About this journal

Studies in Australasian Cinema is a scholarly journal devoted to the screen cultures of, and film scholarship from, the Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific region. The journal features academic articles focusing on current and historical trends, representations, themes, styles, debates and scholarly work from across the region's rich cinema culture. In doing so, Studies in Australasian Cinema asks: What shapes, and has shaped the contemporary filmmaking landscape and screen cultures in the region? What theoretical and critical discussions of cinema and associated formats are, and have been in the past, the most visible in Australasia? What policies, practices, modalities and technologies define Australasian cinema and associated imagemaking?

Topics on any aspect of the above might include, but are not limited to:

• Cinema and postcolonialism
• ‘National’ cinemas
• Australasian independent film-making and films/television
• Australasian global commercial film-making and films
• The representation of the region, specific countries, cultures and its peoples in global cinema, and other national screen cultures
• The local and international work of Australasian writers, directors, and actors
• Reception of Australasian films in the region and around the world – Reception
  of global films in Australasia
• Past and present cinema audiences – New approaches to Australasian film history
• Australasian film theory
• The teaching of film and screen culture in Australasia, including screen production
• Short films, Government film-making, Experimental film and Amateur film making

Studies in Australasian Cinema is published three times a year. The journal publishes general articles on a rolling basis, and frequently publishes themed issues, or collections of papers developed from regional conferences or events exploring screen history, scholarship, production or exhibition. The journal regularly includes reviews of publications, film collections, theses and festivals, as well as the Vaultage section focusing on influential texts and/ or individuals. The journal maintains a focus on commercial and independent work across the region, and changing contexts of production and reception with respect to both.

All articles in Studies in Australasian Cinema have undergone editorial screening and double anonymized peer review. Details on how to submit to the journal can be found herein the Instructions for Authors.

The editor of Studies in Australasian Cinema is Anthony Lambert. MMCCS, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2109.

Telephone: +61 (0) 28502148

Email: [email protected]

Editor

Anthony Lambert , Macquarie University

Editorial Board

Bernadette Brennan, University of Sydney

Kate Bowles, University of Wollongong

Felicity Collins, La Trobe University

Ian Conrich, University of South Australia

Ian Craven, University of Glasgow

Therese Davis, Monash University

Robert Dixon, University of Sydney

Catherine Ellis, University of New South Wales

David Ellison, Griffith University

Ben Goldsmith, Swinburne University of Technology

Ian Henderson, King's College (Founding Editor)

Catherine Kevin, Flinders University

Geoff Lealand, University of Waikato

Elizabeth McMahon, University of New South Wales

Richard Maltby, Flinders University

Nicole Moore, University of New South Wales at ADFA

Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University and University of Western Sydney

Stuart Murray, University of Leeds

Rutger Penne, International Federation of Film Archives - Fiaf

Frances Peters-Little, Australian National University

Duncan Petrie, University of York

Mohit Prasad, University of the South Pacific

Jonathon Rayner, University of Sheffield

Brigid Rooney, University of Sydney

Mark Ryan, QUT The University for the Real World, Australia

Brian Shoesmith, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh/Edith Cowan University

Catherine Simpson, Macquarie University

Richard Smith, University of Sydney

Teresia Teaiwa, Victoria University of Wellington

Graeme Turner, University of Queensland

Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University

Elizabeth Webby, University of Sydney

Lydia Wevers, Victoria University of Wellington

Janet Wilson, University of Northampton

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• You can now submit your paper via Editorial Manager. Find out more.