Annual Conference The Society's annual conference has been held every year since 1989, when it was hosted by the UCLA Animation Workshop in cooperation with the UCLA Film & Television Archive; the 10th anniversary conference was held in August 1998 at Chapman University, in Orange, California (check out the Schedule of Presentations). In between, conferences have been held at various locales around the United States, as well as in Canada, England and Holland. The 11th Society of Animation Studies Conference will be held in Brisbane, Australia in August or October 1999. The exact date is to be confirmed, but it will be timed to coincide with the Third Asia Pacific Triennial exhibition of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery and is being organized by Keith Bradbury of Griffith University/Queensland College of Art. (The 12th annual conference is scheduled to be held in November 2000 in Belgium.) Call for Papers The theme of the Brisbane conference is "Animation: Contexts and Identities." Lateral interpretations of the theme are welcomed and especially those that focus on Asia Pacific animation, but others will be equally considered. Papers might focus on animation as an extension of and as dependent upon the established industries of comics, films, fine arts, advertising, music, television and popular entertainment, academia. Other papers might discuss the evolution of animation genres, or, what histories of animation as histories of labour/technological development/production in different countries tell us about animation industries. To what extent does animation contribute to the construction of national and cultural identities? How effective has animation been in voicing social/cultural issues (health, abuse, addiction, sexuality, gender, racial diversity, urbanisation, etc). Is animation able to represent these issues? Yet again you might discuss animation as a means of storytelling -- what stories, what contexts, whose aesthetics -- or as big business, or propaganda. How have animated films been circulated and distributed and to what effect? etc. . . . Proposals should contain a 50 word summary and a 250 word abstract outlining the main focus. The last day for expressions of interest in presenting a paper will be 26 February 1999 and replies will be made by 26 March 1999. Submissions can be sent to: Keith Bradbury Griffith University Queensland College of Art P.O. Box 84 Morningside, Q4170 Australia fax: (61) 7 3875 3199 [log in to unmask] Other Conference Events A related program of events at Brisbane is still in the planning stages, but which will likely include screenings of Asia Pacific animation, student films from around the world, and perhaps restored prints of Walter Ruttman's abstract animation. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite