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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 28d

New books for review (Autumn 2025) in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please contact our book reviews editor, Veronica Johnson, of books you are interested in reviewing ❤

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 14d

Please note that some members have received spam from an account purporting to be from the 'IAMHIST President' ([email protected]) Please mark as spam, delete and ignore.

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 23

This week in the IAMHIST Blog, Andrew Shail and Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann delve into the concept of falsehood as presented live on national UK television, with a focus on the case study of 'Alice Hyde: The First "Miss World"': iamhist.net/alice-hyde-t...

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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 18

My review of Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinemas has been published in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television. It is a terrific book, and you can read my review here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @tandfonline.bsky.social @iamhist.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 18

IAMHIST is pleased to announce that Dan Chyutin and Yael Mazor have co-edited a special issue on 'Israeli Film Culture Through its Paratexts', in the Journal of Jewish Identities, developed via the @iamhist Challenge: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/issue/... Congratulations! 🥳

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 8

Are you an emerging filmmaker/creative who loves archive film? The Reuters Screenocean Make Film History Challenge gives access to over 1 million archive clips for creative reuse in a new short film that could screen at next year’s festival in 2026. Details: www.sheffdocfest.com/reuters-scre...

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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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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · Jul 1

Two fantastic papers on African horror cinema and celebrity, media platforms and depression in the global South. - given by Gabi Zietsman and Viraj Suprasad. @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

For the last paper, we have Viraj Suprasad speaking on 'Global Superstar Deepika Padukone, Celebrity Platform and Depression in the Global South'

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · Jul 1

@iamhist.bsky.social @llewellachapman.bsky.social gives a fascinating paper on the gendered game design of #LaraCroft #TombRaider #iamhist2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

Next on the panel we have Matt Melia, discussing 'Unboxing Stanley Kubrick's Head'

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

For the panel, 'Colonialism & Popular Onscreen Narratives', we have Gabi Zietsman writing on 'Africa Will Eat You Alive': Cultural Iconographies in African Horror Films'

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

And now for Veronica Johnson, speaking on 'The Impact of Colonialism on Irish Film History'. Thank you to our panellists for three wonderful papers ❤️

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

Next to present is Frank Mannion on 'Green on Screen: Portraying the (Post) Colonial Irish Paddy'

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jul 1

Beginning Day 2 at the #IAMHIST2025 conference, Ciara, Chambers discusses 'De-partitioning Ireland: How Archival Appropriation is Challenging the Irish Question'

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great panel on British television and British television archives covering Early channel 4 short films, the Michael Palin Archive and Grandma television @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

To finish the first day, a screening of Nariman Massoumi's Pouring Water on Troubled Water ❤️ #IAMHIST2025

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

For the last paper on the panel, Victoria Lowe speaks on 'Granadaland Revisited: De-centering UK Television History Using The Granada Paper Archive'

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next is @jamesfenwick.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Historical Praxis in Film & Television History: A Case Study in Decentering the Michael Palin Archives'

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Now for the panel 'Once Upon A Time in Television: UK TV History', beginning with an extended talk by a Rod Stoneman on Early Channel 4

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · Jun 30

A really fascinating Approaches to Archives panel @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025 with papers on A.I and decolonising the Archive, the work of Student interns at the #UCT archives, AIDS research at UCT archives and wildlife docs, wedish, restoration death cleaning and the archive

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Rounding off the panel is Shunsuke Tanaka, speaking on 'Reconfiguring Urban Space through Antiwar Folk: Intellectual Practices linking Japan's 1960s Underground Plazas'

IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk follows with his paper on 'In the Best Possible Light: The emergence of the Touristic Gaze in the history of Cape Town on Screen'

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