholarship for Media Art Histories: The Department for Image Science offers this scholarship as an encouragement to concentrate on the further development of the scientific work of the recently deceased art historian and cognition psychologist Rudolf Arnheim and his significance for the history of Media Art. Closing date for submission: Sept. 30th, 2008.

Further Information:
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories www.virtualart.at
www.mediaarthistories.org

=> FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES (International Faculty, low residency, parallel to employment, English language)
The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories conveys the most important developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned international theorists, artists and curators like: Steve DIETZ, Erkki HUHTAMO, Lev MANOVICH, Christiane PAUL, Paul SERMON, Edward SHANKEN, Jens HAUSER, Sean CUBITT, Christa SOMMERER, Gerfried STOCKER, Knowbotic Research, Frieder NAKE, Oliver GRAU and many others.
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studium/medienkunstgeschichte/06318/index.php

Artists and programmers give new insights into the latest and most controversial software, interface developments and their interdisciplinary and intercultural praxis. Keywords are: Strategies of Interaction & Interface Design, Social Software, Immersion & Emotion and Artistic Invention. Using online databases and other modern aids, knowledge of computer animation, net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well as the most recent reflections on nano art, CAVE installations, augmented reality and wearables are introduced. Historical derivations that go far back into art and media history are tied in intriguing ways to digital art. Important approaches and methods from Image Science, Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology will be discussed.

=> DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS ˆ located in the UNESCO world heritage Wachau is the first public university in Europe which specializes in advanced continuing education offering low-residency degree programs for working professionals and lifelong learners.

With its new modular courses the DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE at Danube University Krems offers an educational program unique in Europe. Without interrupting their career, students have the opportunity to learn through direct, hands-on experience, social learning in small groups and contacts with labs and industry. They gain key qualifications for the contemporary art and media marketplace.
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studium/medienkunstgeschichte/10365/index.php

The Center in Monastery Göttweig, where most MediaArtHistories courses take place, is housed in a 14th century building, remodeled to fit the needs of modern research in singular surroundings. International experts analyze the image worlds of art, science, politics and economy and elucidate how they originated, became established and how they have stood the test of time. The innovative approach at the Department for Image Science is reinforced by praxis-oriented study.

Contact:
Sabine Weber, MSc.
Department for Image Science
Danube University Krems
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems
Tel: +43(0)2732 893-2569
sabine.weber@donau-uni.ac.at
www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis

CFP: Avant-Doc Conference (University of Iowa)
Avant-Doc: Intersections of Avant-Garde and Documentary Film is hosted by the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa and co-sponsored by the Institute for Cinema and Culture at the University of Iowa.

Avant-Doc: Intersections of Avant-Garde and Documentary Film The University of Iowa
March 5-7, 2009
Abstract Deadline: November 21, 2008

Keynote Speakers:
Alexandra Juhasz, Professor of Media Studies, Pitzer College Juhasz is the author of essential books in film studies like AIDS TV: Identity, Community and
Alternative Video and Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Media and influential articles on
feminism, film theory and documentary, as well as a prominent maker of many documentaries, including Video Remains (2005), Dear Gabe (2003) and WE CARE: A Video for
Careproviders of People Affected by AIDS (1990).

Scott MacDonald, Visiting Professor of Film History, Hamilton College, Harvard University
MacDonald is a historian of the American avant-garde and the author of the landmark series
A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. He has also authored three books on
institutions that have kept alternative cinema alive: the companion volumes Cinema 16:
Documents Toward a History of the Film Society and Art in Cinema: Documents Toward a History of the
Film Society and the recent Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor.
Other recent books include The Garden in the Machine: A Field Guide to Independent Films about
Place and the forthcoming Cinema As Exploration: Essays/Interviews.

Organized by graduate students in the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the
University of Iowa, Avant-Doc: Intersections of Avant-Garde and Documentary Film seeks to explore the
historical and contemporary intersections of documentary and avant-garde film and media. While
the categories of avant-garde and documentary have been used to designate modes of filmmaking
and institutional frameworks, in practice, filmmakers, theorists and spectators have experienced and
understood the two as malleable and interactive categories. Our renewed interest in their interaction
is due to new production and exhibition technologies, the boom in experimental documentary
production, and renewed questions of media praxis in response to global crises such as the Iraq War.
Avant-Doc foregrounds the relationships between avant-garde and documentary modes in order to
open examinations of their productive intersections and the many historical and theoretical
questions that emerge from them.

Possible approaches:
. Readings of documentary and/or avant-garde films, including, but not limited to, cross
readings (i.e. reading avant-garde films as documentary, non-fiction film as avant-garde, etc.)
. Studies of experimental documentaries, including self-reflexive documentaries,
historiographically engaged experimental films, experimental ethnographies and essay films,
and/or the works of a particular filmmaker (Rouch, Marker, Berliner, Godmilow, etc.)
. Histories of intersections in production, distribution and exhibition . Histories of the institutional categories, their intersections, and/or permutations
. Discussions of alternative media practices and mixed programs

Film panels featuring three papers and creative presentations are also encouraged. Please include a
panel or session title, brief description of theme, name of chair, and abstract for each presentation.
To propose a paper, please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a brief CV by
November 21, 2008 to avant-doc@uiowa.edu or send to Sara Sullivan, Department of Cinema and
Comparative Literature, E210 AJB, Iowa City, IA 52242.
“Downfall, the film about Hitler in his Bunker, has been mercilessly parodied on Youtube, and for that reason each version has been mercilessly expunged by its distributers. If this link doesn’t work, blame them, not IAMHIST”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZZNwDnJuk

NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - APPLY NOW FOR 2009
The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) invites research proposals from academics, performers, artists, audiovisual industry and archive professionals to draw fresh, innovative perspectives from the national audiovisual collection.  Fellows will use the NFSA’s collection to create a new sound or moving image work, a publication, an exhibit, a live audiovisual event or a combination of these and other approaches.

The Fellowships offer specially facilitated access and research into the national collection; close collaboration with NFSA curatorial and technical experts; access to the Library; modern accommodation; and a fully equipped work space provided on-site.

Applications for the Fellowships are open all year.  For further information and application forms, please visit http://www.nfsa.gov.au/sar

The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) announces its call for papers for the XXIII biennial IAMHIST conference, incorporating the 3rd Gregynog Media History Conference, on the theme Social Fears and Moral Panics taking place at Aberystwyth, 8-11 July 2009.
The aim of the conference is to explore both the role of the media in addressing, highlighting or perpetuating social fears, and the mass media itself as a perceived moral agent and/or threat. Topics to address might thus include questions of media content and/or language; concerns about public intrusion; censorship and the freedom of information; the reporting of crimes or disasters; invasion and security fears in times of peace or war; religious, cultural and/or linguistic fears; fears relating to youth or children, or to minority groups; fears relating to particular behaviours, pursuits or leisure activities; 'golden ageism'.

