Welcome to the Society for Animation Studies Homepage!

The Society for Animation Studies (SAS) is an international organization dedicated to the study of animation history and theory. It was founded by Dr. Harvey Deneroff in 1987. Each year, the SAS holds an annual conference at locations throughout the world, where members present their recent research. For more information, contact president Dr. Maureen Furniss at .

The board of directors includes:

• Maureen Furniss, California Institute of the Arts, President
• Paul Wells, Loughborough University, Vice President
• Richard J. Leskosky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Secretary-General
• André Eckardt, German Institute for Animation Film, Treasurer
• Robert Musburger, University of Houston (Retired), Treasurer
• Timo Linsenmaier, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Webmaster
• Nichola Dobson, Independent Scholar, Editor: "Animation Studies"
• Paul Ward, Bournemouth Arts Institute, UK, Member at Large
• Linda Simensky, PBS Kids, Member at Large

Benefits to members include:

• Annual conferences. The 21st Society for Animation Studies Conference, The Persistence of Animation, will be held at the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, from 10-12 July 2009. Please visit the conference website for more information.
  
• Publication of peer-reviewed conference proceedings in the Society's online journal, Animation Studies (ISSN 1930-1928).
• Listing in the "SAS Animation Experts" directory.
• The SAS Newsletter (ISSN 1930-191X), an internal news publication.
• Members-only discussion list (temporarily available at groups.yahoo.com).
• Access to the members-only section of this website.
• Discounts to festivals and other events with participating organizations.
• Discounts to journal subscriptions with participating publishers.

Currently the SAS counts more than 170 members from all over the world.
For more information, please visit the Membership section of this site.