[acc-cca-l] Information on the 2025 SCSMI Conference

[Areeha Mahal]

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Hello,

I’m pleased to share details about the upcoming 2025 Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image Conference, taking place June 4 to 7 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

This international, hybrid event features keynotes, panels and workshops at the intersection of film, media, and cognitive research — along with several free public sessions open to the wider community.

Please see the full information below. We would be grateful if you could share it with your network.


SOCIETY FOR COGNITIVE STUDIES OF THE MOVING IMAGE

2025 CONFERENCE

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7


Co-hosted by the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge

[https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeu0UQDYwzBsfdqg4dpdRQvWANFROg8_--F7WtIlgNjAs4QuZ17q7fSE1kkJGyjaXIB_HOo1-MD3qxe2fnEybnnUn0afq50OFhWlftvD6iFp0CxZSTm25E4upL5AmejtP1WbiJa4A?key=Y0FkbP4uCMgu77TQXiXkwA]


About the Conference

SCSMI<https://scsmi-online.org/> 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<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Edmonton+Clinic+Health+Academy,+11405+87+Ave+NW,+Edmonton,+AB+T6G+1C9/@53.5213969,-113.5314083,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x53a021f452d8f27d:0x8bb9cff87bb7419e!8m2!3d53.5213938!4d-113.5265374!16s%2Fg%2F1tczdlb7?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D>)


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 <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WR5M8MjusKVRV-LYKfe3I5u63k-gOkeR/view?usp=sharing> 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

<https://joshmillerscript.com/>

  *   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<https://metrocinema.org/production/the-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open/> 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<https://soundstudies.ca/>. Participants will learn about various types of location-based audio recording practices and techniques. Spaces are limited, so register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch1yyLhD8T43R5mAesRkn03S9llk4mLmtMk0LA5toDPKeCVA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107263913729113147083>!


  *   Daily keynote presentations by leading researchers from a variety of areas including:

     *   cognitive music theory - Bryn Hughes<https://www.ulethbridge.ca/welcome-university-lethbridge/profile/dr-bryn-hughes> (University of Lethbridge)

     *   cognitive ethology - Alan Kingstone<https://psych.ubc.ca/profile/alan-kingstone/> (University of British Columbia)

     *   film cognition and moral understanding - Daniel Levin<https://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/daniel-levin> (Vanderbilt University)

     *   music psychology - Annabel J. Cohen<https://musicog.discoveryspace.ca/director> (University of Prince Edward Island)

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