In the contemporary media landscape, films are remade, television shows rebooted, and video games reimagined in a seemingly endless loop of reproduction. Reproduction, in the form of AI, was also at the heart of recent media industry labor actions. While reproduction has various meanings across media production, programming and technology, it is foundationally about efforts to extend lineages.

At Console-ing Passions 2025, we hope to initiate conversations about reproduction. The conference will take place in June 2025 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, home to artists, activists and leaders who strive to live up to the legacy of the city known as the “cradle of civil rights.” Console-ing Passions was founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media scholars and artists looking to create a space to present work and foster feminist scholarship on television, culture and identity issues. This esteemed conference is coming to Atlanta for the first time and will be hosted by the School of Film, Media and Theatre at Georgia State University.

Come hear the latest scholarship in film and media industries from 150 experts from across the world, including a keynote from Bishnu Ghosh of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ghosh is the author of "The Virus Touch: Theorizing Epidemic Media."

June 26-28, 2025 

GSU Student Center