Panel 3: 9:00am-11:40am, March 8 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Early Animation and Cartoons before 1949, chaired by Yingjin Zhang, University of California, San Diego, USA       “Kamishibai in Wartime China,” Sharalyn Orbaugh , University of British Columbia, Canada    “Metamorphosis: ‘Three Hairs’ from Newspaper to Big Screen,” Zhen Zhang , New York University, USA “Reality and Seriality in Zhang Leping’s … Continue reading Panel 3: 9:00am-11:40am, March 8 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Early Animation and Cartoons before 1949, chaired by Yingjin Zhang, University of California, San Diego, USA →

Panel 1: 9:00am-11:45am, March 1 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Keynote Speeches, chaired by Daisy Yan Du, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR 9:00-9:15am: Opening Remarks, Daisy Yan Du, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Welcome Speech, Kellee Tsai, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Welcome Speech, Andrew Cohen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  … Continue reading Panel 1: 9:00am-11:45am, March 1 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Keynote Speeches, ACAS Inaugural Conference →

The inaugural conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies (ACAS), originally scheduled to be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in May 2020, is highly likely to be conducted virtually via Zoom from Feb to May in 2021. The virtual panels will be scheduled on weekends when we are free … Continue reading Call for Papers: The Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, Zoom, Spring 2021   →

The inaugural conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies was postponed to May 10-13, 2021. It will be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  Share This:

Dai Tielang, widely known as the “father” of Police Chief Black Cat (Heimao jingzhang, TV animation series, 1984-1987), passed away on September 4, 2019 at the age of 89. Dai was born in Singapore in 1930. He graduated from the Animation Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1953 and joined the Shanghai Animation Film Studio … Continue reading Dai Tielang (1930-2019) Passed Away on September 4, 2019 →

The event will be held at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong (address: Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, 852 Kowloon, Hong Kong). Speakers: Peter Benz (Baptist University, Hong Kong) Verina Gfader (University of Applied Arts, Vienna / Animate Assembly, London) Max Hattler (School of … Continue reading Experimental Animation and the Bauhaus Legacy, 9am-6pm, 14 Sep, 2019, Hong Kong →

The inaugural conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies will be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on May 11-14, 2020. The official language is English. The conference will be held every 3-4 years. There will be two keynote speakers for each conference: one from China studies, and one from … Continue reading ACAS Inaugural Conference: May 11-14, 2020, Hong Kong →