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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great to get @katiecrosson.bsky.social expert take on what the relaunched #PlayforToday strand could be ⬇️
#televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory

Katie Crosson @katiecrosson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Play for Today (2025) could foster solidarity between people facing issues that might not immediately appear connected, through a programme that joins up the dots. Here are 9 ways it can live up to its namesake (me for The Conversation) theconversation.com/play-for-tod...

Play for Today is back – nine ways Channel 5 can make it as successful as the original

Channel 5 has a lot to live up to, but research into the original BBC drama series has inspired nine principles the new Play for Today should live by.

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · Aug 19

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" in 2026. Please circulate!

Resonance | University of California Press

online.ucpress.edu

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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RPS Historical Group @rpshistgroup.bsky.social · Aug 18

Another online talk has been added to our 2025 Programme.

'Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon' on Thursday 2nd October (1900 BST).

Register and full details via link.

events.rps.org/en/g/z9tTjH8...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 7

In Western art the term 'overshadowed' does not reference any lack of women's creative talent but is representative of the systems of art which have favoured their male counterparts in terms of education, resources, representation and value.......

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Everything here is by and about women." - Gabrielle MacBeth, Volunteer Co-ordinator @womenslibrary.bsky.social 💜

Celebrating women’s lives, history and achievements is the overarching goal of the trailblazing and multi-award-winning Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL).

Jackie Kay in front of an audience at the launch of her poetry book, May Day, at the Glasgow Women's Library.

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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Ashley Clark @ashcclark.bsky.social · Jul 31

I promised myself that I'd only post on here if I had something to say, and I think this counts: I'm thrilled to share news of my forthcoming book, "The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films". Out 12 Feb UK/17 Feb US via Laurence King Pre-order! linktr.ee/_Ash_Clark

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jul 31

One for @feministbell.bsky.social !

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jul 31

This special issue invites contributors from across the disciplines to share their research and creative scholarship in zine form.
archivespublishing.com/2025/07/31/c...

CFP: Academizines

Dr. Spencer D. C. Keralis and Professor Zach Frazier, editors Call for Proposals We invite proposals for Academizines, a special issue of Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship. Zines have evolv…

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great to have collaborated with Screen Research at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social to have a One-Day Symposium on Race, Representation and Archival Practice at @wshed.bsky.social

A hand holding the REMIX 2025 programme notes at the Symposium held in Watershed

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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · Jul 23

Heading over to @wshed.bsky.social for the first day of @cineredis.bsky.social this morning! We are walking it tho… #FilmNoir

More info about the great festival lineup here: www.watershed.co.uk/cinema-redis...

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ALT: a black and white photo of a man and woman in a car taken by cravello 2023

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Jul 23

For those planning to drop in around other things, here's the Transcribathon running order (also available on the Eventbrite page)

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Screenshot of running order:

13.00 Welcome – Laura Sangha

13.15 Using Zooniverse – Harry Smith

13.30 Introduction to the project - Jane Whittle

13.45 Genealogy, family heirlooms, and interesting objects – Emily Vine

14.15 How volunteers teach the computer - Mark Bell

14.45 A first look at the data, 1785-6 - Harry Smith

15.15 Two short talks:

Single people and Gender in Wills – Kit Barton

Tales of the Unexpected – Laura Sangha

15.45 What will we do with all the data? - Jane Whittle

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 16

'East coast sunrise' fine art print by artist Danielle O'Reilly #WomensArt

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University of Exeter Doctoral College @doctoralexeter.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢Welcome to Bluesky! This is our new social media home for events, news and opportunities from University of Exeter Doctoral College.

Decorative- four images (two female scientists, one female researcher reading a book, a group of people talking and a scientist in the lab) with a central green panel that says 'Welcome to Bluesky!' and includes the Doctoral College roundel.

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University of Exeter Department of English and Creative Writing @uniofexeterecw.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hello Bluesky! This is the brand new official account for the University of Exeter Department of English and Creative Writing. We will be using this space to connect with our thousands of partners and collaborators across the globe, and to share news of Exeter ECW's ambitions and achievements.

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our fifth and final podcast from the Texas Entertainment & Media Industries symposium is now live! Check out this interview with a key figure who has shaped the Texas media industry ecosystem, Elizabeth Avellan, in conversation with RTF chair @cindymccreery.bsky.social!

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jul 9

She’s totally tops for me, with Myrna Loy and Carol Lombard close on her heels/trouser hems! A Dunne season in Dorset perhaps?

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jul 9

She trousers magnificently in this film! Love #IreneDunne

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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · Feb 15

CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) Públicos de Cine en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Portugués y Español).
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jul 1

Scoutie, was that you?

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

Final panel of #IAMHIST2025 for Day 2,'Colonial Reels & the PanAfrican Cinema Archive: Critical Disruptions of Archives of Empire' with Imruh Bakari, Emma Sandon, Jihan El-Tahri, June Givanni, Samantha Iwowo and Jacqueline Maingard

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jul 1

❤️ A glimpse into the fabulous #StephenSondheim collection at Lib of Congress #archives #lovearchives

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Stephen Sondheim Collection at the Library of Congress (video) 📜
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The Stephen Sondheim Collection

YouTube video by Library of Congress

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sold out screening of THE RED KIMONA (1925) at #IlCinemaRitrovato with brilliant intro by @shelleystamp.bsky.social & sizzling catalog notes by @katesac.bsky.social & live accomplishment by Meg Morley!!! 🎞️🎶🤩 festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezion...

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Many congratulations to all the New Generation Thinkers!

Great to see Sarah Smyth and @lrjdmnr.bsky.social recognised for their research and knowledge of #Womensfilmhisory and their leadership in the @wfthn.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻

🗃️ Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible @womensscreenwork.bsky.social · Jun 25

News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · Jun 17

ICYMI: BBC New Generation Thinkers cohort announced for 2025 #AHRC #AcademicSky

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