We welcome paper proposals that address the theme in both contemporary and/or historical perspective; proposals which engage with the theme comparatively (both geographically and temporally); and proposals which engage with theoretical approaches, including the social theory of moral panic. We also welcome proposals on their work in progress from postgraduate and early-career scholars in the field of media history, including on topics that may not be on the conference theme.

Proposals for complete panels (three themed papers) are welcome, as well as individual paper submissions. Papers presented at the conference should be 25-30 minutes in length and should use illustrative material (for instance film clips) wherever possible.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words per paper should be sent to Dr Sian Nicholas at iamhist2009@aber.ac.uk c/o Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DY, Wales UK, by 14 November 2008. The conference is being organised by IAMHIST, in association with the Centre for Media History and Departments of History and Welsh History, and Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University, the Department of Media and Communications, Swansea University, and the journals Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Media History, with the support of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. For further details and updates, see http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistoryIAMHIST2009.html

Aberystwyth University is located overlooking the seaside town of Aberystwyth on the west Wales Cardigan Bay coast. Direct trains to Aberystwyth run from Birmingham New Street via Shrewsbury. The nearest airports are Birmingham (best for train links), Manchester and Cardiff. Accommodation will be available on campus throughout the conference.

FRAMING NARRATIVES:
THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND OCCUPATION IN FRANCE 1939-2009 MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF the SECOND WORLD WAR TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
14-16 SEPTEMBER 2009

Speakers will include:
William Cloonan
Hanna Diamond
Laurent Douzou
Ruth Ginio
Richard Golsan
Claire Gorrara
Lynn Higgins
Nicholas Hewitt
Margaret-Anne Hutton
Debra Kelly
Sylvie Lindeperg
Gisele Sapiro
Susan Suleiman

first CALL FOR PAPERS

FRAME is an AHRC-funded major research project carrying out a comprehensive reappraisal of the nature, place and function of narratives of Occupation and the Second World War in French cultural history, primarily through the development of a comprehensive interactive database of fictional narratives across the period.

As the project nears completion, the FRAME research group wishes to host an international conference, both to share its work and to bring together leading scholars across a range of disciplines. The conference will examine in detail the narratives and metanarratives which have shaped understanding of the period, and the ways they have changed over these seven decades.

Papers are now invited which will explore the changing landscapes of representation within the period, the validity of existing critical and historical views of the evolution of cultural narratives of resistance and collaboration across the period, the relations between narratives of war and occupation and their own contemporary context and how these may change across the decades, the ways representations of war and occupation have acted as vehicle and framework for other social conflicts, and their role in France's distinctive historicisation of its culture and national identity.

Suggested topics and fields (other suggestions welcome):

Fiction
Philosophy
Bande Dessin?e
History
Cinema
Lifewriting; autobiography; autofiction
Uses of biography
Children's literature
Memory and commemoration
Generic boundaries
Visual/textual
Historiographies of war, conflict, occupation, resistance and collaboration
France and Francophonie
Collective/Subjective
Transgressions
Everyday
Sexuality and eroticism
Gender
Experience and its representation
WW2 and WW1
Figurations of memory
Class
Local and national identities
Suggestions for panels with speakers are also invited.

Papers can be in French or English. There are plans to publish a selection of conference papers.

Further details about the project can be found at www.frame.leeds.ac.uk
Titles and Abstracts of about 250 words should be sent to Dr Nina Sutherland (n.a.sutherland@leeds.ac.uk). Suggestions for panels should include title, names of speakers and abstracts.

DEADLINE: 30 September 2008
Conference Steering Committee
Margaret Atack, University of Leeds
Christopher Lloyd, University of Durham
Nina Sutherland, University of Leeds

IAMHIST conference 2009: Social Fears and Moral Panics, Aberystwyth, 8-11 July 2009
The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) announces its call for papers for the XXIII biennial IAMHIST conference, incorporating the 3rd Gregynog Media History Conference, on the theme Social Fears and Moral Panics. Please download the CFP

The aim of the conference is to explore both the role of the media in addressing, highlighting or perpetuating social fears, and the mass media itself as a perceived moral agent and/or threat. Topics to address might thus include questions of media content and/or language; concerns about public intrusion; censorship and the freedom of information; the reporting of crimes or disasters; invasion and security fears in times of peace or war; religious, cultural and/or linguistic fears; fears relating to youth or children, or to minority groups; fears relating to particular behaviours, pursuits or leisure activities; ‘golden ageism’.

We welcome paper proposals that address the theme in both contemporary and/or historical perspective; proposals which engage with the theme comparatively (both geographically and temporally); and proposals which engage with theoretical approaches, including the social theory of moral panic.

We also welcome proposals on their work in progress from postgraduate and early-career scholars in the field of media history, including on topics that may not be on the conference theme.

Proposals for complete panels (three themed papers) are welcome, as well as individual paper submissions. Papers presented at the conference should be 25-30 minutes in length and should use illustrative material (for instance film clips) wherever possible.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words per paper should be sent to Dr Sian Nicholas at iamhist2009@aber.ac.uk c/o Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DY, Wales UK, by 14 November 2008.

The conference is being organised by IAMHIST, in association with the Centre for Media History and Departments of History and Welsh History, and Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University, the Department of Media and Communications, Swansea University, and the journals Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Media History, with the support of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
For further details and updates, see http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistoryIAMHIST2009.html
Aberystwyth University is located overlooking the seaside town of Aberystwyth on the west Wales Cardigan Bay coast. Direct trains to Aberystwyth run from Birmingham New Street via Shrewsbury. The nearest airports are Birmingham (best for train links), Manchester and Cardiff. Accommodation will be available on campus throughout the conference.

The Visible Evidence conference will be held at the University of Lincoln in the UK from August 4 to 8.
A full programme can be found at www.visibleevidence.org

Public Programs Assistant - AMPAS Science and Technology Council
PUBLIC PROGRAMS ASSISTANT
The Public Programs Department of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technology Council invites applications from skilled, self-motivated individuals for the full-time position of Public Programs Assistant. The Public Programs Assistant will help facilitate an extremely busy year-round schedule of motion picture technology-related public programs and frequent exhibitions. The Council offices are located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood, CA.

A complete job description is available on the Academy's website: http://www.oscars.org/employment/public_programs_asst.html
Please send job applications and correspondence to the fax number listed at the bottom of the job description.

Call for Papers: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays on the Zombie
We are seeking proposals for an interdisciplinary edited volume discussing the zombie from a wide variety of perspect ives and within a wide range of contexts. We encourage submissions from any discipline, including but not limited to English literature, film studies, media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, queer studies, philosophy, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, history, psychology, economics, and political science. We especially welcome new approaches to the study of zombies. In addition to theoretical essays on zombies, we also welcome critical discussions of specific zombie films, novels, and graphic novels, including those both pre- and post-Romero.

