In-person Symposium, held at Edinburgh College of Art Hosted by Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh & Abertay University, Dundee in association with CoSTAR Realtime Labs 29th & 30Th August 2024 As new developments in computing have led to the promise/threat of games and animation generated in minutes by AI, there has been …
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our ‘Small Nations’ Symposium! In-person tickets are very limited and will close midnight October 23rd. Online tickets are purchasable until 10am November 4th, the morning of the event. Full programming details to follow. Click here to register. Hosted by Animation Research Network Scotland at …
“Thank you to all who have submitted a proposal for our upcoming Small Nations Symposium. We’ve seen some excellent and diverse work come our way so far, which we’re eager to see, screen, and share with you this November. Yet, it seems there may be room for more, and so, by popular demand, we’ve decided to …
‘Small Nations’ Symposium will be a hybrid event hosted by Animation Research Network Scotland at Edinburgh College of Art on the 5th and 6th of November 2022. This two-day conference intends to consider how nations and nationhood might influence or affect animation production and content. Duncan Petrie has theorised the state of the Scottish film …
We are pleased to announced we will welcome Leverhulme Visiting Professor Eric Dyer to present his work at Edinburgh College of Art on Thursday the 7th of April at 4pm. Tickets are very limited and can be booked via Eventbrite. Professor Dyer (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) is internationally recognised as a world leader in …
Raz Greenberg Raz Greenberg is an animation researcher and a teaching fellow at the Tel Aviv University. Among his areas of research are the history and definition of animation – especially the influence that different forms of animation, as stop motion, have on other forms, as hand-drawn animation. He is the author of “Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the …
Bernhard Schmitt Bernhard Schmitt is an assistant professor at the school of Art, Design and Media of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Since his graduation from Mainz University of Applied Science Bernhard has worked as animator and animation rigger for a variety of international studios, notably Walt Disney Animation and Aardman Animations. As screenwriter, director …
Katherine O’Connor Katherine has taught animation for nearly twenty years at Teesside University and specialises in 2D and stop-motion animation. Currently studying a practice based PhD her work explores links between the Uncanny and Foucault’s Spaces of Otherness. Her most recent conference publications have examined the heterotopic nature of animation as well as the ‘hiding’ place of the uncanny within the animated form, this paper aims to build on this research, looking at …
Maitane Junguitu Dronda Maitane Junguitu worked as a teacher and researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Her research subject is the historical development of commercial animated cinema from the Basque Country, specifically, the features directed by Juanba Berasategi. The proposed paper goes deep on the context of production and interpretation of Pos …
Rayna Denison Dr Rayna Denison is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of East Anglia in the UK. She is a specialist in contemporary Japanese cinema and animation and is the author of Anime: A Critical Introduction. She has also edited two collections: the Eisner Award-nominated …
