SCMS 2011 Conference – “What About the Goat?”

Last week, as you probably noticed, I attended the annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (you can see some of my thoughts, and the thoughts of many others, about the conference by clicking here). I tweeted, I socialized (as much as is possible for me!), I became sick, I attended panels, [...]

SCMS 2011: Panels, Tweets, and Challenges

A full disclaimer: I developed a grunge between Friday night and Saturday morning while at SCMS. This is by no means the conference’s fault (I chalk it up me always becoming ill in hotels and a significant amount more exercise than I’m used to (and by ‘exercise’ I mean ‘walking around with and carrying my [...]

New Voices Conference – “It’s not funny if I have to explain it”

This Saturday I’m attending the New Voices Conference, a graduate student conference run out of the English Department at Georgia State University (where I’m currently enrolled). I was a bit surprised to not see it very advertised on campus, especially since they welcome (indeed, encourage) non-literary studies folks to attend. Perhaps I’ll recommend that they [...]

Flow Conference – Remodeling Television (Paper)

I’m leaving for the Flow Conference this afternoon (traveling by bus, no less). I’ve included a PDF of my response paper if you’re interested after reading the abstract/proposal from a few months agao. I’ll be tweeting from the conference as well, thanks to Chris Becker‘s generous loan of an iPod Touch (we’ll see if can [...]

Flow Conference – Remodeling Television (Abstract)

I’m happy to report that I have been accepted to this year’s Flow Conference with an abstract for the call on “Remodeling Television.” I’m very pleased with the acceptance, and excited to attend the conference (my first conference ever!), barring any financial difficulties (feel free to donate to the cause; I’ll happily accept personal checks, [...]