Conferences

Past Conferences

Formations
2026 Annual Graduate Student Conference
Friday, March 6 - Saturday, March 7, 2026

Keynote Speaker: Jodie Mack (Dartmouth College)

Formations Conference 2026

Exit Signs, Signs of Exit
2025 Annual Graduate Student Conference
Friday, March 14 - Sunday, March 16, 2025

Keynote Speaker: Jean-Thomas Tremblay, York University

2025 CSI Graduate Student Conference

Fragmentation
2024 Annual Graduate Student Conference
Friday, February 2 - Saturday, February 3, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Maggie Hennefeld, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Fragmentation: CSGSU 2024 Conference

Bad Objects
2023 Annual Graduate Student Conference
Friday, March 10 - Saturday, March 11, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Cáel M. Keegan

CSGSU Conference: Bad Objects

Altered States
24th Annual Film Studies Association of Canada Graduate Colloquium
Friday, February 18 - Saturday, February 19, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Kemi Adeyemi, University of Washington

Altered States

Spectre
23rd Annual Film Studies Assocation of Canada Graduate Colloquium
Friday, January 29 - Saturday, January 30, 2021

Keynote Speaker: David Marriott, Penn State

CSGSU FSAC Graduate Colloquium January 2021

Friendship
2020 CSGSU Conference
Friday, January 31 - Saturday, February 1, 2020

Keynote Speaker: Salomé Skvirksy, University of Chicago

Friendship: 2020 CSGSU Graduate Conference

Fluidity
CSI's 2019 Graduate Conference
Friday, January 25 - Saturday, January 26, 2019

Keynote Speaker: Luka Arsenjuk, University of Maryland

Fluidity: 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference

Vanishing Points
CSI and FSAC's 2018 Graduate Colloquium
Thursday, February 15 - Saturday, February 17, 2018

Keynote Speaker: Eric Cazdyn, University of Toronto

 

The Unknown
University of Toronto Cinema Studies Conference
Friday, February 24 - Saturday, February 25, 2017

Keynote Speakers: Markos Hadjioannou, Duke University; John Greyson, York University