1. Call for Getty Interns
Deadline: April 23, 2010
2. Graduate Division Survey
3. Digital Media Course Offerings in Spring
4. Spring 2010 Course: COURSE TITLE: EXIT UTOPIAS: CINEMA, VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE, RADICAL URBANISM
5. UCLA Summer Session A: Religion 140
6. Summer program at the Beijing Film Academy
Rolling admission will start on January 1, 2010.
7. TAships in LGBTS--Deadline Extended to April 12th!
8. 2010 Recognition Awards and Staff Scholarships
Deadline: April 23, 2010
9. CFP for Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Conference
Deadline: April 30, 2010
10. CFP for Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference
Deadline: April 30, 2010
11. Call For Papers-Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Deadline: April 31, 2010
12. Festival of (In)appropriation 2010 Call for Entries
Deadline: May 15, 2010
13. Updated CFP: Jane Austen: Contexts and Reception (6/1/10; 11/11-14/10)
Deadline: June 1, 2010
14. Call for Papers: “Teacher, Teach Me Love: The Student-Teacher Relationship in Film and Television” 2010 Film & History Conference: Representations of Love in Film and Television
Deadline: June 1, 2010
15. CFP: Chicks in Love: "Chick Lit" into "Chick Flicks"
Deadline: June 1, 2010
16. CFP: Women and the Post-Colonial Romance in International Cinema ‘Love in a Strange Land,' Women and the Post-Colonial Romance in International Cinema 2010 Film & History Conference: Representations of Love in Film and Television
Deadline: June 1, 2010
17. CFP: 2010 Film & History Conference: Representations of Love in Film and Television
Deadline: June 1, 2010
18. CFP: images of children/childhood
Deadline: June 1, 2010
19. CFP: Dangerous, Transgressive, and Unloved: The View from Way Outside
Deadline: June 1, 2010
20. CFP: Shakespeare In (and Out of) Love (6/1/10; 11/11-14-10)
Deadline: June 1, 2010
21. CFP: Tainted Love - Screening Sexual Perversities
Deadline: June 1, 2010
22. CFP: The Velvet Light Trap #68, Comedy & Humor
Deadline: December 15, 2010
23. 2011 IAMHIST-Michael Nelson Prize for a Work in Media and History
Deadline: Before September 30
24. CFP: Understanding Machinima
Deadline: December 30, 2010
25. ***Save the Date for Flow Conference 2010***
September 30th to October 2nd, 2010
26. Call for Contributors: German Autobiographical Non-Fiction and Experimental Filmmaking
27. Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Film Studies
Job Opportunities
28. Professor of Creative Arts
29. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Film (1.0 FTE) x 2 Posts, Roehampton University, Department of Media, Culture, and Language
30. Two positions starting Fall 2010, Univ of Arizona
31. JOB POSTING: Lecturer in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
32. Academic Job Posting: Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
33. Digital Film Production position
34. Full Time Summer Teaching Opportunities
Events
35. Center for the Study of Women-- DEVIL BUNNY
36. Teaching with Technology workshops
37. Archive Films: Bogart, Brazilian, Hepburn, Romanian!
38. "A Fugue and a Waltz: Performance, Technology,
and [Post-] Postmodern Engagement"
April 13, 2010
39. A Special Invitation to the American Civility Tour with NEH Chairman Jim Leach
April 7, 2010
40. 2010 Jay Sanders Film Festival
April 15, 2010
41. QUIXOTE at UCLA
April 16, 2010
42. Invitation Free Pierrot-Karina Master Class COLCOA 2010
April 21st, 2010 at 2:00pm
43. UCLA QUEER STUDIES CONFERENCE 2011
Friday and Saturday, October 8-9, 2010 Royce Hall
University of California – Los Angeles
44. Need Alumni authors as panelists @ Festival of Books
45. Fulbright Workshops
Programs
46. Producers Program Schedule Spring 2010
47. Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS)
48. CBS Diversity accepting applications
New Publications & Releases
49. Studies in French Cinema News (two new publications/Reader-Senior Lecturer post)
50. CHROMA: A Book of Color
51. Iconics 10
1. Call for Getty Interns
Deadline: April 23, 2010
FREEWAVES is offering two paid internships for undergraduates this summer through generous support from The Getty Grant Program.
FREEWAVES Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships 2010 are for 2 positions, Web Intern and Marketing Intern, both for 10-weeks, full-time, $3,500 gross salary in Hollywood.
In accordance with The Getty Grant Program, candidates must be:
* Members of underrepresented groups, particularly individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent
* Currently enrolled as undergraduates, who will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2010, and will not graduate before September 2010;
* Residents of or attending college in Los Angeles County. Students who have previously served as Interns for this program more than twice are not eligible for this internship.
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Overview: From early June through August 2010, The Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Interns will undertake a variety of tasks, all entailing a high degree of computer literacy and communications competency. All of the tasks will be part of Freewaves long time initiative to disseminate the new media arts.
