The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies) is an organization of professors and scholars. Its home office is at the University of Oklahoma, but it has members throughout the world.[1]
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.
society, cinema, media, studies, formerly, society, cinema, studies, organization, professors, scholars, home, office, university, oklahoma, members, throughout, world, scms, holds, annual, conference, publishes, journal, cinema, media, studies, formerly, cine. The Society for Cinema and Media Studies formerly the Society for Cinema Studies is an organization of professors and scholars Its home office is at the University of Oklahoma but it has members throughout the world 1 SCMS holds an annual conference and publishes the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies formerly Cinema Journal a periodical featuring articles on media from a critical i e not empirical perspective This includes but is not limited to film studies television studies media studies visual arts cultural studies film and media history and moving image studies Its stated goals are 2 The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film television and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition Along with the University Film and Video Association it is one of the principal academic organizations for studying media Contents 1 History 2 Conference locations 3 References 4 External linksHistory editSCMS was founded in 1959 as the Society of Cinematologists It became the Society for Cinema Studies in 1969 It added media to its name in 2002 to account for the work of its members outside of the film studies discipline Conference locations edit2021 planned as an online only conference 3 2020 Denver canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2019 Seattle 2018 Toronto 2017 Chicago 2016 Atlanta 2015 Montreal 2014 Seattle 2013 Chicago 2012 Boston 2011 New Orleans 2010 Los Angeles 2009 Tokyo canceled due to concerns about containing the H1N1 Swine Flu virus 2008 Philadelphia 2007 Chicago 2006 Vancouver 2005 London 2004 Atlanta 2003 Minneapolis 2002 Denver 2001 Washington DC 2000 Chicago 1999 West Palm Beach 1998 San Diego La Jolla 1997 OttawaReferences edit Organizational History Retrieved 2020 05 26 About Us Our Mission Retrieved 2020 05 26 SCMS 2021 Online Conference Announcement Society For Cinema and Media Studies Retrieved 2020 08 13 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an organization in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This University of Oklahoma related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Society for Cinema and Media Studies amp oldid 1187097941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