Proposals should be between 200 and 300 words. Authors are asked to include brief biographical details along with their submissions, including name and academic affiliation. Please submit proposals either electronically or by regular mail. Deadline for submissions is October 31st, 2008. Submit to either:

Dr. Cory James Rushton
Dept. of English
St. Francis Xavier University
PO Box 5000
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
B2G 2W5
Canada
crushton@stfx.ca
or
Dr. Christopher M. Moreman
Dept. of Philosophy
California State University, East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94542
U.S.A.
christopher.moreman@csueastbay.edu

Call for Papers/Abstracts - Deadline-Abstracts/Papers: September 15
Accepted full papers: December 15
Northern Lights. Film and Media Studies Yearbook
Vol. 7 (2009): Film, Media & Politics - Eds. Ib Bondebjerg & Jens Hoff

The role of media in politics has been the object of increased interdisciplinary research in the last decade, but often in separate academic circles. This volume wants to combine studies in political communication and the media with studies of the representation of politics in film and media. We invite scholars from both social science and the humanities and welcome contributions both on the role of media for contemporary politics and the public sphere and the different genres and ways in which politics have been dealt with and represented in the media. By media we mean traditional print media and broadcast media, film and the new digital media and the internet, and we welcome both articles that deal with politics and factual and journalistic genres and fictional genres.

Recent research has focused on different dimensions of this development. Thus, one strand of research has focused on the significant changes in the public sphere brought about by the “media explosion” bringing in new media (e.g the internet), increased (global) coverage and new genres. This development has put pressure on traditional ways of producing news and on political journalism, which has resulted in mash-up genres like “infotainment” or “talk-show news”, and what some has called a “restyling of politics”, where politicians, political journalists and commentators increasingly have to act on the conditions of the media and its popular genres.

Another strand of research has focused on how this new media landscape changes the game for all suppliers in the field: for traditional newspapers, which have to reorient their business model towards internet audiences, for the entertainment industry confronted with the harsh reality of the “free download” for TV and radio, adapting to the digital world of unlimited spectrum, and for political actors, who have to become “media-wise”, and develop new forms of PR and strategic communication/spin.

A third dimension of research has focused on what the media explosion means for the audience(s). We see a radical segmentation of the audience, where elite and mass, old and young, majorities and minorities watch different news and use different channels/media. The implications of this development are evaluated very differently: some see it as creating better possibilities for access to the public(s) and more openness others se the new “audience focused culture” (in especially TV and radio) as a “tabloidization”.

This anthology will take the analysis and discussion of these developments a step further. Concerning the “restyling of politics” it will deal with the aesthetics of political representation in film and media, as well as the implications of political style, and the shifting forms of the political persona, for the media as well as for politics. When it comes to the consequences of the new media landscape for suppliers; especially political actors, the anthology will deal with their media strategies, and the way these might restructure whole organizations. Concerning audiences more and better studies of possible segmentation, access and empowerment/disempowerment is much in demand.

For these reasons we encourage submission of articles dealing with television, film and the internet, and would like to see articles dealing with politics in both fictional as well as in more journalistic and documentary forms. Articles dealing with major political events, and the role of film and other media in reporting or narrating these events will also be most welcome.

Potential themes of articles:
- The “media explosion” and its consequences for the public sphere
- The “restyling of politics”; new political aesthetics and persona
- Media, spin and politics
- The consequences of the mediatisation of politics for audiences and for -citizenship
- Political media events
- Political documentary film and television
- Film, media and the “war on terror”
- Hollywood and contemporary politics

Deadlines
Abstracts/papers Sept. 15, 2008
Full papers Dec. 15, 2008
Publication Sept. 1, 2009
Papers/abstracts should be sent to: Ib Bondebjerg, bonde@hum.ku.dk

Northern Lights. Filma nd Media Studies Yearbook, is a peer reviewed international journal published by Intellect Books. For further Information see:
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=1601829X

Film and History spring issue
We are pleased to announce that the spring issue, "Documentaries, Part 1," of Film & History is now available.
Here's a look at the Table of Contents. Please see the Subscriptions page on our website (www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory <http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory> ) for ordering your copy.

Feature Issue: Documentaries, Part 1

Hearts and Minds and Bodies: Reconsidering the Cinematic Language in The Battle of the Somme, Page 9 John Hodgkins

The Civil War: A Battleground of Meaning, Page 20 Judith Lancioni

Documenting Racism in an Agricultural Extension Film, Page 33 J. Emmett Winn

The Holocaust Repressed: Memory and the Subconscious in Lars von Trier's Europa, Page 45
Udi Greenberg

Cultural Learnings of Borat Make for Benefit Glorious Study of Documentary, Page53
Leshu Torchin

Film Reviews

Joyeaux Noel (Merry Christmas), Page 65
William A. Pelz

The Perfect Corpse, Page 66
A. Bowdoin Van Riper

March of the Bonus Army, Page 67
John C. Tibbetts

Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master, Page 69 Wheeler Winston Dixon

Blockade, Page 70
Tony Osborne

The Empire in Africa, Page 71
Ted Nannicelli

Iran: A Cinematic Revolution, Page 73
Lindsey Hair

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Page 75
Lawrence Mastroni

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and the Roots of Black Power, Page 76 Patrick D. Jones

Absolute Wilson, Page 78
John Cline

Book Reviews

The Battle of Britain on Screen: "The Few" in British Film and Television Drama, Page 80
Robert Fyne

War Cinema: Hollywood on the Front Line, Page 81 Robert W. Matson

Textual Fidelity, Page 82
Laurence Raw

Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films, Page 83 Cynthia Miller

The Columbia History of American Television, Page 85 Robert Fyne

Stoogeology: Essays on the Three Stooges, Page 86 Tony Osborne

Freedom To Offend: How New York Remade Movie Culture, Page 87 Michael Marino

Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-Eyed Monsters: How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our Nightmares, Page 88
Adam Capitanio

Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles Over Mississippi TV, 1955-1969, Page 90 Travis Vogan

The Cinema of Attractions Reloaded, Page 92 Dan Hassler-Forest

Lights, Camera, History: Portraying the Past in Film, Page 93 Sally E. Parry

Sound Design & Science Fiction, Page 95
Benjamin Wright

2008 Film & History Conference
Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond October 30-November 2, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory
Deadline for Submissions: August 1, 2008

Film & History has announced that Dr. Roger D. Launius, former Chief Historian for NASA and Senior Curator in the Division of Space HIstory at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Instituition, will present the keynote address at our upcoming conference.

Dr. Launius has written or edited more than twenty books on aerospace history, including Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008); Societal Impact of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2007-4801, 2007); Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2006-4702, 2006); Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars (Smithsonian Books, 2003), which received the AIAA's history manuscript prize; Reconsidering a Century of Flight (University of North Carolina Press, 2003); To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles (University Press of Kentucky, 2002); Imagining Space: Achievements, Possibilities, Projections, 1950-2050 (Chronicle Books, 2001); Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Harwood Academic, 2000); Innovation and the Development of Flight (Texas A&M University Press, 1999); Frontiers of Space Exploration (Greenwood Press, 1998, rev. ed. 2004); Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership (University of Illinois Press, 1997); and NASA: A History of the U.S. Civil Space Program (Krieger Publishing Co., 1994, rev. ed. 2001).

