“Animation Evolution,” the next SAS conference will be held at Scotland’s Edinburgh College of Art, July 9-11, 2010. The conference blog is up and running, and is where you can find its Call for Papers. The conference is being organized by Nichola Dobson, who is also editor of Animation Studies, the Society’s online journal.
Keynote speakers will be Clare Kitson,and Paul Wells. Kitson, whose work as the pioneering commissioner of animation for Britain’s Channel 4 created a mini-Golden Age of British animation is recounted in her latest book, British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor; she is also the author of Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: an Animator’s Journey. Wells is the author of numerous books on animation, including such standard texts as Understanding Animation and Animation and America; his most recent books include Drawing for Animation, written with Joanna Quinn and Les Mills.
The Call for Papers notes:
Deadline for panel submissions: 8 January 2010. …
Membership in the Society for Animation Studies is required if your proposal is accepted for presentation at the conference. (For more information on the Society, go to its webpage at www.animationstudies.org.)
Financial aid for travel will be available on a limited basis; details will be forthcoming.
For further information, please contact Nichola Dobson at animationevolution@animationstudies.org . You can also follow the conference at on Twitter @anievolution.
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