The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Singapore announces a call for papers for its 21st conference, to be held in Malaysia in July 2012. Several cultural themes proposed.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2012

The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Singapore, is proud to announce its 21st Annual Conference, in conjunction with its 40th anniversary, to be held in partnership with the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). The conference will be held from July 11-14, 2012, at Hotel Concorde, Shah Alam, Malaysia.

The theme of the conference is "Forty Years of Media and Communication in Asia: Retrospect, Introspect and Prospects". The conference invites abstracts, papers, panel proposals and media presentations for consideration. Pre-conference capacity building workshops will also be held on July 10 ,2012, and proposals are also invited for topics and themes for these workshops.

Culture related topics offered as themes include:

• Communication and Culture


• Independent, National and Asian Cinema


• Culture and Critical Studies


• Film Studies

Download the pdf Call for papers for the full list of proposed topics and other details of the call