scmsAPAC will be hosting happy hour at the SCMS conference in Chicago at the Big Bar, Hyatt Regency Chicago from 5-6 PM on Friday, April 4th. Come out and join us!

Congrats to Paul Kim (UCSB) whose “Revisiting Asian American Digital Humor: Corelation as Machine and Racial Epistemologies” has been selected as the winner of the SCMS APAC Graduate Travel Award!

scmsAPAC will run elections this summer to replace outgoing co-chair Darshana Mini. Term is 3 years, beginning July 1, 2025. If you’re interested in running, please submit your name to [email protected] by May 1, 2025. Questions can also be directed there.

"The Arthur Dong Collection is a fitting tribute to a great filmmaker. His stories are our stories, and they need to be told." — Bay Area Reporter⁠ Read the full review of the Kino Lorber set here: ebar.com/story/153646/A…

@scmsAPAC sponsored panels at the SCMS conference in Chicago! Don't miss these fantastic panels!

Happening TODAY (Friday, April 4)! APAC's happy hour at the Big Bar Hyatt Regency Chicago (51 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601) from 5-6 PM. Grab a beer and join us!

Run for scmsAPAC Co-Chair! Submit your name for election by May 1!

VOTE for the next scmsAPAC Co-Chair. Read the candidate statements and cast your vote by June 2 cmstudies.org/surveys/?id=AP…

The online #prelinger collection just reached 10,000 items. Over 1200 high-quality scans reflect our film scanning collaboration with #ffdweb and many more are coming soon. Please watch, teach and make new work with these films. archive.org/details/prelin…

Headed to #AASInAsia2025 Association for Asian Studies in Kathmandu this week?🇳🇵Come attend our panel #Fandom #Media & #PopularCulture in Global Asias II: #Gender #Belonging & Urban Spaces with Sneha Annavarapu Dr Nemo 杉本 Martin and more🏳️‍⚧️ 📅Sunday June 1 ⏰10:30am to 12nn 🛖Nepa (Radisson)

ATTN MEMBERS: Today is the deadline to VOTE for the next scmsAPAC Co-Chair! Read candidate statements and cast your vote here: cmstudies.org/surveys/?id=AP…

Congratulations to Silpa Mukherjee who has been elected the next scmsAPAC Co-Chair! Kudos to all who voted! A special thanks to our outgoing Co-Chair @MiniDarshana for her steadfast and visionary leadership these past three years!

I am organizing this SCMS PDC workshop on Friday. Please encourage your grad students who are on the job market to attend. Fill out this Google form to receive a Zoom link forms.gle/GENr6MkLGzi1Sz…

The newly restored version of Satyajit Ray’s masterpiece “Aranyer Din Ratri” (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1970) travels to the Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Italy!

The Senate is expected to vote in a few days on a bill to claw back funding for public media. CAAM receives critical funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to produce Asian American documentaries and programs. tinyurl.com/CAAM-PublicMed…

Clawing back public media funding would rip vital services out of our communities – early education, local journalism, emergency alerts, and local connection. Speak out before it’s too late Protect My Public Media: bit.ly/4iqfybp #ProtectMyPublicMedia

Headed to #InterAsiaCulturalStudies #IACS2025Conference in #NakhonSiThammarat soon? Come to our #Fandom #Media & #PopularCulture in #GlobalAsias double panel with Astha Dr. Lakmali Jayasinghe Ploykamol S. Sneha Annavarapu & more! 📅Wednesday July 23 ⏰15:10 to 18:20 📍Linjong 1

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