Additionally, Dr. Launius served as a consultant to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003 and presented the prestigious Harmon Memorial Lecture on the history of national security space policy at the United States Air Force Academy in 2006. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues, and has been a guest commentator on National Public Radio and all the major television network news programs.

2009 Cultural Studies Association (US) Conference, April 16-18, 2009
Seventh Annual Cultural Studies Association (U.S.)
Marriott (at the Plaza), Kansas City
April 16-18, 2009

Expected plenary speakers include:
Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University
Marc Bousquet, Santa Clara University
Orit Halpern, New School for Social Research
Michele Janette, Kansas State University
E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern University
Karim Murji, Open University (U.K.)
Cary Nelson, University of Illinois
Amit Rai, Florida State University
Sangeeta Ray, University of Maryland
Maria Josefina Saldaña-Porillo, New York University
Jeff Williams, Carnegie Mellon University

Also, the popular Journal Salon feature will continue. Journals expected are:
Cultural Critique
Cultural Studies/ Critical Methodologies
Dialectical Anthropology
Flow
Genders
Mediations

Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2008.

This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the <http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/
>Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at
<http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/co nf/submit.php?cf=5
. The website for submissions will open August 15, 2008.

Call for Papers and Sessions

The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its Seventh Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history, sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture, cultural theory, queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies, postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies, performance and visual arts studies.

All participants in the Sixth Annual meeting must pay registration fees by March 16, 2009, to be listed and participate in the program. See the registration page of this website for details about fees.

If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other concerns, please e-mail us at: csaus@pitt.edu. We welcome proposals in the following four categories:

1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due September 15, 2008.

Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization and will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical questions.

They should be submitted online on the conference website. Successful submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgment will say that your proposal has been ''successfully submitted,'' which does NOT mean your proposal has been accepted.

All paper proposals require:

a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of the author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website. c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the abstract in that space on the site.

2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due September 15, 2008.

Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to discussion, but they focus on practical problems in such areas as teaching, research, or activism. No paper titles may be included for roundtables or workshops.

Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but should be sent to csaus@pitt.edu with the words ''Session Proposal'' in the subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please allow at least two business days before inquiring.

All session proposals require:

a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and institutional affiliation of the proposer. b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional affiliations of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must be requested with the proposal.

3. DIVISION SESSIONS
Division sessions are due September 15, 2008.

A list of divisions is available at
<http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu . Divisions may elect to post calls on that site for papers and procedures for submission to division sessions or handle the creation of their two division sessions by other means. Division chairs will submit their two panels/workshops/roundtables directly to the program committee by September 15, 2008 (directions will be sent to the division chairs). Proposals for divisions should NOT be submitted on the website or to csaus@pitt.edu.

4. SEMINAR PROPOSALS
Proposals for seminars are due September 15, 2008.

Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions for which participants prepare in advance of the conference. In previous years, preparation has involved shared readings, pre- circulated ''position papers'' by seminar leaders and/or participants, and other forms of pre-conference collaboration. We particularly invite proposals for seminars designed to advance emerging lines of inquiry and research/teaching initiatives within Cultural Studies broadly construed. We also invite seminars designed to generate future collaborations among conference attendees. Once a limited number of seminar topics and leaders are chosen, the seminars will be announced through the CSA's various public e-mail lists. Participants will contact the seminar leader(s) directly who will then inform the Program Committee who will participate in the seminar. Seminars will be marked in the conference programs as either closed to non- participants or open to other conference attendees as auditors (or in other roles). Examples of successful seminar proposals from previous years are linked in here (if you are reading this on the website).

All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and clear instructions about how the seminar will work, including details about what advanced preparation will be required of seminar participants.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and departmental and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader(s) proposing the seminar. d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment must be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve discussion of previously circulated papers, such requests must be explained.

Seminar proposals should be sent to:

Bruce Burgett, Professor and Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
University of Washington Bothell
burgett@u.washington.edu

and

Colin Danby, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell
<mailto:danby@u.washington.edu>danby@u.washington.edu

Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar should consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them, available at
<http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/>http://www.csaus.pitt.edu
after October 15, 2008. Deadline to sign up will be November 14, 2008. Deadline for seminar leaders to submit final lists of participants (minimum 8 individuals, in addition to the seminar leader or leaders) will be November 21, 2008.

DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA, COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
SECTION OF FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
Associate professor in Film Studies
At The Department of Media, Cognition and Communication a position as associate professor in film studies is available from January 1, 2009 or as soon as possible after that date.

The applicants must have documented scientific qualifications at an international level in film studies. The successful applicant is expected to lecture at both graduate and postgraduate courses, and to supervise master´s and PhD students. The applicant is also expected to take active part in exchange and communication with external partners and the public.
The post of associate professor also includes performance of research management, educational guidance and supervision of assistant professors and professional assessment work.

General information about the Section for Film and Media Studies can be found on http://media.ku.dk/international_students/, but additional information can be obtained by contacting the vice-chair and head of section, professor Ib Bondebjerg: bonde@hum.ku.dk

The successful applicant is expected to be able to take part in all the activities of the Department, including examinations and administration. Non-Danish speakers must acquire the necessary Danish language skills within a maximum of two years.

In addition, please refer to the Job Structure for Academic Staff http://www.ubst.dk/lovgivning/ny_stillingsstruktur_eng.pdf

Application
The application and enclosed documentation must include information about academic, teaching and any other relevant qualifications. As well as a CV, applications must include a complete and numbered list of publications stipulating which works the applicant wishes to be taken into consideration. The maximum number of publications submitted is six. These must be submitted in triplicate. The application and the enclosures must be submitted in four copies, of which one must be in loose leafs. At the end of the procedure only original material will be returned.

Details of the requisite information and material that must be submitted along with application are obtainable on the Faculty website http://english.hum.ku.dk/vacancies.

Application procedure
Once the deadline for applications has been reached, the Dean will set up an expert assessment committee to consider the appointment concerned. All applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee, and individual applicants will be afforded the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment relating to themselves before an appointment is announced.

Further information about the procedure is available from personnel officer Mette Christensen, telephone +45 35 32 80 87 or e-mail: mec@hum.ku.dk.

Remuneration and conditions of employment as per the current agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the appropriate trade union. Associate professors receive a pensionable supplement of DKK 75.632,40 p.a.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply irrespective of personal background.

Applications, quoting reference number 211-0204/08-4550, must be addressed to the Rector of the University of Copenhagen and received by the Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark before 23 July 2008 CET. Applications received after the deadline will not be taken into account. Applications sent by E-mail cannot be accepted.

