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General News
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Are you interested in serving on the SCMS Board? » Want to help shape the future of SCMS? The Board self-nomination form is now live through Sept. 15. More information here:...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Volunteers » SCMS needs you! The Volunteer for Service form is open now until May 16, 2025. Follow the link listed below to find out mo...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 New Benefit for Members » SCMS recognizes that independent scholars, precariously employed academics, and booksellers need research resources and se...
Thursday, May 9, 2024 SCMS Signs On to AHA Statement on 2024 Campus Protests » SCMS has signed on to an AHA statement “deplor[ing] recent decisions among college and university administrators to draw o...
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Caucus/SIG Election Guidelines » Attention Caucus & SIG Leadership Friendly reminder about Election Guidelines: Elections should be held fr...
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Annual Conference
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Portals now open! » Conference proposal and award submission portals are now open! Questions? Be sure to check the General Conference Guidelin...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Offsite Affiliate Events at #SCMS25 » Be sure to take a look at the list of offsite affiliate events happening at #SCMS25. More details can be found here :
Friday, December 20, 2024 2025 Preliminary Conference Program Draft Available! » The ⁠#SCMS25 preliminary conference program draft is now live! Find your session, check details, and submit corrections by...
Monday, November 25, 2024 Acceptance notices are out & registration is now open! » Acceptance notices are out & registration is now open! You can now book at our conference hotels, apply for eligible g...
Thursday, October 10, 2024 2024 SCMS Virtual Symposium, December 6-7, 2024 » We look forward to seeing you all to the SCMS Virtual Symposium, December 6-7, 2024. All current SCMS members will be gran...
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Members
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) 2017 Election Results » Dear Fellow SCMS Members, The results of the 2017 SCMS elections are in! On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pl...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Meet the Candidates, Part One » MEET THE CANDIDATES, PART ONE The SCMS 2017 Election...
Friday, July 1, 2016 July 1, 2016 News Bulletin » Dear SCMS Members, The Board of Directors met last week in Chicago to discuss a myriad of important topics impa...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 June 2016 News Brief » In this month's News Brief: -Call for Self-Nominations for Cinema Journal, Editor -Annual Conference Su...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 March News Brief » March News Brief In this month’s news brief: -Atlanta Travel Information -Conference Logistics -Tips...
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Historical Record of Key News
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Statement from SCMS Precarious Labor Organization (PLO) on the UCSC graduate student strike » The SCMS Board supports this statement by the Precarious Labor Organization (PLO) on the UCSC graduate student strike.
Thursday, May 9, 2019 SCMS joins in Multi-Society Statement on Proposed Cuts at the University of Tulsa » SCMS joins in Multi-Society Statement on Proposed Cuts at the University of Tulsa . To read full statement, click here .&...
Sunday, April 28, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) SCMS Inaugural Fundraising Campaign » Please click here to read more about the inaugural fundraising campaign.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) SCMS protests the University of Texas Fine Arts Library’s elimination of scholarly resources » The SCMS Board of Directors, in collaboration with the Libraries & Archives SIG, issued the following statement today...
Friday, December 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) SCMS joins 30+ organizations to issue statement opposing US proposal to tax tuition waivers » SCMS joins 30+ organizations to issue statement opposing US proposal to tax tuition waivers click above to open stat...
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Awards
Thursday, July 31, 2025 Submissions due soon! » REMINDER: Submissions for the 2026 Awards cycle are due on Monday, August 4, 5 PM CT. If you’ve published recently, don...
Monday, January 27, 2025 2025 Award Winners Announced! » SCMS is excited to announce this year's award winners— congrats to all! View the full list here: cmstudies.org...
Friday, August 2, 2024 Awards Deadline Reminder » REMINDER: Submissions for the 2025 Awards cycle are due on Monday, August 5, 2024! For more information on SCMS's annual...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 2024 winners of the Student Writing and Dissertation Awards » Thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of the Student Writing and Dissertation Awards!🎉 Let's celebrate these amazing reci...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 SCMS 2024 Distinguished Career Achievement Award recipient, Jacqueline Stewart » SCMS congratulates Jacqueline Stewart, the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Career Achievement Award. A special event h...
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Elections
Monday, March 3, 2025 2025 Election Results » The results of the 2025 SCMS election are in! Thank you to everyone who voted. ⁠ Read more here .
Thursday, February 13, 2025 Meet the Candidates - Part Two » Meet the candidates for Precarious Labor Representative, Graduate Student Representative, and Graduate Student Organizatio...
Thursday, February 6, 2025 Meet the Candidates - Part One » Meet the President-Elect and Member-at-Large candidates for our 2025 election! Get to know them and their visions for the...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 2025 SCMS Election » The voting period for the 2025 SCMS election is now open and will close on February 28. To participate, one must be an act...
Monday, March 4, 2024 2024 Election Results » The election results are in! Thank you to everyone who voted. ⁠ Read more here: https:// conta.cc/48B6USP
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In Memoriam
Thursday, April 18, 2024 In Memoriam: Kenneth W. Harrow » We deeply mourn the passing of Kenneth W. Harrow, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Literature and Film Studies at Michi...
Monday, February 19, 2024 Clyde Taylor, In Memoriam » SCMS was saddened to learn of the passing of Clyde Taylor. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.⁠ Read more abo...
Thursday, December 19, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam: Peter Wollen » SCMS mourns the passing of Peter Wollen, one of the leading scholars in Cinema and Media Studies. W e send our condolences...
Monday, December 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam: Thomas Elsaesser » SCMS is saddened to learn of the passing of Thomas Elsaesser, one of our most distinguished members and recipient of the D...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Memorial for Gilberto Perez » The Society for Cinema and Media Studies mourns the untimely passing of Gilberto Perez (1943-2015). Known to his f...
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