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 .

Benefits to members include:

• Annual conferences. The 22st Society for Animation Studies Conference, Animation Evolution, will be held at the Edinburgh College of Art from 9-11th July 2010. 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 200 members from all over the world. For more information, please visit the Membership section of this site. The SAS is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.