UNCW Hosts 2023 Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image Conference

The UNCW Department of Film Studies recently hosted the 2023 Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) Conference May 31-June 3. The event featured presentations, panels, posters and talks from leading scholars from Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America, as well as a screening and keynote from acclaimed filmmaker Kirsten Johnson.

“This is an international interdisciplinary conference of moving image theorists, historians, analysts, philosophers, scientists and artists, all working to understand the ways in which moving image media reflect, shape and are shaped by the human mind,” said Todd Berliner, professor in the Department of Film Studies.

The event alternates between Europe and North America, and this was the first time it was held in North Carolina.