International Research Meeting
Cognitive Film Studies: An Introduction
(October 5-6th, 2024.)
About the project:
Project & Support System:
Hokkaido University Humanities and Human Sciences, Laboratory of Visual and Modern Culture & Creative Research Institution (L-Station) - Support System for International Research Meeting
Place:
Hokkaido University,
Sapporo Campus, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building W409. (7
Chome Kita 10 Jonishi, Kita, 060-0810)
Date:
2024. October. 5-6.
Program:
October 5th (Saturday)
13:00 – 14:30 Lecture: "Cognitive Film Theory: An Introduction" (No prior registration required)
Lecturer & Special Guest: Dr. András Bálint KOVÁCS, DSC (Department of Film Studies at ELTE University, Budapest and fellow of The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI))
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 17:30 Round-table Conference on Cognitive Film Studies (Prior registration via e-mail (mlevy002@let.hokudai.ac.jp) is open until September 20th)
Main discussion topics:
- Current trends in Film Theory (Japan, Europe and the USA)
- Interdisciplinarity in Film Studies, esp. relation to Cognitive Psychology
- 'What can the cognitive film & media theory give us' - Cognitivism and Film/video content production
October 6th (Sunday)
10:30 – 12:00 Open Seminar: "Analyzing a Motion Picture with András Bálint Kovács: The Father (2020) by Florian Zeller" (No prior registration required)
12:00 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 16:30 Presentation by Young Researchers on topics of Film Theory and/or Film Analysis (No prior registration required)
13:00 – 13:40 Ryo KATATA (Hokkaido University): Acting Style and Performances of Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes' Later Films and Television Movies
13:40 – 14:20 Saori KON (Hokkaido University): A Study of the Cognitive Value of Fiction: Reflections on Currie's Imagination-as-Simulation
14:20 – 14:35 Break
14:35 – 15:15 Daiki SUGIBAYASHI (University of Tokyo): The analysis of "Joachim, Put It in the Machine (Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje, 1974)"
15:15 – 15:55 Mitsuhiko MIURA (Hokkaido University): Raymond Bellour's Textual Analysis and the Ethics of Film Spectator
About the Lecturer & Special Guest:
Dr. András Bálint KOVÁCS, DSC
Department of Film Studies at ELTE University, Budapest
Fellow of 'The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image' (SCSMI)
"András Bálint KOVÁCS teaches film history of modern cinema, film analysis and cognitive theory of the cinema. His current research include psychological studies of viewer's reactions to causal connections in filmic narratives, psychology of perception of shot scales, and statistical analysis of film style. He has been visiting professor at the University of Stockholm, L'Université de la Nouvelle Sorbonne, École Normale Supérieure, University of California San Diego where he is a recurring visiting professor."
(András Bálint Kovács, ELTE Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Department of Film Studies)
(Publication List of András Bálint Kovács (HU))
(ELTE, Department of Film Studies)
On ''The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image':
The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) fosters interdisciplinary research within the areas of moving image history, theory, and aesthetics; cognitive science; and the philosophy of mind and art.
(SCSMI)
Access & Contact
Hokkaido University,
Sapporo Campus,
Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building W409.
7 Chome Kita 10 Jonishi, Kita, 060-0810, JAPAN
Levente, MOLNÁR
Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences/Creative Research Institution
mlevy002@let.hokudai.ac.jp
Useful Links:
- Event Information: International Research Meeting "Cognitive Film Studies: An Introduction"
- Event Information in Japanese: 国際研究集会「認知映画研究への入門」開催のお知らせ【映像・現代文化論研究室】
- Hokkaido University Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Laboratory of Visual and Modern Culture
- Hokkaido University Creative Research Institution
- Hokkaido University Creative Research Institution: Office for Developing Future Research Leaders
- JAPAN SOCIETY of IMAGE ARTS and SCIENCES
- Association for Studies of Culture and Representation
- The Japan Society for the Study of Slavic Languages and Literature