Film Matters is pleased to announce a new academic partnership with Chapman University in Orange, California. Starting with issue 12.2 (2021), Chapman University will joint edit six issues — FM 12.2 (2021), FM 13.2 (2022), FM 14.2 (2023), FM 15.2 (2024), FM 16.2 (2025), and FM 17.2 (2026) — along with the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), providing peer-reviewed and edited content according to set themes (the first theme, CFP 12.2, will be on “The Monstrous”). Kelli Fuery, Associate Professor in Film Studies at Chapman University, will serve as the new Special Issues Editor, leading the Chapman effort in this initiative. Fuery brings plenty of Film Matters experience to this project, having guest edited a dossier on screened violence for issue 8.1 (2017) as well as the entire issue 9.2 (2018) on neglected cinemas and post-global politics. She also served as a judge for the Masoud Yazdani Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Film Scholarship in 2017.
Kelli Fuery is Associate Professor of Film Studies in Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. Her publications include: Visual Cultures and Critical Theory (co-authored, 2003), New Media: Culture and Image (2008), and Wilfred Bion, Thinking and Emotional Experience with Moving Images (2018). Her research focuses on psychoanalytic and philosophical approaches to film and media, exploring issues of embodiment, theories of power, cultural identity politics, affect and emotion. Her current project examines Simone de Beauvoir’s theory of ambiguity in relation to women’s filmmaking.
Chapman University’s mission is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical, and productive lives as global citizens. The BA in Film Studies at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts offers a comprehensive study of film, exploring historical, critical, and theoretical aspects of cinema, engaging with global and diverse filmmakers to consider inclusive perspectives on the art of the moving image.
Students wanting to submit papers for Chapman’s themed calls will use specialtopicsfilmmatters AT gmail.com for submissions and inquiries; while students seeking UNCW’s standard open calls will still use futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com. East Coast to West Coast, Film Matters is excited to expand its outreach to undergraduate students writing and thinking about film. Chapman and UNCW look forward to hearing from you!
