Annabelle Honess Roe wins 2015 SAS McLaren-Lambart Award for Best Book on Animation

The Society for Animation Studies has the pleasure to announce that Animated Documentary (Palgrave, 2013) by Annabelle Honess Roe has won the delayed 2015 SAS McLaren-Lambart Award for Best Book on Animation. Animated Documentary is a vital addition to both animation scholarship and film studies scholarship more broadly, expertly achieving the tricky challenge of synthesising these two scholar...

Workshop: Thinking Animation|Thinking Software

Invitation for participants Workshop: Thinking Animation|Thinking Software 11.30-16.30 Monday 18 July 2016 School of Arts, University of Kent The workshop aims to bring together scholars (established, early career and PhD students) and practitioners interested in researching computer animation and/or using software to create animations. The purpose of the workshop is to explore critica...

Call for submissions: Norman McLaren-Evelyn Lambart award

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Image via JungleKey   ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS SOCIETY FOR ANIMATION STUDIES 2016 NORMAN McLAREN - EVELYN LAMBART AWARD   "Best Scholarly Article on Animation"   From the period of December 15, 2015 until February 28, 2016, the Society for Animation Studies is accepting for consideration critical articles dedicated to the study of animation history and/o...