ASIAN CINEMA RESEARCH LAB

Research Seminars

The ACR Lab’s Book Talks and Lecture Series will feature some of the most recent scholarly publications and new research projects in Asian cinema and media studies. Through these book talks and lectures, we will interact and discuss different issues in Asian Cinema and media studies.

Book Talks

Past Book Talk

“Alluring Monsters”

Date: 12 November 2021 (Friday), 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Leslie Barnes (Australian National University) and Joseph Mai (Clemson University) will discuss their book “The Cinema of Rithy Panh” with contributors Khatharya Um (UC Berkeley), Jennifer Cazenave (Boston University), Raya Morag (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and Lindsay French (RISD), an opening address by Mariam B. Lam (UC Riverside), and moderated by Darlene Espena (Singapore Management University).

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Past Book Talk

“The Cinema of Rithy Panh”

Date: 12 November 2021 (Friday), 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Leslie Barnes (Australian National University) and Joseph Mai (Clemson University) will discuss their book “The Cinema of Rithy Panh” with contributors Khatharya Um (UC Berkeley), Jennifer Cazenave (Boston University), Raya Morag (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and Lindsay French (RISD), an opening address by Mariam B. Lam (UC Riverside), and moderated by Darlene Espena (Singapore Management University).

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Past Book Talk

“City of Screens”

Date: 5 November 2021 (Friday), 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Jasmine Nadua Trice (Associate Professor, UCLA) will introduce her new book “City of Screens: Imagining Audiences in Manila’s Alternative Film Culture” and discuss it with Patrick F. Campos (Associate Professor, UP Diliman).

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Past Book Talk

Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India

Date: 16 July 2021 (Friday), 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Lalitha Gopalan (the University of Texas in Austin) will introduce her new book Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital Asia, the first book on independent filmmaking in India

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Past Book Talk

Translating Calligraphy

Date: 18 June 2021 (Friday), 11:00am – 12:30pm (GMT +8)
Markus Nornes (University of Michigan) will introduce his new book Brushed in Light: Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema.

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Past Book Talk

Asian Cinema: A Regional View

Date: 26 March 2021 (Friday), 10:30am – 12:30pm (GMT +8)
Olivia Khoo discusses her new book, Asian Cinema: A Regional View. The book examines the transformations that have occurred Asia’s film industries in the last 30 years. From bilateral co-production agreements to pan- Asian financing, Asian cinema has assumed a regional identity beyond its constituent national cinemas.

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Past Book Talk

Under The Red Dot: A Phenomenology Of Singapore Cinema

Date: 19 February 2021 (Friday), 11:00am – 12:30pm (GMT +8)
Gerald Sim (Florida Atlantic University) will introduce his new book Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability (Amsterdam University Press, 2020). (Korean Film Archive)

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ACR Lab Lecture Series