University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7
Co-hosted by the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge
About the Conference
SCSMI is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars interested in cognitive, philosophical, aesthetic, historical, psychological, neuroscientific, and evolutionary approaches to the analysis of film and other moving image media. Conference presentations will facilitate the Society’s mission: to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue between moving image theorists, historians, critics, and philosophers, and scientifically-oriented researchers working on moving image media.
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of Alberta’s Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
(1405 87 Ave NW 3 394, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9)
The campus is centrally located in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, which is one of the largest cities in western Canada. The University of Alberta is situated near the beautiful Kinsmen Park, the impressive Alberta Legislature Building, and 2 km from the city’s downtown.
Registration
You can register here, through Oxford Abstracts, at https://register.oxfordabstracts.com/event/73947?preview=false
- Auditor fees: $150 USD
- Single day pass: $40 USD/day
The conference is fully hybrid. So, registration will enable you to attend all scheduled events, either online or in person.
Program
The SCSMI 2025 Conference Program is available to download.
Free Conference Events Open To The Public
Various conference events will be open to the wider University of Alberta community and to the general public free of charge! No registration required!
These special events include:
- Wednesday, June 4 (7pm, ECHA L1-490) – An artist talk on professional screenwriting presented by author, producer, and screenwriter Josh Miller
- Friday, June 6 (4pm, ECHA L1 190) – A panel on Character Engagement and Moral Understanding facilitated by Allison Eden, Dan Levin, Carl Plantinga & Murray Smith
- Friday, June 6 (6pm) – A screening at the Metro Cinema of the celebrated film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019), followed by a Q&A with co-director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and lead actor Violet Nelson Kathleen Hepburn
- Saturday, June 7 (9am, ECHA L1-190) – A roundtable discussion of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion research and pedagogy featuring Catalin Brylla, Charles Kebaya, and Laura di Summa.
- Saturday, June 7 (1-4pm) – A workshop on field audio recording techniques hosted by the University of Alberta’s Sound Studies Institute. Participants will learn about various types of location-based audio recording practices and techniques. Spaces are limited, so register here!
- Daily keynote presentations by leading researchers from a variety of areas including:
- cognitive music theory – Bryn Hughes (University of Lethbridge)
- cognitive ethology – Alan Kingstone (University of British Columbia)
- film cognition and moral understanding – Daniel Levin (Vanderbilt University)
- music psychology – Annabel J. Cohen (University of Prince Edward Island)