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Tim Snelson

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Associate Professor of Media History (UEA) https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-snelson

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Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great postgrad job in Glasgow researching horror and 'psy' sciences🚨 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM520/r...

Research Associate at University of Glasgow

An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · Apr 2

"The loss of knowledge and expertise when staff goes lasts not just years, it can last generations."

Thank you Alice Macdonald MP for calling for jobs and students at UEA to be protected. #SaveUEA @ucu.org.uk

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Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Apr 21

Looks great Frank. Teach critical-creative module on horror / crime radio - going to set a chapter next time

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Eggmas 🐣 Stay safe out there!

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Mar 27

Excited to be presenting at this fascinating conference in the beautiful city of Lausanne

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Mar 9

I needed something new to worry about 🤯

Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Mar 9

‘there is now a worry that REF2029 will enable a different injustice: that institutions can hold onto the outputs of staff they have sacked, while making it harder for them to gain new academic employment because they are no longer linked to the work they created.’

This must be changed.

The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Mar 7

REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association : Please read this important joint letter we have written (on behalf of us, our chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social ) along with @ies-sas.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social
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Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Jan 30

Whhhhaaatttt? 😮 Disgraceful

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Dec 19

New @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social journal is out featuring lots of exciting things, including my short piece on @caetlin.bsky.social's inspiring Stuff book and @mediamuseum.bsky.social's amazing collections of media stuff journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/ten-...

Ten out of ten: a review of the last decade - Science Museum Group Journal

In honour of the Journal’s tenth birthday, we asked a collection of authors with huge and varied experience of the cultural sector to think about the last decade and pick one thing that stands out for...

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Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thanks @indicator.bsky.social for my copy of this beautiful box set 🧙🐺🧟‍♀️Wrote an essay for the booklet alongside @facesofjeff.bsky.social @drellenwright.bsky.social and others

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Nov 8

This is a blog about a book I cowrote on psychiatry and cinema that was published earlier this year. Quicker to read this than the book (and free)!!! euppublishingblog.com/2024/03/04/f...

Five Influential Psychiatric Films

This blog presents five psychiatric films that made significant interventions at the intersection of the fields of mental health and media...

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Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Nov 7

Good times. Down with 'snowflake' Twitter ❄️

Tim Snelson @timsnelson.bsky.social · Nov 6

Finally sacked off 'Twitter' and moved here ... here's sort of stuff I research and write journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/obje...

Objects of the Mind: using film to explore the entangled histories of media and mental health - Science Museum Group Journal

This article explores a recent project, co-investigated by University of East Anglia and the Science Museum Group (SMG), which used film (old movies and new digital films) to tell novel stories about ...

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