We encourage members to continue or create regional SSAAANZ ‘hubs’, to bring people together face-to-face in between the biennial conference. This is an opportunity to share research in progress, and compare teaching experiences and approaches, and socialise with fellow screen studies scholars. It might take the form of regular or...

Compiled and edited by Claire Henry In March 2023, esteemed horror scholar Professor Adam Lowenstein (University of Pittsburgh) visited Australia and was hosted by SSAAANZ Executive Committee members Dr Jessica Balanzategui (RMIT University) in Melbourne, Dr Claire Henry (Flinders University) in Adelaide, and Dr Max Bledstein (UNSW) in Sydney. SSAAANZ...

Missy Molloy  Victoria University of Wellington Adrian Martin’s statement on the challenges facing screen studies at present provides a useful recap of the strange condition our field finds itself in alongside academia at large. Although not particularly oriented to an Antipodean context, it itemises noteworthy characteristics of the crisis (a...

30 November – 2 December 2022 “Materialism,” “materials,” “materiality,” “matter”: for scholars in screen and media studies, is there anything these terms can’t do? They shape our common critical vernacular, from references to “source material” to discussion of “subject matter.” They also sustain a range of approaches to screen media—from...