Location: Both internships are located at Freewaves' office at LACE (6522 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood CA)
Marketing Intern
Marketing Intern Responsibilities: Provides promotional support for 2010 events, 20th anniversary book/dvd launch, DIY Video Fest initiative, and new web site.
- Video program at LACMA (June 26) - assist with marketing implementation
- Book/dvd project - assist with implementation & develop new marketing ideas
- DIY Video Fest initiative - outreach to student demographic
- Video component at Glow (September 25) - assist development of marketing plan
- Online marketing and optimization of Freewaves' new web site (in conjunction with web intern).
Requirements for Administrative Intern:
- Good writing skills
- Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough.
- Knowledge of media arts preferable.
- Good computer skills (will need to use/learn Word, FileMaker, Photoshop and the internet, including social media).
- Ability to work in a small, busy office with concentration.
- Ability to work independently.
Web Intern
Web Intern Responsibilities: Projects relate to both to the Freewaves web site (launching late spring/early summer) as well as enhancements planned for the future:
- Assist adding new content (videos to the back-end database), including compressing artist videos and preparing screen shots
- Work with Freewaves staff, technical advisors, programmer and designer to develop enhanced site pages and perform technical troubleshooting.
- Assist with site optimization.
- Produce written and visual materials for web site and related marketing efforts.
- General database maintenance.
Requirements for Web Intern:
- Knowledge of html, Dreamweaver and Flash preferred.
- Ability to code highly desirable though not required. (Java, Javascript, My SQL and/or PHP).
- Good writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work diplomatically in a team environment (in meetings, via email and on the phone).
- Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough including ability to troubleshoot own work for errors and functionality.
- Knowledge of media arts preferable.
- Knowledge of both Mac and PC environments required.
- Ability to work independently.
Freewaves strives to offer summer interns practical work experience and a range of assignments. Interns will be trained by and work under the supervision of Freewaves Director Anne Bray and Assistant Director Heidi Zeller.
In past years, Freewaves interns have developed skills in numerous software programs including:
- Filemaker
- Dreamweaver/HTML
- Excel and Word (advanced features)
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Video compression programs
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How to Apply for this Internship:
First familiarize yourself with Freewaves' programs through its web site (http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=314968415&u=3529212). If the site and Freewaves interests you, forward a resum and a cover letter explaining reasons for interest and addressing how you meet the eligibility guidelines for the internship set by the Getty. If you are applying for the web internship, please send us URLs of your work (sites you've designed or worked on). We will be interviewing in late April/early May, and will contact you for an appointment if we are interested.
Email your application materials to:
Heidi Zeller, Assistant Director, at
By Friday, April 23, 2010.
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Freewaves
6522 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323.871.1950 http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=314968415&u=3529213
Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of innovative and culturally relevant independent new media from around the world. Freewaves facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media exhibition forms at experimental and established venues.
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2. Graduate Division Survey
Very Important. Please Do Not Ignore.
In 2010-11 our department will undergo a comprehensive review by the Academic Senate's Graduate Council. An essential part of that review is student feedback. The Graduate Division is currently conducting an anonymous survey to gather your thoughts. If you have already completed the survey, we thank you for your response. If you haven't completed the survey, or only partially completed it, we encourage you to submit it byApril 4th (extended deadline).
All students who have already completed or will complete the survey are automatically entered into a drawing for a $75 credit on your Bruin Card. Please share your opinions and help us improve the quality of our department. Access to the survey is via email invitation only. If you didn't receive an email invitation from the Graduate Division or a need reminder, please contact Eli Levy at .
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3. Digital Media Course Offerings in Spring
The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media and the Center for Research on Engineering, Media and Performance announce three new digital media courses:
ALL COURSES ARE OPEN TO GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES.
FTVDM 298A Section 6
**Interpretive Media Production for Public Space**
A research, production & exhibition experience at the Los Angeles State Historic Park
Instructor: Fabian Wagmister
Time: Fridays 2-5P, 1473 Melnitz Hall (downtown every other week)
REMAP, the Dept. of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTDVM), and the California Department of Parks & Recreation invite students to a multidisciplinary workshop exploring innovative media creation and exhibition approaches for the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Dedicated to the natural and social history of Los Angeles, this urban park offers a unique opportunity to experiment with new forms of social media, community experience, and historical memory, including locative narrative, interactive storytelling, interpretive databases, physical interfaces, mobile devices, Wi-Fi environments, etc.
This leading-edge collaboration between REMAP, FTVDM and the California Department of Parks & Recreation will enable students to probe the rapidly evolving convergence of media, digital technology and public space. Participants in this class will generate individual and collective interpretive media works to be publicly shown at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in the summer of 2010.
