Panel 16: 9:00am-11:40am, May 4 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation Research, Education, and Publication in Mainland China (in Chinese), chaired by Weihua Wu, Communication University of China, PRC     “A Brief History of Animation Theory in Mainland China,” NIE Xinru East China Normal University, PRC   “How Animation Research Institutes in China Promote the Development of Chinese Animation,” ZHONG Yuanbo , … Continue reading Panel 16: 9:00am-11:40am, May 4 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation Research, Education, and Publication in Mainland China (in Chinese), chaired by Weihua Wu, Communication University of China, PRC →

Panel 15: 9:00am-11:40pm, May 3 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Border-Crossings: Chinese/Japanese Animation, chaired by Sharalyn Orbaugh, University of British Columbia, Canada            “Anime in China and ‘Connective’ Memory in East Asia,” Alexander Zahlten , Harvard University, USA “Mochinaga Tadahito and the Question of Chinese, Japanese, and American Animation,” Jason Cody Douglass , Yale University, USA … Continue reading Panel 15: 9:00am-11:40pm, May 3 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Border-Crossings: Chinese/Japanese Animation, chaired by Sharalyn Orbaugh, University of British Columbia, Canada  →

Panel 14: 9:00am-11:40am, April 27 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Chinese Animation and Live Action, chaired by Jason McGrath, University of Minnesota, USA “From Animation to Martial Arts: Toward the Transcendence of False Movements,” Jinying Li , Brown University, USA “The Promise of Flying: Flash Animation in Jia Zhangke’s The World,” Wendy Larson , University of Oregon, USA “Interacting with … Continue reading Panel 14: 9:00am-11:40am, April 27 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Chinese Animation and Live Action, chaired by Jason McGrath, University of Minnesota, USA →

Panel 13: 9:00am-11:40am, April 26 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Animation and Cartoon in China, chaired by Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia, Canada      “The Twinning of Chinese Animation and Cartooning,” John A. Lent , Temple University, USA “Hua Junwu’s Cartoons and the Unmaking of National-Style Animation,” Muyang Zhuang , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong … Continue reading Panel 13: 9:00am-11:40am, April 26 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Animation and Cartoon in China, chaired by Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia, Canada  →

Panel 10: 9:00am-11:40am, April 13 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Digitality, CGI, and VR Animation in China, chaired by Yomi Braester, University of Washington, Seattle, USA    “Chimeric Animation,” Yiman Wang , University of California, Santa Cruz, USA “Digital Animation and CGI in Twenty-first Century Chinese Prescriptive Realism,” Jason McGrath , University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA “CGI Ink-Painting Animation … Continue reading Panel 10: 9:00am-11:40am, April 13 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Digitality, CGI, and VR Animation in China, chaired by Yomi Braester, University of Washington, Seattle, USA →

Panel 9: 9:00am-11:40am, April 12 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Theorizing Chinese Animation and the World, chaired by Alex Zahlten, Harvard University, USA “Beyond the Great Divide: Asian Animation and the Future of Animation Studies,” Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto , Waseda University, Japan “On the Value of Anime Studies for Chinese Animation Studies,” Marc Steinberg , Concordia University, Canada  “Suspended Animation,” Daisy Yan … Continue reading Panel 9: 9:00am-11:40am, April 12 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Theorizing Chinese Animation and the World, chaired by Alex Zahlten, Harvard University, USA →

Some conference participants have violated the viewing regulations and photographed and/or video-recorded the early animated films shared by the China Film Archive at the online Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies on March 2, 2021. If you see anyone showing and circulating these images in public without authorization, please email us immediately … Continue reading Copyright Issues Related to the China Film Archive, Panel 2 →

Panel 8: 9:00am-11:40am, March 30 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Chinese Animation, Children, and Adults, chaired by Wendy Larson, University of Oregon, USA “Animation as a History of Childhood in Late 20th Century and Early 21st Century China,” Stephi Hemelryk Donald , Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia & Bin Fang , Beijing Normal University, PRC  “Animation and Technologies of Mobility: Internationalism and … Continue reading Panel 8: 9:00am-11:40am, March 30 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Chinese Animation, Children, and Adults, chaired by Wendy Larson, University of Oregon, USA →

Panel 7: 9:00am-11:50am, March 29 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Animators’ Perspectives: Women and Independent Animation (in English and Chinese), chaired by Yiman Wang, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA     “Re-archiving Forgetfulness: How Women Artists Evoke Memories in the Collaboration of Independent Animation,” Maggie Chunning Guo , Renmin University of China, PRC “In the Name of Love,” CHEN Hailu , East … Continue reading Panel 7: 9:00am-11:50am, March 29 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Animators’ Perspectives: Women and Independent Animation (in English and Chinese), chaired by Yiman Wang, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA →

Panel 4: 9:00am-12:10pm, March 9 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation in Socialist China, chaired by Stephi Hemelryk Donald, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia  “Toy Country: Playful Innovation in Socialist Chinese Puppet Animation,” Linda C. Zhang , University of California-Berkeley, USA “Sonic ‘National Style’ in Socialist Chinese Animation Films,” Ling Zhang , State University of New York Purchase College, USA “Animated … Continue reading Panel 4: 9:00am-12:10pm, March 9 (Tuesday, Hong Kong time), Animation in Socialist China, chaired by Stephi Hemelryk Donald, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia  →