Call For Papers | Welcome to The 10th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film, an interdisciplinary conference held in Tokyo, Japan, from Friday, October 25, 2019 ​to Sunday, October 27, 2019.

We live in a period characterised by rises in regionalism, nationalism and authoritarianism; a time of great global uncertainty and anxiety, as well as inequality and iniquity which both reflects and drives political divide, and undermines international systems of cooperation. Clashes of identities, beliefs and ideologies are evident in academia, media and the arts, contributing to a feeling that humanity is spiralling out of control; that our relationships with each other, as well as with the earth and environment, have never been worse.

Yet, as humans, we are not conditioned by fear alone, but instead by a remarkable ingenuity, and a capacity for hope, self-reflection, activism and action. This agency to improve our own lives, and those of others, is the theme of this international conference, inviting us to consider the ways in which we contextualise and process the past, reimagining ourselves, our relationships, and our environments; driving positive change and reclaiming the future as a time we look towards with hope, and even optimism.

MediAsia2019 is organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in association with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in Osaka University, Japan.

-- Financial Support for PhD students and Early Career Academics ---

For information about the financial support IAFOR offers to PhD students and early career academics, please visit our Grants & Scholarships page. Abstracts must be submitted by August 15, 2019 in order to be considered for funding.

For enquires please contact: mediasia@iafor.org
To submit your abstract: https://mediasia.iafor.org/call-for-papers