Call for Papers & Conference Presentations: CINESONIKA 4 – The Fourth International Conference & Festival of the Soundtrack Venue: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia Dates: July 8-10th, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Amy Herzog (Queens College, CUNY) author of 'Dreams of Difference, Songs of the Same: The Musical Moment in Film' and co-editor of 'The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media' We are seeking multi-disciplinary contributions on sound in relation to the moving image. Media thinkers, film scholars, art historians, performance theorists, composers, filmmakers, sound practitioners, multimedia semioticians, philosophers of perception – we invite these and others to submit proposals for 20 minute panel presentations. All accepted presentations will be considered for inclusion in The Soundtrack academic journal if expanded into papers and submitted for peer review (1000-3000 words for short articles, 5000-6000 words for long papers). Submitting to the Conference: Please write "Cinesonika 4 Abstract" in the subject heading. Deadline for Abstracts (under 500 words): June 1 2014 Please submit your abstract and short bio both as an attachment (.doc or .pdf) and also pasted into the body of your email submission, to submit@cinesonika.com LINK: http://www.cinesonika.com