New Professorial Position La Trobe University Australia
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
PROFESSOR OF MEDIA STUDIES
Full-time, continuing (Level E) position in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry.
Applications are invited from scholars with academic strengths and an international profile in at least two areas of Media Studies (including media theory and policy in post-broadcast environments, journalism Education and practice, television studies and history, media audience research, public service media and textual analysis). The appointee will be expected to provide leadership to academic and administrative staff, contribute to the development and management of the academic program, teach in the program and maintain an active research program.

Campus: Bundoora (Melbourne) Remuneration: Package of Aus$150,887 p.a. (rate effective July 2008 and inclusive of 17% employer superannuation).
Reference no: 50022828
Closing date: Close of Business, Friday, Friday, 11 July 2008
Visit www.latrobe.edu.au/jobs <http://www.latrobe.edu.au/jobs> for a detailed position description. For further information telephone (+61 3) 9479 1365 or email jobs@latrobe.edu.au quoting the appropriate reference number. La Trobe University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

CFP for Surveillance and Control: Film and History Conference, Chicago
CFP for SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL Area
2008 Film & History Conference
"Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond"
October 30-November 2, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory
Third-Round Deadline: August 1, 2008
AREA: Surveillance and Control

In an increasingly mobile society, anonymity would seem to be a common feature of public space, were it not for the ubiquitous presence of surveillance technology, used as a means of controlling and monitoring behavior. Documentary and fiction films take surveillance and invasion of privacy as a major concern and as a minor motif, in films from 1984 to 2001: A Space Odyssey, to Total Recall, to Gattaca, to The Nanny Diaries, to name a few. While many depictions of surveillance have been generally negative, advocates for surveillance technology point to the ability of British police to track down terrorists as a result of the security cameras placed everywhere in public space in the U.K. One wonders how long the torture at Abu Ghraib might have continued if cameras had not recorded and exposed these actions.

The Surveillance and Control area will consider the ethical, legal, historical, artistic, and aesthetic questions posed by the use of surveillance and electronic control. For example, what rights should people have to freedom from surveillance in public and private places? How does public surveillance affect behavior? How have fictional filmic accounts forecast or influenced the use of surveillance? How has the threat of terrorism affected our tolerance for surveillance? What about private uses, such as Nannycams? What effect has surveillance had on criminal behavior? What role has it played in the behavior of law enforcement, where illegal behavior on the part of officers may be recorded? Has surveillance diminished our freedom and privacy, or has it guaranteed safety and afforded greater freedom and security to vulnerable individuals?

Paper topics may include public surveillance, convenience store videocameras, Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo documentation of torture, British surveillance cameras, anti-terrorism, representations of surveillance in both documentaries and in fiction films featuring surveillance, from 1984 to 2001: A Space Odyssey to Gattaca and The Manchurian Candidate, etc. Youtube, private detectives, Myspace and Facebook , twenty-four hour webcam sites, utopian and dystopian films/TV programs, ethics of surveillance, terrorism, surveillance and the law, government and institutions, voyeurism, gender, ethnicity, race, class, etc.

Please note that all accepted papers will be considered for an anthology

on Surveillance in the 21st Century

Please send your 200-word proposal by August 1, 2008 to

Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Chair, Surveillance and Control

Director, Media Studies Minor

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas 78666

United States

Phone: 512-665-2157

Email: rb12@txstate.edu

Panel proposals for up to four presenters are also welcome, but each presenter must submit his or her own paper proposal. Deadline for third-round proposals: August 1, 2008.

This area, comprising multiple panels, is a part of the 2008 biennial Film & History Conference, sponsored by The Center for the Study of Film and History. Speakers will include founder John O'Connor and editor Peter C. Rollins (in a ceremony to celebrate the transfer to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh); Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of Visions of the Apocalypse, Disaster and Memory, and Lost in the Fifties: Recovering Phantom Hollywood; Sidney Perkowitz, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University and author of Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, & the End of the World; and special-effects legend Stan Winston, our Keynote Speaker. For updates and registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & History website (www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory).

Flyer for the Eighth Imperial War Museum Student Film
You can download the PDF flyer for the Eighth Imperial War Museum Student Film Festival, November - December 2008.

New listserv group for programmers of Asian and Asian-American films
Hello, We've started a new listserv for individuals and organizations involved in the exhibition, distribution, and film festivals of Asian, Asian-American, and other Asian-ethnic (e.g. films made by Asians in UK or France, for example).

The purpose is to exchange information on distribution contacts, interesting new films, locations of prints, contacts with filmmakers, and other film-programming issues and discussions. You may join at http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Asian_Asian-Amer_Programmers

It is a "member" group which only means that you will be asked to send a request to the moderator to join. It is similar to the "filmprogrammers" list in that regard and simply focusses more on a niche market. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Edward Summer
Summerfilm Productions
Carefully Considered Productions
Digital Nitrate Prize - Acting Chair
Buffalo International Film Festival - Executive Director

Below is a link to the advertisement for an Audiovisual Archivist for Amnesty International's International Secretariat in London.
Please could you forward it to any contacts, lists, or professional bodies who may be qualified and interested.
http://impact.amnesty.org/en/jobs/vacant-positions/audiovisual-archivist-20080603

many thanks
Wayne Minter
Audiovisual Resources Coordinator
IRP Program
International Secretariat
Amnesty International
Peter Benenson House
1 Easton Street
London WC1 XODW

(44) 0207 413 5585
wminter@amnesty.org
audiovis@amnesty.org
Working to protect human rights worldwide

Recruitment for Assistant Archivist
Founded in 2005, the Asian Film Archive (AFA) is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation based in Singapore, with a young and dynamic team whose mission is to save, explore, and share the art of Asian cinema. The AFA has grown from strength to strength and is the winner of the New Non-Profit Initiative Award at the Annual National Volunteers and Philanthropy Awards 2007, which recognizes organisations for their originality, sustainability, impact and best practices. We are an affiliate with the prestigious International Federation of Film Archive (FIAF) and the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA). Our collection includes works by some of Asia's renowned filmmakers like Mike de Leon, Lino Brocka, Hussain Haniff and U-Wei Hajisaari.

If you see yourself working in a meaningful yet vibrant environment that brings Asian films and people together, send us your motivation letter and resume stating your expected salary to info@asianfilmarchive.org. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Application closing date is 27 June 2008.

Assistant Archivist
Are you passionate about Asian films and looking for a job that'll give you the opportunity to help preserve your film heritage for future generations? The AFA is looking for an energetic and self-motivated team player to join its staff as an Assistant Archivist.

Reporting to the Executive Director and the Archivist, the candidate is required to work on matters relating to the preservation, curation and promotion of the Archive's collection. Apart from handling the various areas involving the collection, he/she will be expected to take on special projects that will require liaison with filmmakers, distributors, and production personnel. The staff also has to conduct research on preservation matters, Asian films, filmmakers, and the film industry. The scope of work will include acquisition of materials, documentation, cataloguing of films and their related materials, education outreach and programming. Opportunities for professional training and staff development are available.

