This week!

Also, our March event on Adaptation and Authorship will take place on 4th March at 4-5pm (UK time) with William Proctor and Katrijn Bekers. DM if you've not got the zoom link!

A reminder that abstracts are due THIS FRIDAY. If you're interested in coming to and speaking at a free symposium, see below:

LFA/AAS continues today! Tune in once again at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT for another full program of online conferencing. Follow the link in the OP for registration info 💻

Day one of this has been excellent, and lots to think about, including the idea of atmospheres (collaborations between actors and audiences), authorship and collaboration, adapting lit to orchestral works, and Fortnite as 'intellectual property management game' (@huntressleine.bsky.social)

STARTS TODAY! Our LFA/AAS joint online conference on Adaptation & Collaboration launches at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT. It's not too late to register! For more info: www.adaptation.uk.com/adaptation-c...

Reminder: our Adaptation SIG event is this Wednesday 4pm (UK time) on Adaptation and Franchises! DM if you've not got the zoom link.

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.

Looking forward to AAS 2026 at Burman University, Canada & dreaming of what comes next... If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...

Not long to go before the LFA/AAS online conference - more details/link to sign up below!

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.

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!

Loads of great books here on adaptation here!

📢 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

Tomorrow!

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.

👉 👉 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...

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!

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

The @adaptstudies.bsky.social conference is kicking off with a panel on AI and adaptation, chaired by the excellent @cbkenkar.bsky.social

And my paper finished the panel, taking about Russian Doll

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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!

This is tomorrow!

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!

Our first paper of the Adaptation panel is kicked off by Charlotte Stevens!

For those coming to @baftss2025.bsky.social - our Adaptation SIG panel is at 4.30pm tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Our March SIG event on Unconventional Forms in Adaptation with Silvia Cobelo happening at 4pm! If you don’t have the link, DM us.

A week today! If you've not had the link and want to come along, get in touch.