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Having trouble? Click here to view this email in your browser. november 2016 Newsletter Conference News Announcing the 2017 Call for Papers & Artistic Work — Venice International University, San Servolo, Venice, Italy Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters, or colloquia are invited for the Eighth International Conference on the Image, to be held alongside the 57th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, 31 October-1 November 2017 at Venice International University, San Servolo, Venice, Italy. We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. To view the conference themes, please visit the conference website. The deadline for the current round of submissions to the conference Call for Papers (a title and short abstract) is 31 December 2016. To submit your proposal, please click here. We also invite conference participants to submit artistic work for the 2017 Image Conference Pop-Up Exhibition to be held 31 October-1 November 2017 alongside the Eighth International Conference on the Image. For more details regarding submission guidelines and proposals, please visit the Call for Entries section. Registration Deadline  Advance Registration Deadline — 31 January 2017 We are working to develop a rich and distinctive conference program for the 2017 conference. If you plan to present at the conference, register with Advance Registration to receive a discount towards your registration and placement in the first announcement of the conference schedule. Advance Registration is open until 31 January 2017. Visit our Registration page to complete your registration.  Returning Member Registration  Delegates who have participated in any past International Conferences on the Image are eligible to register with the Returning Member registration rate. For more information or to complete your member registration, visit the conference registration page. Publishing News New Journal Issue Available We are pleased to announce the publication of The International Journal of the Image, Volume 7, Issue 3. This issue features the following articles: • "Framing the 'Weird Body' in Contemporary Greek Cinema: Dogtooth," pp. 1-8, by Ina Karkani • "The Archetypal Images in the Scientific and Technological Imaginary in the Mass Culture," pp. 13-23, by Silvio Anaz • "Kinetic Displacement in Amiel Courtin-Wilson's 'Hail'," pp. 25-31, by Felicity Ford  • "Amateur Archives: The Uses of Public and Private Archives in a Digital World," pp. 33-44, by Kyler Clarke Zeleny •   "Cognitive Science, Photography, and Narrative: Introductory Thoughts on an Unexplored Nexus," pp. 45-53, by Greg Battye  • "Everything is (Not) Awesome: Critique and Embrace of Ideology in The Lego Movie," pp. 55-63, by John Daniel Holloway   • "The Tension Between 'Mind' and 'Brain' in Biomedical Imaging: Shifting Notions of Personhood," pp. 65-72, by Diane Zeeuw