The applicant must have a basic Bachelor's degree in any discipline and at least a year's working experience. Fresh graduates with a relevant archive management degree are welcome to apply. The position requires applicants to be meticulous, have good spoken and written English, research skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. A positive attitude and the willingness to learn will be highly valued.

Please send in a full resume, a motivation letter, stating your expected salary to info@asianfilmarchive.org by 27 June 2008. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. For more information, please call us at +65 6777 3243.

Database and Technical Officer
The Asian Film Archive (AFA) is seeking a talented, dynamic and committed individual who is interested in an exciting and hands-on job experience as a full-time database programmer and technical officer. Reporting to the Executive Director and Archivist, you will be in-charge of developing and maintaining the AFA's website, online catalogue, and various database projects. You should possess creative initiative, a good eye for detail and the ability to work efficiently.

Additionally, you will also oversee AFA's technical preservation projects such as the transfer of data onto various film formats and assess film and tape conditions. Training and hands-on exposure to the technicalities of film preservation, the handling of film formats and equipment will be provided.

If you are keen to showcase your skills, work in a fast-paced, stimulating environment, and have the opportunity to preserve some of the best cinematic works in Asia, this is your chance! Send us your motivation letter and resume stating your expected salary to info@asianfilmarchive.org. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Application closing date is 27 June 2008. For more information, please call us at +65 6777 3243.

Skills required:
1. A minimum one (1) year experience in designing, developing and managing database management systems
2. Have a full understanding of the development cycle of database management systems
3. Detailed knowledge of programming in ASP, .NET framework (especially VB.NET <http://VB.NET>  or C#), Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or its equivalent is required.
4. Working knowledge of business application deployment, security attack prevention, performance tuning of online systems
5. Knowledge of computer hardware and film equipment
6. 2D graphic design would be an asset
7. Experience in or an aptitude for hands-on technical work related to film, video, or audio materials would be necessary

Lost at NEMLA: Mapping TVs Most Elusive Island
Location: Massachusetts
Deadline: 2008-09-15
Description: One of the most remarkable television series in recent years has been ABCs Lost. Beginning with an archetypal premise of castaways stranded on an island, the show has evolved into a complex network of obscure connections, esoteric mysteries, literary and pop cultural allusions, and baroque experimen ...
Contact: rlaist2000@yahoo.com
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=162456

FOCAL International Awards Celebrate Winners
FOCAL International the trade body representing the world’s footage archives, professional footage researchers, consultants and facility houses enjoyed an evening of glamour and celebration last night at their 2008 5th FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive.

Category winners represented the diversity of genres and platforms that contemporary archive and footage based productions span today; highlights included the BBC stealing three awards for best use of footage across the Factual, Arts and Sports categories for Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain, BBC Music Entertainments’ Brasil, Brasil and BBC Birmingham’s Nation on Film – Caribbean Cricket.

However, they didn’t have it all their own way with French documentary makers Kuiv Productions and Point du Jour scooping the other two winning spots in the Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production category with Being Jewish in France (Etre Juif en France) and The Rape of Nanking, respectively. Italy was also represented with MIR Cinematografica’s We Want Roses Too (Vogliamo Anche le Rose) produced entirely with archive footage from the 60s and 70s which won the Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Production.

Pett TV’s amusing Memoirs of a Cigarette which went out to mark the introduction of the UK smoking ban in public places was stuffed full of television, film and archive advertising clips and earnt them the prize for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production. Further amusement was afforded by some of the nominations in the Best Use of Footage in an Advertisement category, and the winning entry showed what could be done when a pair of Diesel trainers are digitally attached to the feet of a 70s disco dancer in Diesel 78: Learn Disco Dance produced by Hexstatic.

The 2008 awards and keynote speech were presented by celebrated British film-maker Lord Puttnam, FOCAL International’s Chair of Patrons.

The judging panel, led by Jerry Kuehl, a previous FOCAL Lifetime Achievement Awards winner and veteran history producer chose winners from 200 submissions from 12 countries. These awards spanned 16 categories designed to recognise productions which have used library archive and stock footage in an imaginative and innovative way and to acknowledge the work of key services involved with preservation and restoration, plus those archives and individuals who have served the industry well.

The evening welcomed a host of footage archive executives, researchers, technicians and other media professionals from the UK and around the world, including France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Canada the USA and Australia.

Further highlights included Vera Productions’ scooping Best use of Footage in a Short Production for Don't Watch That, Watch This which also helped towards earning the coveted Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award for Vera’s regular archive specialist Val Evans.

Four nominations were highlighted for an award in the Restoration and Preservation category, but it was the monumental work of restoring and re-releasing 84 titles from five pioneer documentarists, considered to be of huge cultural importance, that earnt the winning prize for the BFI National Archive’s Documentary Centenaries.

The National Archive’sFocus on Filmwon an award for its excellent use of web-based electronic media in which film can be investigated and clips edited in a free to access interactive learning experience.

AP Archive , received the popular vote from FOCAL International members to become Footage Library of the Year.

This year’s annual Lifetime Achievement Award went to Elizabeth Klinck.

During the past 25 years, Elizabeth has worked as a highly respected Producer, Researcher and Clearance Specialist on numerous award-winning Canadian, American and British documentary films, but she has also given back to the community that fosters her career by regularly leading research and rights clearance workshops at many international conferences and broadcasters. Continually in demand, Elizabeth further dedicates herself by serving as a member of the FOCAL International Executive, and also on the boards of the Audio Visual Trust of Canada, History Makers, and the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. She is also the founding chairperson of the Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada.

These accolades represent the only global competition dedicated to the celebration of the use of footage by producers together with the recognition of achievements of professionals within the archive industry.

For a full list of winners and awards see: www.focalint.org/focalawards.htm

Position: Chief Engineer (Audio Production focus)
Location: Boyers, PA 16020
Company: Iron Mountain Xepa Digital Studios (xepadigital.com)
Salary: Salaried position plus full benefits with a bonus structure. $ Pending Experience.

Chief Engineer (Iron Mountain Xepa Digital Studios PA Location-Audio Specialist):
This position would put the candidate in charge of the entire Studio Location (4+ Studios) in Boyers, PA

The person would be in charge of keeping the daily work flow together and all projects on track based on the General Managers layout for the PA Studio Location.

They would be in charge of making sure all local studios are in technical top form, and easy to operate by other Engineers.

Should preferably be the most technically knowledgeable engineer onsite other than possible specialists in specific fields.

This position will require expert knowledge of music and general audio production, but will also require oversight of professional Video and Graphics departments. A broad knowledge of Professional Video and Graphics production is preferred.

Needs to personally be able to handle music mixing of production work such as 48 track multi-track mixing from High Profile musicians and bands.

Specific Hire Requirements:
At least 3 years experience with direct communication with Entertainment Industry Producers and decision makers.

