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IAFOR Grant and Scholarship Recipients: The 6th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2025)
We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 6th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2025) to be held between November 04–08, 2025.
Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing: KAMC/MediAsia2024
The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2024) was held alongside The 15th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2024) in Kyoto, Japan, from October 15-19, 2024. The event welcomed over 350 delegates from more than 40 countries and invited keynote speakers from Hokkaido University, Japan, the University of South Florida, United States, …
Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing: KAMC/MediAsia2025
The 6th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2025) and The 16th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2025) took place in one of the major cultural hearts of Japan. Kyoto is one of the country’s most storied and beautiful cities, and was once the capital of Japan for over a thousand years …
IAFOR Grant and Scholarship Recipients: The 5th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2024)
We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 5th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2024) to be held in Kyoto, Japan, between October 15-19, 2024. In total, we received 81 scholarship applications. Launched in 2016, IAFOR’s grants and scholarships programme provides financial support to PhD students and …
Accepted Presentations
One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of August 6, 2025, KAMC2025 has received over 500 submissions from 60 countries and territories – including: Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, the United States, and Vietnam. The following submissions have been accepted for presentation at …
IAFOR Grant and Scholarship Recipients: The 4th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2023)
We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 4th Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2023) to be held in Kyoto, Japan between October 10-13, 2023. In total, we received 116 scholarship applications. Launched in 2016, IAFOR’s grants and scholarships programme provides financial support to PhD students and …
Cultural Visit to Kiyomizu-dera
On Wednesday, October 19, IAFOR will be hosting a cultural visit to Kiyomizu-dera, one of the most famous and celebrated temples in Japan. Founded in 778 AD, the temple is a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, and is considered a must-see location for those visiting Kyoto for the first time. The temple contains buildings from …
News Media and the World
A student panel from the Osaka School of Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University will present “News Media and the World” at The 3rd Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2022) and The 13th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2022). The panel will be moderated by Organising Committee member Virgil Hawkins of …
Challenges Faced by Media Covering the Asia-Pacific: An Interview with David Robie
“Challenges Faced by Media Covering the Asia-Pacific”, a Featured Interview of acclaimed journalist David Robie, has been announced for The 3rd Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2022) and The 13th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2022). The interview will be conducted by Organising Committee member Nasya Bahfen of La Trobe University, …
Revisiting Keisuke Kinoshita through a Queer Lens
“Revisiting Keisuke Kinoshita through a Queer Lens” by Yutaka Kubo of Kanazawa University, Japan, has been announced as a keynote to be presented at The 3rd Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2022), which will be held alongside The 13th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2022), October 17–20, 2022. The KAMC/MediAsia2022 Organising …