SCS jobs and panels

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

The Society for Cinema Studies just sent out their recent mailing and 
there are a number of things of possible interest to KineJapan members.  
First, there are two job postings.  And then there are a number of panel 
proposals for the SCS conference next March 9-12 in Chicago which can be 
related to Japanese film and image studies.  I only picked a few to give 
people an idea.

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THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY, LIBERAL ARTS.   Part-time Instructor of
Non-Western Literature/Culture.  Starting date: Fall 1999. Year long
contract. Specialization in the teaching of non-western literature and
culture, with special interest in Japanese literature & culture and in
post-colonial and western modernist and post-modernist literature.
Performing experience, knowledge and appreciation of the performing arts 
of
value. To teach two sections per semester of the final year long, two
semester segment of a Core humanities program for performing arts majors.
This sequence focuses in its first semester (Alternatives to the West:
Studies in Cultural Difference) on Non-Western cultural traditions through
study of literature & film; in its second semester (Sources of 
Contemporary
Thought: Conflicts and Critiques) on shaping influences on contemporary
culture through study of selected modernist, post-colonialist, and
post-modern texts. Salary: $2,500.00 per section per semester: $10,000.00
for the two sections of the year long sequence. Prefer Ph.D. Range of
teaching experience, flexibility with non-traditional students essential.
Applications accepted to August 15, 1999.
Contact: Judson Evans, Chair, Liberal Arts, The Boston Conservatory 8, The
Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY wishes to announce two new positions in Film Studies 
to
begin in 2000-2001.  Both are tenure-track positions which require a
Ph.D.in Film Studies.  The first hire will be for an experienced Assistant
or Associate Professor with up to five years of teaching experience, and a
strong scholarly record.  The second is an entry-level position, requiring
evidence of scholarly promise and excellent teaching ability.  These
positions should reflect one or more of the following areas of specialty:
history of cinema and television, genre studies, directorial studies,
theory, women's studies, history of technology and business, TV studies,
formalism, international cinemas, documentary, and minority studies.  Both
candidates must also have knowledge of basic production techniques, as
Wesleyan's program is solidly grounded in the wedding of theory and
practice, but there is no requirement for teaching production as a part of
either position.  Strong consideration will be given to the teaching
records of the candidates, willingness to participate in the further
expansion of a burgeoning program, and scholarship.  The searches will 
open
as of July 1, 1999, and may extend for eighteen months or until both
positions are filled.  Please submit CV's and writing samples to Jeanine
Basinger, Chair, Film Studies Program, c/o Wesleyan Cinema Archives, 301
Washington Terrace, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT  06459. AA/EOE

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THE FILM STAR IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
This panel will examine film stardom in global cinema. Papers may take
historical, cross-cultural, and/or thematic approaches:e.g., development 
of
studio system and cultural machinery of star-making, star images,
performance styles, fan culture, intertextuality, and media/market
cross-overs. Open topic but studies of specific African, Latin American,
and Asian stars especially welcome. Anne Ciecko, 110 Hickory Court,
Lansdale, PA 19446 ph: (215) 412-7952; cieckoat at marcus.whitman.edu

REASSESSING CHRIS MARKER'S SANS SOLEIL
This panel would centre on a discussion of how Marker's cine-essay was or
was not prescient in its discussion of the incongruities of colonial
development as well as the cultural dichtomies between the feudal and
modern that extend well beyond the Japan that was the keynote of the film.
Dr. Timothy Dugdale, Department of Communication Studies, University of
Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~dugdale

TRANSNATIONAL TV: GLOBAL MEDIA AND LOCAL CONTEXTS
This panel seeks papers that address cases of international television and
the relationship between global media and local particularized meanings.
What are the consequences of increasing global flows of media products 
from
transnational communications corporations, and the construction of global
media markets that go with their activities? How can identities emanating
from continual cultural traffic and interaction be understood in terms of
the fluid diversity of today's global cultural order? Tim Halloran, 6902
Clinton Street, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 965-9121; etimh at ucla.edu

AFTER LIFE/AFTER DEATH
The forthcoming release of Hirokazu Koreeda's _After Life_ suggests a
panel--or workshop--on cinematic representations of after life/ after 
death
experiences--bureaucratic heavens, sensual indulgences, uncontrollable
hauntings--and their relations to our lives. 1-2 page abstracts, please, 
to:
Chris Lippard, 1172 East Emerson Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84105; (801)
484-5622; c.lippard at m.cc.utah.edu



Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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