At least 2 years audio production mixing and/or remixing experience straight from original multi track masters of High Profile Musicians/Bands. Assistant Engineering experience not counted.

Strong knowledge or experience with Audio/Video/Graphics Studio workflow and daily management.

Experience with production management.

Expert knowledge and user experience with both PC and Mac DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) Digidesign - Protools HD and Steinberg - Nuendo 3/4 Preferred.

Expert knowledge about A/D and D/A Digital clocking and digital workflow at high resolution.

Audio/Video/Graphics studio troubleshooting experience with both Analog and Digital equipment (Hardware and Software).

Needs to have analog audio tape maintenance experience including being comfortable with razor blade Editing. Direct tape restoration experience would be a strong plus.

Above standard capability in fixing/patching solutions for any standard high level entertainment session. Both technically as well as client requests.

Experience with the general workflow of the Entertainment Industry from Content Owner to Consumer.

Needs to have a calm and engaging demeanor in the face of overwhelming workload, as well as complaining customers.

Multitasking capability is a must.

Needs to be willing to relocate to Northwest Pennsylvania.

Democracy Now! Archivist Position Opening
Immediate opening for full-time Archivist
http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs#archive

Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. Our archive is a fast-growing audiovisual archive containing approximately 65,000 digital and physical media items and a research library. The archive's collection contains field recordings, broadcasts, oral histories, recordings of news events, and related independent news material from the mid-eighties to the present and serves internal news production and outside archival requests through active cataloguing, collection management, access and audiovisual preservation. Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Archivist to manage our audiovisual collections, preservation efforts, and access projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Assume management responsibility for all archival activities and initiatives

Digitize audiovisual content for the purposes of preservation and access

Respond efficiently to production requests in a fast-paced news environment

Develop and maintain long-term audiovisual preservation and access strategies

Provide high-quality, convenient online public access to selected collections

Manage Filemaker databases to provide in-house access to collections

Increase the searchability and documentation standards with unique cataloguing and metadata harvesting

Work closely with the production department in order to manage their collections and provide access to the collections as well as other archival services

Serve of liaison for licensing and access requests

Maintain Democracy Now! in-house research library

Incorporate interns and volunteers into various archival projects

Other duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS
Master's degree or graduate-level certificate in moving image archives, library and information science, or other related degree

Knowledge of copyright and licensing issues and procedures

Interest in independent media and non-commercial television

Familiarity with PBCore

Experience with Final Cut Pro and Filemaker Pro preferred

Knowledge of media metadata standards, digitization of linear media, compression codecs, and the architectures of various media files and formats

Aptitude for learning digital/video technological skills

3-5 years related work experience with digital audiovisual collections or in a media production environment.

Extremely well organized
This is a full-time New York City based position with benefits and salary based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Archivist” as the subject. No phone calls.

27th edition of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto
This is to inform you that 27th edition of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto will take place in Pordenone from 4 to 11 October 2008.The opening musical event will be one of Mary Pickfords finest films, Sparrows (1926; director William Beaudine). Festival sections will be dedicated to French comedy of the 1920s; Hollywood on the Hudson (New York-made features); the silent films of W.C. Fields; and the 12th and final section of the Giornates monumental Griffith Project.

A central feature which can guarantee will be a revelation to every festival habitu?s a screening of the entire works of Alexander Shiryaev (1867-1941) a dancer, maitre de ballet and teacher at the Imperial Russian Ballet, whose quest to find means to record movement made him a film-maker of invention and charm and an animator of genius. These films remained unseen and unknown for almost a century after they were made in 1906-9, and are still undergoing restoration and rediscovery.Other programmes from the early period include a special presentation to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1978 Brighton congress, another selection from the Australian Corrick Collection, and a presentation of the films of W.K.L. Dickson by Paul Spehr, whose fundamental book on this often underestimated pioneer comes out this year.

Individual restorations and rediscoveries of the year include a feature film and two fragments from works, long believed lost, starring Sessue Hayakawa; King Vidors Bardelys the Magnificent, Abel Gances JAccuse and Eds Co-Ed, a delightful film made by students of the university of Oregon, one of whom, co-director Carvel Nelson, was inspired to undertake the project after working in the crew of F.W. Murnaus City Girl. And much more as well, of course, as the usual Collegium, the FilmFair offering books, DVDs and meetings with authors, and the masterclasses in musical improvisation for silent films.Like this years Cinema Ritrovato of Bologna, the Giornate del Cinema Muto will be dedicated to the memory of Vittorio Martinelli, who died suddenly on 8 April.

A month before his death he wrote to us, proposing a series of Italian feature films which have almost all only survived abroad. However, these films require a complex restoration operation, which it will not be possible to complete in time for October; but we are all committed to present them, restored, as soon as possible in Bologna and in Pordenone.You can check our newly-designed website, http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm/ for regular updates on the programme.We very much look forward to welcoming you to Pordenone in October.
International Conference on Religion and the Media in Teheran and Qom
As part of the International Conference on Religion and the Media in Teheran and Qom, a two week workshop for students and young practitioners will be held. Further details can be found at http://www.religion-media.com/workshop.htm

SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES
LECTURER IN FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVING (Ref: ATR765)
Academic Grade 2 (Lecturer A): £28,290 to £33,780 per annum

The School of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) invites applications for a new post in Film and Television Archiving, available at Lecturer level depending on ability and achievements. UEA is one of the strongest universities in the UK in film and television studies, with a top Research Assessment rating of 5**, and thriving BA, MA and PhD programmes. The East Anglian Film Archive, one of the UK's leading regional film and television archives is located within the School.

This new position offers the opportunity to play a leading role in the teaching and future development of the MA in Film and Television Archiving. We invite applications from colleagues with a demonstrable commitment to film and television archiving and a strong research potential.

The post is available from 1 September 2008 on a full time, indefinite basis.

Informal enquiries about the post should be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Mark Jancovich on 01603 592787 or m.jancovich@uea.ac.uk <mailto:%20m.jancovich@uea.ac.uk> Closing date: 12 noon 23 May 2008.

Please follow links to download further particulars and application forms.
Job Description in PDF format http://www.criticalflicker.org.uk/uea/atr765.pdf

"About UEA/Guideline for Candidates" in PDF format
http://www.criticalflicker.org.uk/uea/guidelines-ss.pdf

Application Form in PDF format
http://www.criticalflicker.org.uk/uea/ac_r1.pdf

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form in PDF format
http://www.criticalflicker.org.uk/uea/eo.pdf

Conference Invitation
The Second International Conference on Religion and Media will be held in Tehran and Qom, Iran, from November 9th to 12th, 2008. We cordially invite all media researchers and scholars, representatives from diverse religious traditions, professionals and students involved with the subjects of the conference to attend and submit a paper. Further information could be found at conference website: http://www.religion-media.ir/

A few scholarships are available to partially subsidize the costs of participants with selected papers.

