Dates: Friday, December 5 & Saturday, December 6, 2025
Time Zone: All times are listed in U.S. Central Time (CST) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) unless otherwise noted.
The schedule below shows times in Central Time (CST) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), but once you’re in the platform, session times will automatically adjust to your local time zone. Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are open to attendance by
SCMS Members.
We’ve put together some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the Virtual Symposium.
Platform & Access Information
The symposium will be hosted on the Zoom Events platform. Meetings will function just like the regular Zoom platform you are used to, so the experience should feel familiar. Access invitations and a user guide will be sent on December
3.
| Friday, December 5 |
| 8:00-9:00 CST |
Practice Session |
14:00–15:00 UTC |
| 9:00-10:00 CST |
Libraries and Archives SIG |
15:00–16:00 UTC |
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Nordic Studies SIG |
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Performance and Stardom SIG |
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| 10:00-11:00 CST |
Asian/Pacific American Caucus |
16:00–17:00 UTC |
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Disability Caucus |
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Fan and Audience Studies SIG |
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Film and Media Festivals SIG |
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Graduate Student Organization |
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| 11:00-12:00 CST |
Comics Studies SIG |
17:00–18:00 UTC |
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Digital Humanities and Videographic Criticism SIG |
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Documentary Studies SIG (Meeting Cancelled) |
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Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG |
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Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting SIG |
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| 12:00-1:00 CST |
Children' s and Youth Media and Culture SIG |
18:00–19:00 UTC |
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Experimental Film and Media SIG |
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Queer and Trans Caucus |
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Silent Cinema SIG |
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Television and Radio History SIG |
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| 1:00-2:00 CST |
Animated Media SIG |
19:00–20:00 UTC |
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Media and the Environment SIG |
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Media Industries SIG |
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Urbanism/Geography/Architecture SIG |
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War and Media SIG |
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| 2:00-3:00 CST |
French/Francophone SIG |
20:00–21:00 UTC |
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Horror Studies SIG |
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Institutional Chairs Meeting (closed to Institutional Members Only) |
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Media, Science and Technology SIG |
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Sports Media SIG |
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| 3:00-4:00 CST |
EVENT: Grandes Dames of Feminist Film Theory: A Roundtable
Participants: Lucy Fischer, B. Ruby Rich, Judith Mayne, Chris Holmlund,
Constance Penley, and Julia Lesage |
21:00–22:00 UTC |
| 4:00-5:00 CST |
Adult Film & Media SIG |
22:00–23:00 UTC |
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Classical Hollywood SIG |
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Latinx/a/o Caucus |
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Precarious Labor Organization |
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Television Studies SIG |
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| Saturday, December 6 |
| 9:00-10:00 CST |
Gender and Feminisms Caucus |
15:00–16:00 UTC |
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Video Game Studies SIG |
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| 10:00-11:00 CST |
Activist and Revolutionary Film and Media SIG |
16:00–17:00 UTC |
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Central/East/South European Cinemas SIG |
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| 12:00-1:00 CST |
Caucus on Class |
18:00–19:00 UTC |
| 1:00-2:00 CST |
JCMS Editorial Board Meeting (Closed to Board Members Only) (Meeting Cancelled) |
19:00–20:00 UTC |
| 2:00-3:00 CST |
Members' Business Meeting |
20:00–21:00 UTC |
| 3:00-4:00 CST |
Indigenous Media Caucus |
21:00–22:00 UTC |
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Critical Media Pedagogies SIG |
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| 4:00-5:00 CST |
Black Caucus |
22:00–23:00 UTC |
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Caucus Coordinating Committee |
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Sound and Music Studies SIG |
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