scmsAPAC

Society of Cinema and Media Studies
Asian/Pacific American Caucus

[scmsAPAC @scmsapac]

Voting is now open! Please cast your vote for the next SCMS Asian Pacific American Caucus Co-Chair and Graduate Student Representative.

Candidate information and Voting can be accessed here: https://t.co/O0hkYb60My

Voting will stay open until June 5!

[scmsAPAC @scmsapac]

SCMS Asian Pacific American Caucus @scmsapac will run elections this summer to replace outgoing grad rep Angel Trazo. Term is 2 years, beginning July 1, 2026. If interested, please submit your name to [email protected] May 15, 2026. Questions can also be directed there.

[scmsAPAC @scmsapac]

SCMS Asian Pacific American Caucus @scmsapac will run elections this summer to replace outgoing co-chair Denise Khor. Term is 3 years, beginning July 1, 2026. If interested, please submit your name to [email protected] May 15, 2026. Questions can also be directed there.

[Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd]

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research on: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a series on "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate! https://t.co/6Owp9FaL8U

[NFPF @NatlFilmPres]

The Library of Congress has announced 25 new films added to the National Film Registry. Two silents from the teens have been preserved with NFPF funding and are now available to stream on the NFPF's website: THE OATH OF THE SWORD (1914) & THE MAID OF MCMILLAN (1916). Links below.

[NFPF @NatlFilmPres]

THE OATH OF THE SWORD (1914) was produced by the Japanese American Film Company in 1914 and preserved by @EastmanMuseum and @jamuseum.

Learn more and watch here: https://t.co/G9kWPly4i1

[Yanai Initiative @YanaiInitiative]

柳井イニシアティブでは2026‐2027年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！〆切：2026年3月30日。VGR（Visiting Graduate Researchers）プログラムの詳細については、このページをご覧ください： https://t.co/lAyUWwmkAE

[Yanai Initiative @YanaiInitiative]

The Yanai Initiative invites grad students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2026-2027 academic year! Deadline 3/30/26. Please visit our site for more information: https://t.co/lAyUWwmkAE

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

✨Lav Diaz’s Closet Picks!✨

[Verge: Global Asias @VergeGA]

Please keep these upcoming GAI opportunities in mind.

[Michelle Ho (she/her) @michellehsho.bsky.social @michellehsho]

📢#CallForPapers for the Trans #Asian Transcultural #Fandom Symposium happening on May 28, 2026 prior to @Mechademia in #Singapore🇸🇬

Deadline for 500-word abstract⏳Feb 1
Find out more▶️https://t.co/JOOfhwwWrK

We welcome your submissions🫰

@bertha_c @WeiyuZ @CNMnus

[CAAM @CAAM]

How do our histories shape the communities we build today? Join the virtual screening of the CAAM-funded doc-series, SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNEYS on Dec 13, 4–6 p.m. ET, followed by a live Q&A. RSVP: https://t.co/H90zqIrXRi

[Association for Asian Studies @AASAsianStudies]

Assistant Professor in Sinophone Cinema and Media Studies (Position # P-126741-848341) - University of Maryland - College Park, MD https://t.co/QHvVd9U7gZ

[Verge: Global Asias @VergeGA]

Verge 11.2: Offering “Chinawood” as a key site through which to understand “American exceptionalism in retreat,” Bose examines how China has aligned its cinematic and geopolitical futures to assert itself as an ultramodern, innovation-driven economy.

[Association for Asian Studies @AASAsianStudies]

Assistant Professor of East Asian Media, Visual, and Popular Cultures - University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Asian Studies - Austin, TX https://t.co/hk7QnyQW6D

[CAAM @CAAM]

Over 80 years before Michelle Yeoh, Merle Oberon was the first Asian woman nominated for a Best Leading Actress Oscar. Mayukh Sen’s book LOVE, QUEENIE uncovers her hidden mixed-race Indian heritage. Find out why this story was buried for so long…
https://t.co/dEoIZ39rDS

[scmsAPAC @scmsapac]

@scmsapac Grad Writing Prize with positions: asia critique. Apply Now! Deadline SEPT 15

[CAAM @CAAM]

Give to CAAM: https://t.co/55TFKjVvdv

[CAAM @CAAM]

Read more: https://t.co/sagreuECwU

[Michelle Ho (she/her) @michellehsho.bsky.social @michellehsho]

Headed to #InterAsiaCulturalStudies #IACS2025Conference in #NakhonSiThammarat soon? Come to our #Fandom #Media & #PopularCulture in #GlobalAsias double panel with @mehrotra_astha @LakmaliJd @PSuwantawit @SnehaAnnavarapu & more!

📅Wednesday July 23
⏰15:10 to 18:20
📍Linjong 1