Enrollment in this class is limited; if you are interested or have any questions please write to Professor Fabian Wagmister ()
FTVDM 298A Section 7
**Distributed Storytelling & Distribution as Storytelling**
Instructor: Jason Brush
Time: Tuesday 4-7P, Melnitz 2586B
Thursday 4-7P, Melnitz 2536
This course explores the use of new technologies-such as mobile phone applications, social networking platforms, and embeddable web video-as outlets for new forms of cinematic expression. Students will develop projects designed to be distributed over and experienced within evolving online venues that include the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Tumblr. The course will focus on both the craft of authoring for these venues and the artistic possibilities of a holistic approach to storytelling that incorporates both "content" and the online context in which it is experienced.
Jason Brush is Executive Vice President of User Experience Design at Schematic, a pioneering interactive design agency, where he directs the company's Interaction Design and Information Architecture practices. His work spans the Web, TV , and interactive environments, with an emphasis on evolving the dialectics of human-computer interaction. Recent projects have included ABC 's Emmy-award-winning full episode broadband video player, interfaces for Electronic Arts, Motorola, and Accenture's interactive touch screen walls in JFK and O'Hare international airports.
For more information, please contact Jason Brush ().
FTVDM 298A Section 8
**Non-linear Location-based Content Laboratory**
Instructor: Jeff Burke
Time: Monday 4-7P, Melnitz 1473 / Final schedule tbd
In collaboration with REMAP, FTVDM, and the Nokia Research Center Hollywood, students in this course will create and produce original non-linear, location-based pieces for mobile phones in a collaborative, team-based process. Interface metaphors and story structures will be studied along with cinematographic and design techniques, exploring both the creation of compelling experience and general principles for non-linear and location-based storytelling.
Along with industry and UCLA researchers, writers, the cinematographer, and faculty advisors, students in the course will participate in both concept development and production, and will direct the pieces. A production budget will be provided and the resulting material will be jointly owned by the team.
Enrollment in this class will be limited to a small group of committed students; priority will be given to TFT students. Students must have prior production experience or graduate-level research background in media studies.
For more information please contact Jeff Burke (), including a link to portfolio materials and summary of your background and interest in the course.
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4. Spring 2010 Course: COURSE TITLE: EXIT UTOPIAS: CINEMA, VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE, RADICAL URBANISM
COURSE DESCRIPTION
What theoretical propositions and conceptual genealogies do cinema and architecture share? How has cinema functioned as a critique of modernist architecture and urbanism, at the same time that radical urbanists and visionary architects have critiqued Modernism through highly "cinematic" formulations? Where, if at all, might we locate the aesthetic, political, and epistemological convergence of cinematic, urbanistic, and architectural utopianisms (and dystopianisms), especially those of the 1960s? This graduate seminar will begin by examining some of the foundational, recipriocal explorations in cinema and architecture in the avant-gardes of the 1920s and 1930s (Eisenstein, Le Corbusier). That history will form the basis of our considerations as we turn to the 1960s and the broad critique of both modernity and Modernist architecture and urban planning at the time, in the domains of architecture and cinema alike. The final two weeks of the course will then revisit the links between modernist architecture, urbanism, and cinema in the context of postmodernity and digital media. Readings in film theory, architectural theory, and post-structuralist "spatial theory" will accompany weekly analyses of distinctly "architectural" films together with plans, movies, and manifestoes by avant-garde architectural studios and art collectives such as Archigram, Superstudio, the Situationist International, the Metabolists, and others.
PROSPECTIVE SCREENING LIST:
WEEK 1 (MARCH 29 – 31)
No screening
WEEK 2 (APRIL 5 – 7)
Cavalcanti, Rien que les heures
Man Ray, Les Mystère du Chateau de Dé
Pierre Chenal, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui
Hans Richter, Die Neue Wohnung
WEEK 3 (APRIL 12 – 14)
Marcel L’Herbier, L’inhumaine
and
René Claire, A nous la liberté
WEEK 4 (APRIL 19 – 21)
Jaques Tati, Playtime
WEEK 5 (APRIL 26 – 28)
Michelangelo Antonioni, L’Eclisse or Red Desert
WEEK 6 (MAY 3 – 5)
Jean Luc Godard, Alphaville or 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle
and
Georges Perec and Bernard Queysanne, Un homme qui dort
WEEK 7 (MAY 10 – 12)
Seijun Suzuki, Branded to Kill or Tokyo Drifter
and
Hiroshi Teshigahara, The Face of Another
WEEK 8 (MAY 17 – 19)
Jaques Demy, The Model Shop
WEEK 9 (MAY 24 – 26)
Tsai Ming-Liang, Good-bye Dragon Inn
and
Pedro Costa, Colossal Youth
WEEK 10 (MAY 31 – JUNE 2)
Program of short experimental films on modernist architecture
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Greg D. Cohen
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
Lecturer in Cinema and Media Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
3347 McGowan Hall
310.825.4089
617.909.9351 (cell)