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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 1d

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!

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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 10d

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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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 10d

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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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 21d

Today!

grossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 28d

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

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grossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · Aug 20

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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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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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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grossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · Jul 3

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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grossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Mentoring

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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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 5

Come work with us in the Film department! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI241/t...

Teaching Fellow in Film Studies at University of Birmingham

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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 3

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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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 2

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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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 2

And my paper finished the panel, taking about Russian Doll

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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 2

Now we have @jamesctaylor.bsky.social talking on nostalgia and restoration and ‘serialised cinema’

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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 2

First up in our panel this afternoon on multiplicities and multiverses is Olgahan Yalçin talking about Jumanji adaptations. @adaptstudies.bsky.social

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James C. Taylor @jamesctaylor.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great first day at the Association of Adaptation Studies Conference in Istanbul. Saw some brilliant papers on AI and sound, presented on the Contemporary Screens panel, and ate Adaptation Cake. Have also obviously been befriending some of the city's beautiful cats.

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Madeleine Hunter, PhD @huntressleine.bsky.social · Jun 2

Coming up on the conclusion of day 1 of @adaptstudies.bsky.social. Many thanks to @stinaface.bsky.social for capturing this photo and for hosting me at U of Birmingham last week

Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · Jun 2

And closing the panel is @huntressleine.bsky.social talking about dark fantasy and genAI

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 26

“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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James C. Taylor @jamesctaylor.bsky.social · May 13

My contributor's copy of Authenticity and Adaptation, edited by @stinaface.bsky.social, finally arrived 🎉. My chapter explores how different screen adaptations have negotiated the challenges of adapting the Lovecraftian image. Very much looking forward to reading the other chapters!

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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · May 27

Very excited for the upcoming @adaptstudies.bsky.social conference in Istanbul this weekend/next week.

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James C. Taylor @jamesctaylor.bsky.social · Apr 23

My physical copies of my book - The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning - arrived today. It's now 100% a real tangible thing that exists in the world!

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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is tomorrow!

BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Apr 8

We've sent round details of our April SIG event, which is a work in progress from PGRs working in Adaptation Studies! Join us on Weds 23rd April at 2pm (BST) to hear @mattbruce007.bsky.social and Mara Manley speaking about their work. DM if you don't have the link!

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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Apr 8

We've sent round details of our April SIG event, which is a work in progress from PGRs working in Adaptation Studies! Join us on Weds 23rd April at 2pm (BST) to hear @mattbruce007.bsky.social and Mara Manley speaking about their work. DM if you don't have the link!

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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Mar 27

Our panel was followed up by Fay Winfield talking about Squid Game: The Challenge as adaptation and finally, Christina Wilkins on male mental health in cross-cultural adaptations.

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BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our next paper for the Adaptation #baftss2025 is Tomas Elliott talking about evolution and adaptation.

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