AustLit

'Across its history of four decades or more, a crucial component in the formation and maintenance of film studies in Australia has been the local and international exchange of ideas and critical formations facilitated by film studies (and associated) conferences and related organisations, including the Australian Screen Studies Association conferences and antecedents (ASSA, 1978–86), the biennial conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand and its precursors (FHAANZ, 1981–2015), the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia annual conferences (CSAA, 1991–present), and most recently, the biennial conference of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (SSAAANZ 2016-present). (Editorial introduction)