Applications are now being solicited and accepted for the International Summer School in Visual Sociology, scheduled for Bertinoro, Italy, June 8-14, 2008. Information can be found here or by writing me at rchalfen@temple.edu

Of Interest in Visual Anthropology:

Recent Paper:

My new paper about “ghost photography” will appear as: “Shinrei Shashin: Photographs of Ghosts in Japanese Snapshots” in the July inaugural issue of Photography and Culture 1(1): 51-72 (2008)

Announcement:

The 2008 IVSA CONFERENCE will be in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 6-8, 2008, and is currently accepting abstracts for papers, presentations, films, posters, or videos on the broad theme of "SPACE, TIME and IMAGE." Submission deadline: June 1, 2008

http://www.visualsociology.org/conf_2008/