In what's been a very busy January, I haven't had time to share some recent publications, so I'm going to do that now.

Just what everyone was after... another Dr Who podcast! 😉 Join @sarahhamstera.bsky.social and me, a newbie and a fan, rambling through Dr Who. First episodes now live! Links below: shorturl.at/fiwfU #drwho #doctorwho #podcast #ramblingthrougheternity

BAFTSS continues to run its Early Career Mentoring Scheme, which has been invaluable to helping ECRs in this increasingly precarious sector. This is a call for new mentors and mentees to take part in the scheme! For more info: www.baftss.org/early-career... #baftss #earlycareermentoringscheme

Hi folks! I’m currently co-editing a special issue for GAME about queer and trans games studies. Find the full cfp here www.gamejournal.it/n-132025-bey..., deadline for abstract submission is 12 January 2026!

There‘s a lot you can still pitch to me and I may share another list soon but right now I‘m particularly interested in the following shows. Please read the call carefully, these are: - (short!) monographs only - single authored (2 co-authorship possible) - academic books on a fairly low royalty

I'm always bleating on about Play for Today & similar anthology formats & how important they are for television- so this is a public service announcement that there are 13 archive episodes of Screen Two currently on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In the mood for some classic films on the big screen? Here's a list of all the re-releases heading into UK cinemas in the near future. filmstories.co.uk/news/2025-re...

Call For Papers: #CFP #Film ‘Stars and Screen’ #Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026 Proposals Due: February 1, 2026 starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call... #CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory

Every word. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR is so rigorously, comprehensively excessive, its excesses eclipse any baseline against which excess is typically judged.”

The universality is one of the BBC’s most defining principles. Replace it with ads and it is lost forever.

As part of our tribute to the late Peter Watkins, I've paired with ICA London to screen his dystopian anti-war film Punishment Park, a chilling vision of the American gov't interring domestic radicals. This Sunday at 2pm, w/ a recorded video intro from me: www.ica.art/films/punish...

‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library. Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”

If you're in Leeds, consider joining us for our first research seminar of the term! Daniel Sheppard (Birmingham City University) will be speaking about the role women have played in the politics and ideology of slasher film. 🗓️ TODAY, 3.45pm, Clothworkers North G.12 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Celebrating the publication of our very own @sophiebishop.bsky.social's first book, 'Influencer Creep'! 🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events... 📚 Order the book: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...

Our Fall 2025 issue "Notes on Historical Methods" is now live! In her introduction, Katherine Groo reflects on the voices of historical writing, the long history of feminist methods, and the guiding concept and structure of the "note" itself. Open access for a limited time: doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Neurologically speaking, there's no such thing as 'useless' subjects or 'rip-off' degrees Insisting we should only teach useful subjects is like saying science should only do research that gives positive results If you honestly believe that's how anything works, *your* education was the wasted one

Will AI be spending hours reassuring student anxieties, fostering their discussions, answering their panics, and helping them develop the independent learning and personal skills they need to thrive in the world? What students tell us they want most is learning community. And AI can’t provide that.

Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the Enshittification of the Internet: A Symposium (Virtual) 5 December 2025, 10:30 - 16:15 www.aru.ac.uk/events/brain...

“MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after 31 December, the BBC understands.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

For over five decades, cinema bent itself around the late actress Diane Keaton’s profoundly original image in movies like Annie Hall, Reds, Father of the Bride, and Something’s Gotta Give. And it will continue to do so long after her death.

330 days ago, I started what I thought to be an impossible task. 330 days and 98,000 words later, I now have my very first monograph that I submitted today. A massive thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey so far. On to the next stage … the horrors of reviewer two!

CFP: 7th Annual Themed Experience and Attractions Academic Society (TEAAS) Symposium Due Friday, September 12, 2025 Symposium: Friday, November 21, 2025 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida USA teaacademicsociety.org/call-for-pro...

Streaming has taken over, but the legacy of the videotape continues to inform modern entertainment. Explore the latest addition to our Object Lessons series: https://bit.ly/45H8R1G 💡📚💙 @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

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.

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: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Still time to submit proposal!

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double. Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Do you read fanfiction? Can you help our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social student Khushi Shokeen with her research by completing her survey, please? (Please share!) forms.office.com/pages/respon...

“This assured directorial debut from Shoshannah Stern offers an intimate look at the life and career of Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award” Peter Adams reviews Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

Excited to announce that a Special Issue of Open Screens on the representation of Students on Screen has just dropped. It includes a special episode of The Cinematologists Podcast, articles, book reviews and a round table discussion. Some summer reading! lnkd.in/dQ3vBq5thttp...

wonder if decades of mocking media studies as a Mickey Mouse subject has anything to do with this at all

Are you a fan of Betty White or Angela Lansbury? Take this survey (about 10 minutes) being conducted by @bridgetkies.bsky.social to share your experiences. #angelalansbury #murdershewrote #bettywhite #thegoldengirls Take the survey: oakland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

REVIEW: This immersive exploration of Elvis’s life not only lacks the scale and ambition of previous Layered Reality experiences, but also tells us nothing new about the King of Rock and Roll. www.immersiverumours.com/post/review-...

Open Access Article from Practicing Anthropology: Friends, Fandom, Family: A Framework for a Future in Fan Studies by Equinox Hartman doi.org/10.1080/0888... @practicinganthro1.bsky.social #SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology

Pleased to share that my latest article, 'The Black Android, Janelle Monáe and Crossover Stardom: Race and Technology On-screen', is now available to read from Film-Philosophy via open access! www.euppublishing.com/doi/epdf/10....

New today on the site! Dylan Adamson writes about his experience attending the 9th annual Nitrate Picture Show, its various films and recurring themes, and a controversial final screening. "This year’s films presented the past not as a refuge from our present tumult, but as a reflection of it."

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Looking for some classic films to watch on the big screen? Here's a list of all the re-releases heading into UK #cinemas in the near future. filmstories.co.uk/news/2025-re...

Just over a week to go until the closing date for this...

Call for Papers Angela Lansbury at 100: Celebrating her Stardom and Legacy Date: 9th and 10th October 2025 Location: The Exchange, University of Birmingham Hosted by: Laura Milburn and James Rhodes angelalansbury100.wordpress.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

🎶 It's Tracklist Tuesday: #NowPlaying the Cocteau Twins! bit.ly/4lfmmew On the 3rd Tuesday of each month, we highlight a different book and author from our @3313books.bsky.social series. 📚💙 #indiemusic #nonfiction #music

Now 20, #TheDescent has lost none of its impact - and modern horror films could certainly learn a thing or two from it. Spoilers ahead... filmstories.co.uk/features/eve...

This forthcoming edited collection looks great #FanStudies Fandom in Marginalized Communities: Rethinking Media Effects and Fans www.routledge.com/Fandom-in-Ma...

"I don't know what's more difficult...being colored or being a woman." Jacqueline Pinkowitz's new essay in Black Camera looks at how Black Gothic + Black bodies in LOVECRAFT COUNTRY "interrogates the embodied, physical horrors of race & enslavement." @projectmuse.bsky.social doi.org/10.2979/blc....