The edited book by Stefanie Van de Peer won the award for best edited book from the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.

Ülo Pikkov to deliver the keynote address of the ITFS / SAS/ FMX academic symposium.

Non-Fiction Animation: Narrative Imagination and the Translation of Reality Symposium opens  Call for Papers.

The first publication focusing on student scholarship in experimental animation studies has been launched, and invites call for papers.

The 4th consecutive Conference on Graphic Design and Visual Communication of Cyprus, Graphic Stories Cyprus, opens its doors for another creative weekend from 09 – 11 of March 2018.

ASIFA-Hollywood and AEF program for the 2018 Faculty Grant programme are now open.

The complete programme for the Propaganda, Ideology and Animation at, with Theo Ushev as a guest and panels of animation professionals all over Europe.

Zippy Frames talks to Giannalberto Bendazzi about his new book in English, Twice the First: Quirino Cristiani and the Animated Feature Film.

Etiuda and Anima festival organizes, jointly with the AGH Krakow University of Science and Technology a two-day conference in Krakow, with Theo Ushev as a special guest. Extended deadline: 31 Oct

Extended deadline (8 Jan) to submit to the upcoming Society for Animation Studies conference  (Montreal, 19-21 June 2018), with "Then Now Next" as the conference topic.

A two-day forum on Chinese animation is jointly organized by Xihua University and Southwest Minzu University.

Popular Culture Association hosts a 2018 National Conference on Animation (28-31 March 2018, Indianapolis)  and invites calls for papers.