Conference
2012 Conference
Sarah Lawrence College and New York University
June 13-16
Sarah Lawrence College
Preliminary Conference Program
Click here to download the preliminary conference program as a PDF document.
Registration
Click here to pre-register.
The deadline for online pre-registration is May 19th, 2012. After May 19th, pre-registration closes, no refunds are possible, and the higher Onsite Registration and Banquet Rates apply.
If you are presenting a paper and are not currently a member of SCSMI, please join SCSMI by clicking this link before registering for the conference.
The conference will begin with lunch at 12pm at Sarah Lawrence College on Wednesday June 13th and continue at Sarah Lawrence through the evening of Friday June 15th when celebrated avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs will screen some of his recent 3D films. On Saturday June 16th, the final day of the conference, a bus will transport attendees staying at Sarah Lawrence and nearby hotels to New York University for a full day of paper presentations, the keynote address by Noël Carroll, and a banquet, which will conclude the conference. Following the banquet, a bus will transport attendees back to Sarah Lawrence and nearby hotels.
The pre-registration rate includes a buffet lunch on Wednesday June 13th, Thursday 14th, and Friday 15th; continental breakfast on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th, and Saturday 16th; a shuttle service between nearby hotels and Sarah Lawrence College; transport between Sarah Lawrence College and New York University on Saturday June 16th; and guest speakers. The pre-registration rate does NOT include the closing conference banquet at New York University on Saturday June 16th. To attend the banquet, you must purchase a separate ticket, which you can do on the pre-registration page.
Guidelines for Presentations
To give a paper at the 2012 SCSMI conference, the presenter must be a current member of the Society. If you have had a paper accepted for presentation at the conference and are not currently a member, please register at this link.
Papers at the 2012 SCSMI conference will be twenty-five minutes in length, followed by a twenty-five minute question and answer period. The twenty-five-minute presentation time includes all audio-visual extracts.
If you have any questions or any special needs or requests, you may email the SCSMI Conference Program Committee at mturvey@sarahlawrence.edu.
Conference Venues
The 2012 SCSMI conference will be held at two venues in New York:
Wednesday June 13-Friday June 15
Heimbold Visual Arts CenterSarah Lawrence College1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708
Sarah Lawrence is a private, coeducational liberal arts college (1,200 students) occupying 40 wooded acres in southern Westchester County, just one-half hour north of New York City by train or car. There are restaurants, bars and cafes within walking distance, and a variety of hotels within a 10 mile radius. Information about the venue can be found at: http://www.slc.edu/about/campus/academic-arts/Heimbold_Visual_Arts_Center.html and http://www.slc.edu/about/visit/index.html.
Saturday June 16
Department of Cinema StudiesTisch School of the Arts
New York University
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
On the morning of the final day of the conference, buses will transport conference participants from Sarah Lawrence College to the Cinema Studies department at New York University. One of the largest private universities in the United States (40,000 students), NYU is centered around Washington Square in the heart of Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan. A day of paper presentations will be followed by a guest speaker, a reception, and a closing banquet (for an additional fee). Buses will then transport participants back to Sarah Lawrence (about 30 minutes each way). Information about the venue can be found at: http://cinema.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html and http://www.nyu.edu/about/visitor-information.html
Travel
Sarah Lawrence College is located in the small town of Bronxville in southern Westchester county in New York state, about 30 minutes north of New York City by car and train. It is easily accessible from New York City’s 3 major airports: La Guardia, John F. Kennedy, and Newark (in New Jersey). Express buses run directly from all 3 airports to Grand Central station in midtown Manhattan (see http://www.nyairportservice.com/ for schedules and prices). From Grand Central station, Metro-North trains run north on the blue Harlem line to Bronxville station twice an hour during the day (see http://www.mta.info/mnr/ for schedules and prices). The college is a 5 minute taxi ride from Bronxville station (approximately $5).
Alternatively, there are a number of shuttle companies that will take you directly from the airport to the college. We recommend Greenworld Taxi (see http://www.greenworldtaxi.com/ for reservations and prices). For those driving themselves, detailed directions can be found on the college’s website: http://www.slc.edu/about/visit/index.html.
Accommodation
On-Campus Single Student Dormitory Bedrooms and Suites
Sarah Lawrence has single student dormitory bedrooms available for $60 per night (2 night minimum stay) in 3 or 4 bedroom suites, with one shared bathroom per suite. For those who do not wish to share, a limited number of single suites are available for $100 per night (2 night minimum stay).
Each bedroom is equipped with a dresser, desk and twin bed. Guests are required to make their own beds upon arrival. In each room, Sarah Lawrence will provide: one unfitted sheet, one pillow case, one pillow, one blanket, one bath towel, lamp, trash can, paper bathmat and one bar of soap. Guests must bring their own hangers, mattress pads, extra pillows and additional towels. All rooms are non-smoking. Please note: the on-campus dining hall will be open during the evening for dinner. Alternatively, the college is 10 minutes walking distance from Bronxville, where there are restaurants, bars and supermarkets.
If you would like to reserve a dormitory bedroom in a shared suite ($60 per night), or an entire suite to yourself ($100 per night), please contact me directly at mturvey@slc.edu, letting me know when you plan to arrive and depart. If you wish to share a suite, please let me know if there are people you would like to share with.
Off-Campus Hotels
Please note the deadlines of April 30 and May 12 for group rate registration at the hotels. Details follow.
Bronxville, where Sarah Lawrence is located, is a small town and contains no hotels. We have therefore secured conference rates at the two nearest hotels 5 miles away in New Rochelle, which is also about 30 minutes north of New York City by car or train (from Grand Central station, Metro-North trains run north on the red New Haven line to New Rochelle station twice an hour during the day).
A shuttle will transport conference participants from these hotels to Sarah Lawrence in the morning and back again in the evening. At all other times, participants will be responsible for traveling between the hotels and the college. The price of a taxi from New Rochelle to the college is approximately $27 one-way.
Participants may instead wish to find and reserve a room at a hotel in New York City and travel to and from Bronxville by train or car each day.
When reserving a room at one of the two hotels in New Rochelle, please call the phone number listed below and quote the reservation code.
Residence Inn by Marriott, New Rochelle35 LeCount Place
New Rochelle, New York 10801
Reservations: (914) 636-7888 http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hpnri-residence-inn-new-rochelle/
Conference rate: $189 per night plus tax (includes breakfast); group code: “SCSC”; group rate registration deadline, 30 April.
This hotel is located in downtown New Rochelle, close to restaurants, bars and a cinema.
Radisson Hotel New RochelleOne Radisson Plaza
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Reservations: (914) 576-3700 http://www.radisson.com/new-rochelle-hotel-ny-10801/nyrochel
Conference rate: $139 per night; Group Code: 1206SCSGRO; group rate registration deadline, May 12.
This hotel is located within walking distance of downtown New Rochelle, which has restaurants, bars and a cinema.