The 2015 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference was held from March 25-29 in Montreal, and many of DePaul's MCS faculty were there presenting their research
Luisela Alvaray co-chaired a panel entitled "Constructing Otherness, Deconstructing Patriarchy and Eurocentrism," presenting her paper “Women, Immigrants, and Natives: Re-centering Otherness in Icíar Bollaín’s Films.”
Paul Booth participated in a workshop entitled "The “F” Word: Fan Studies In and Beyond the Academy" and also presented his paper “Playing The Hunger Games and Fan Paratextual Participation” as part of the panel "Playing Fans: Games and Fandom in Media Studies."
Blair Davis chaired a panel entitled "Watchmen and Media Studies," presenting his paper "Watchmen and Canonization."
Michael DeAngelis presented a paper entitled "Fassbinder's Apartment Plot" as part of a panel on "The Apartment Complex: Apartment Plots in Global Context"
For more on SCMS and next year's conference in Atlanta, see: http://www.cmstudies.org/default.asp?