Sincerely,
Mahdiye Tavakol
Conference Coordinator
IRIB University,
Niyayesh Highway, Vali-e-Asr Street,
Tehran, Iran.
Tel: +98 21 22652238
Fax: +98 21 22652238
rm2008@religion-media.ir

City & Country Film Symposium July 25-26
FILM SYMPOSIUM: REGISTER NOW
2008 Ninth Annual Summer Film Symposium: City & Country at Northeast Historic Film
On the Penobscot River in coastal Maine, drive from Boston or take the bus to Bangor.
Program below and at http://oldfilm.org/symp_2008

Images and archetypes of the city and the country as seemingly distinct locations and ways of life have remained a potent force in the cultural imagination since the mid 19th century. Even though the transformations of industrial culture and mobility have changed rural and urban landscapes and lifestyles, the ideas and images associated with the City and the Country continues to thrive as traditional poles of modern experience. They are where we anchor the dreams and fears of technology and tradition, and where we are animated by hopes of progress and the comforts of nostalgia. As Raymond Williams noted of this powerful duality, “the contrast of country and city is one of the major forms in which we become conscious of a central part of our experience and of the crises of our society.”

Friday, July 25
Maine and the Rural Imagination in Early Amateur Films, Mark Neumann & Janna Jones, Northern Arizona University Screening with a focus on gender and amateur filmmaking from Northeast Historic Film collections, Gemma Perretta, Northeast Historic Film Urbs in Horto: Public Parks, Leisure and Race in Chicago South Side Home Movies, Jacqueline Stewart, Northwestern University Cinematic Visions of Place: Chicago, Brendan Kredell, Northwestern University Many Chicagos: Utopian Promises and Urban Ruin in Post War Chicago, Michelle Puetz & Andy Urich, Chicago Film Archives Screening of 9.5, Keith Wilson, University of Texas Screenings of City and Country, including film shot in Bucksport in the 1930s, Jay Schwartz, Secret Cinema founder

Saturday, July 26
Cinema’s Speedy Dissemination to the Hinterlands, Paul Spehr, independent scholar The Vitagraphers Come to Cooperstown, Kathy Fuller-Seely, Georgia State University Rural Images of Australian Girlhood, Catherine Driscoll, University of Sydney Screening of amateur films from the University of Georgia Media Archives, courtesy of Margie Compton Screening, Migration, Displacement and Identity, Andrew Jawitz, University of Southern Maine; Alyce Ornella, Spindleworks; Tim Findlen, Maine documentary filmmaker Lobster dinner

To register, download the registration form at http://oldfilm.org/symp_2008 or call Northeast Historic Film at 207-469-0924.
Happy Birthday' is not--if it ever was-- protected by copyright
Robert Brauneis, of the George Washington University Law School has suggested that 'Happy Birthday' is not--if it ever was-- protected by copyright. An abstract of his argument can be found at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111624

2009 OAH ERIK BARNOUW AWARD
The Erik Barnouw Award, first given in 1983, honors the late Erik Barnouw, Columbia University, a historian of the mass media. One or two awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history.

The winning film or video program will be screened and the award will be presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the OAH in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29. The producer(s) of the winning film or video program will receive $1,000 (or $500 should two films be selected). Only films and video programs released January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 are eligible for entry. Films and videos selected as "honorable mention" will be shown at the annual meeting, along with the Barnouw winner, as part of the OAH Screening History film series.

One copy of each entry must be received by each committee member and the OAH by December 1, 2008. No late submissions will be accepted. One copy of each entry, clearly labeled "2009 Erik Barnouw Award Entry," must be mailed directly to:

Stephen Aron Department of History 6265 Bunche Hall University of California, Los Angeles and Autry National Center Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473
Elspeth H. Brown Until June 30, 2008 Director, Centre for the Study of the United States Munk Centre for International Studies University of Toronto 1 Devonshire Place, Room 326-N Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3K7 After July 1, 2008 59 Fuller Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6R 2C4 CANADA
Lary May (Committee Chair) 88 Arthur Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
Organization of American Historians PO Box 5457 Bloomington, IN 47407-5457

The Visual Researchers Society of Canada
Association des recherchistes en audiovisuel du Canada
announces the launch of their bilingual website, http://www.visualresearch.ca . The public side of the site provides members? names, contact information and research interests for anyone looking for a professional researcher. The combined membership represents decades of experience in film & television, publishing, advertising, and the rare books and prints trade, with a number of members also specializing in music research and clearance. The website provides a catalogue of over 70 members from across Canada, with new members being added every month.

The members? side of the website provides materials and information relevant to a researcher?s day-to-day tasks. Articles provide information on research and copyright issues. There are links to a wide range of useful sites ? everything from. hard-to-find public domain sources to the major commercial libraries The website is updated regularly and events are posted to keep members up to date on the Society?s activities.

The Visual Researchers? Society of Canada / Association des recherchistes en audiovisuel du Canada was formed in September, 2006 by a small group of professional visual researchers who came together to share stories and ideas on the industry. It soon became apparent that they faced similar problems, most particularly access to and acquisition of materials, and issues related to copyright. The VRSC/ARAC is active in lobbying to further the concerns of visual researchers within the Canadian political, archival and production communities.

Over the past two years, the VRSC/ARAC has hosted a number of professional development sessions by guest speakers whose topics range from E&O compliance to the fine points of copyright law. During this time the VRSC ARAC has had the privilege of acting on the jury for the FOCAL International Awards in the UK.

For questions related to the website, please contact webmaster Sarah Boyd at sarah.m.boyd@gmail.com

For general questions about The Visual Researchers? Society of Canada / Association des recherchistes en audiovisuel du Canada please contact chairperson Elizabeth Klinck at e.klinck@rogers.com <mailto:e..klinck@rogers.com>

For membership, please visit http://www.visualresearch.ca

“Our colleague Denis Doros writing in the listserv of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, has suggested a number of sources for information and opinion about silent films. Here is what he says”

‘I just want to briefly start up a topic about the newsgroups in the US that concern themselves with silent films. I don't think there's enough attention to all the "amateur" groups that provide a valuable service to the film community. Film news from around the world (literally) finds its way to these groups (thanks to a few intrepid members) including links articles on new restorations, upcoming DVDs, screenings of silent films, etc. Anyway, here's an overview and some of you might want to join in:

The oldest newsgroup (since 1994, in fact) is alt.movies.silent and it's on usenet. You can join through Google. It's does not have a moderator so there can be enormously lengthy arguments and sometimes offensive comments, but it does remain fairly lively and informative.

Silent Film Newsgroup at Yahoo: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/silentfilms/ is the second oldest and is more focused on the stars and their appeal. It's moderated, so people tend to stay on track.

The newest group and maybe the best of the lot is NitrateVille. It's at http://www.nitrateville.com/ and is the best organized with some excellent contributors. It's also moderated.

Anyway, there are people who work very hard to keep up these excellent sites and I just thought someone should help promote them.

Best regards,
Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video / Milliarium Zero

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