BAFTSS Adaptation SIG
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The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.
We've just sent round details of our Spring Schedule for the SIG but our next event is 18th February on Adaptation and Franchises with @polinazelm.bsky.social and Seren Rose Sonnell. DM if you didn't get the email and want the zoom link.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
We've just sent round details of our Spring Schedule for the SIG but our next event is 18th February on Adaptation and Franchises with @polinazelm.bsky.social and Seren Rose Sonnell. DM if you didn't get the email and want the zoom link.
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The LFA/AAS 2026 Conference programme for Feb 19/20 is done - great papers (as you can see from a snapshot of some of the Friday panels below). I'll be speaking about mental health/adaptation. If you'd like the full programme, DM me. And to sign up, here's the link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The LFA/AAS 2026 Conference programme for Feb 19/20 is done - great papers (as you can see from a snapshot of some of the Friday panels below). I'll be speaking about mental health/adaptation. If you'd like the full programme, DM me. And to sign up, here's the link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We sent round details of our next Adaptation SIG event - December 17th, 2-3pm. 'Adaptation and Remakes' featuring @drdjohnston.bsky.social and @rosemaryaj.bsky.social - if you haven't got the email and want to come along, DM us!
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We sent round details of our next Adaptation SIG event - December 17th, 2-3pm. 'Adaptation and Remakes' featuring @drdjohnston.bsky.social and @rosemaryaj.bsky.social - if you haven't got the email and want to come along, DM us!
Loads of great books here on adaptation here!
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Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
This series addresses how adaptation functions as a principal mode of text production in visual culture. What makes the series distinctive is its focus on ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Loads of great books here on adaptation here!
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📢 Tomorrow (Tues 2 Dec) is @stinaface.bsky.social's online book launch for 'Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture' 👇
Email or DM me or Christina for the online link :)
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MHHums #MedHums
Email or DM me or Christina for the online link :)
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MHHums #MedHums
Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture
This book explores contemporary cultural narratives across film, television, and literature to illuminate the way male mental illness is positioned
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December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 Tomorrow (Tues 2 Dec) is @stinaface.bsky.social's online book launch for 'Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture' 👇
Email or DM me or Christina for the online link :)
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MHHums #MedHums
Email or DM me or Christina for the online link :)
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MHHums #MedHums
Tomorrow!
Our next SIG event is Wednesday 26th November at 3-4pm on Adaptation and Industry with @faywinfield.bsky.social and Christopher Hogg. DM for the zoom link if you've not found it in your inbox.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tomorrow!
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Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture
This book explores contemporary cultural narratives across film, television, and literature to illuminate the way male mental illness is positioned
link.springer.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Our next SIG event is Wednesday 26th November at 3-4pm on Adaptation and Industry with @faywinfield.bsky.social and Christopher Hogg. DM for the zoom link if you've not found it in your inbox.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Our next SIG event is Wednesday 26th November at 3-4pm on Adaptation and Industry with @faywinfield.bsky.social and Christopher Hogg. DM for the zoom link if you've not found it in your inbox.
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👉 👉 The call is HERE for AAS 2026: Adaptation and Aurality, hosted by Burman University in beautiful Alberta, Canada!
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
👉 👉 The call is HERE for AAS 2026: Adaptation and Aurality, hosted by Burman University in beautiful Alberta, Canada!
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026
Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
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This Wednesday (22nd) there will be a webinar for the Unspool collection - all about time loops onscreen, online at 4pm (BST). I'll be taking part, talking about Russian Doll, as well as @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social and others! Registration link is here: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This Wednesday (22nd) there will be a webinar for the Unspool collection - all about time loops onscreen, online at 4pm (BST). I'll be taking part, talking about Russian Doll, as well as @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social and others! Registration link is here: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tomorrow!
A reminder that our first event - Adaptation and AI - with @huntressleine.bsky.social and Reece Goodall - is next Weds 15th at 2pm (online) - DM us for the link!
October 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tomorrow!
A reminder that our first event - Adaptation and AI - with @huntressleine.bsky.social and Reece Goodall - is next Weds 15th at 2pm (online) - DM us for the link!
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A reminder that our first event - Adaptation and AI - with @huntressleine.bsky.social and Reece Goodall - is next Weds 15th at 2pm (online) - DM us for the link!
We'll shortly be putting a call out for the BAFTSS SIG Panel next April in Bournemouth - check your inboxes this afternoon. If you didn't get it, but would like to be on the panel, get in touch.
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We'll shortly be putting a call out for the BAFTSS SIG Panel next April in Bournemouth - check your inboxes this afternoon. If you didn't get it, but would like to be on the panel, get in touch.
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The next event for the MHHRN is on the 30th Oct at 4pm -ONLINE - Television and Mental Health featuring @veronicaheney.bsky.social and @rob-lawson.bsky.social talking - DM us for the Zoom link! We're looking forward to it.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The next event for the MHHRN is on the 30th Oct at 4pm -ONLINE - Television and Mental Health featuring @veronicaheney.bsky.social and @rob-lawson.bsky.social talking - DM us for the Zoom link! We're looking forward to it.
Today!
Just about one week until To Be Continued 5! See here lists of adaptation and seriality panels, speakers, & presentation titles. Free registration here: ubalt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today!
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Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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To Be Continued 5 Defining, Producing, Performing, Consuming, and Theorizing Serials and Adaptations A Zoom Symposium, 18–19 September 2025 Organizers: Julie Grossman (Le Moyne College), Thomas Leitch...
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August 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Have sent round an email about getting involved in upcoming events for the SIG later this year - if you'd like to be involved but didn't get the email, get in touch!
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Have sent round an email about getting involved in upcoming events for the SIG later this year - if you'd like to be involved but didn't get the email, get in touch!
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The latest issue of Lit/Film Quarterly has a great line up, and also features my article on 'The Work of Adaptation' where I use Haynes' May December to think through approaches to adaptation. lfq.salisbury.edu#gsc.tab=0
Literature/Film Quarterly
Founded in 1973 by Jim Welsh and Tom Erskine, the journal has for over forty years served as a forum for scholars and writers to discuss, debate, and articulate various ways of conceptualizing adaptat...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The latest issue of Lit/Film Quarterly has a great line up, and also features my article on 'The Work of Adaptation' where I use Haynes' May December to think through approaches to adaptation. lfq.salisbury.edu#gsc.tab=0
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I hope scholars interested in adaptation studies will consider submitting a proposal (SAMLA in Atlanta in Nov.) for this roundtable on knowledge and adaptation! @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19316
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July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hope scholars interested in adaptation studies will consider submitting a proposal (SAMLA in Atlanta in Nov.) for this roundtable on knowledge and adaptation! @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19316
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Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Adaptation Today Mentorship Program! At Adaptation Today, we believe that the future of academia lies in collaboration, inclusivity, and the sharing of knowledge across all levels of…
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June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social
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June 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Come work with us in the Film department! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI241/t...
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Also yesterday we got to celebrate 10 years of the Palgrave Adaptation series, run by @grossmjj.bsky.social and Barton Palmer. There was an excellent cake, and I’m so happy to have been on a cake in such excellent company
June 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Also yesterday we got to celebrate 10 years of the Palgrave Adaptation series, run by @grossmjj.bsky.social and Barton Palmer. There was an excellent cake, and I’m so happy to have been on a cake in such excellent company
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The @adaptstudies.bsky.social conference is kicking off with a panel on AI and adaptation, chaired by the excellent @cbkenkar.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The @adaptstudies.bsky.social conference is kicking off with a panel on AI and adaptation, chaired by the excellent @cbkenkar.bsky.social
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And my paper finished the panel, taking about Russian Doll
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
And my paper finished the panel, taking about Russian Doll