My latest writing in @mediapolis.bsky.social at 10, which revisits an essay I wrote in 2020 on the circulation of the anti-racist reading and films following the lynching of George Floyd: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2026/06/revi...

Get in touch for the registration link if interested! 📩

Co-produced by Candour Productions and the University of Leeds is part of our @ukri.org funded project. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with director Imaan Labad, contributors, and the research team.

🎬 Join us for the online launch of What’s On?, a research-led film exploring class inequalities in the UK TV industry. 📅 Wednesday, 25 March ⏰ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Online)

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New What’s On team paper out 👇🥳

Looking forward to being back at Film and Screen Media at @University College Cork on Monday to discuss my work on housing precarity&gender in contemporary film. Can't wait to see colleagues and catch up @larascaroli.bsky.social @alphavillej.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/film/...

CRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027 The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives' ⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships

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this episode was kindly recorded and edited by @carlhartley.co.uk at our “What’s Class Got to Do with It?” Symposium in September at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in Leeds

Featuring @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC) #TVIndustry#SocialClass#WhatsOnProject

🎧 Podcast Alert! Happy New Year from the What’s On? team! 🎉 If you haven’t listened yet, check out our podcast episode exploring how social class shapes UK television: who gets in, what stories are told, and how audiences connect. Listen here 👇 rethnkingclassinuktv.podbean.com/e/whats-clas...

Have a listen!

We are looking for participants for the short film we are making as part of our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social project!

You can catch up with @philralph.bsky.social Keynote here www.linkedin.com/pulse/common... we will be sharing highlights and updates in the weeks to come! Stay tuned!

Thanks to our keynote @philralph.bsky.social and Nicola Crowther (BBC Audiences) for their thoughtful contributions, the team and colleagues @leedsunimedia.bsky.social for supporting and contributing to a wonderful day packed of lively discussions on class and TV which will hopefully continue!

Can’t believe it’s been a week already since our @whatsontvclass.bsky.social symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social it went so fast but still very much immersed in all the discussions we had and thinking about all I learnt from the wonderful papers of our fellow panelists!

Very excited for our Symposium at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social tomorrow!

Looking forward to presenting our @UKRI What’s On project findings at #Screen25 in Glasgow this weekend in our panel “Returning to Class: Power, Aesthetics, and Labour in Contemporary Television @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social

Thanks everyone who came to our panel yesterday at the Screen 2025 and for engaging so thoughtfully as we discussed how class continues to shape TV production, aesthetics, and working conditions @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social

Still time to apply for our @ukri.org What’s On Project One-Day Symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in September! Get your abstract in by July 4! 🗓️

We have a brand new CFP out today! Looking forward to receiving proposals for our What's On project symposium: "What’s class got to do with it? Rethinking TV from the inside out - A One Day Symposium at The University of Leeds - 19th September 2025"📺 📺👇

The Bee includes this thebeemagazine.com/publishings-... by me! Asking what’s changed since the landmark publication of @kitdewaal.com’s Common People & highlighting some new @creativepec.bsky.social research too

New Research! @creativepec.bsky.social state of the nation on "Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England" pec.ac.uk/state_of_the... (will do a summary 🧵 later this week)

Excited to see our AHRC research project led by our PI @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social featured in The TV Foundation’s important report released today: "Let’s Talk About Class" @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social Read the report here: lnkd.in/eVycEpjp 🙌

Thrilled to have your book in our new series! 👏👏

Now that the proverbial ink has dried, I am very happy to say that I have signed a contract with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for my first monograph, "Screening East London: Gentrification in Film and Television”.

email us here at [email protected] or [email protected] by April 30!

Hello SIG Members, we are hoping you had a great SCMS! Just a reminder that we are seeking nominees for SIG co-chair to replace Anna. If you are interested in nominating yourself for the position, or have questions about the role contact the current co-chairs Ipek and Anna by April 30!

Culture is bad for you is doing a book tour! @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social or me in Bristol 24th March (in person), Manchester 27th March (in person), Edinburgh 1st April (online & in person) & Sheffield 9th April (in person). Details/tickets manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/

👏👏 Congratulations to everyone involved in the "Supporting Shorts" project, aimed to address barriers in the screen industry, check it out here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

there is still some time to submit an essay for the UGA SIG Graduate Student Award @scmsurbanism.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social @mediapolis.bsky.social if you have students working on urbanism/geography/architecture topics, please do encourage to submit!

Looking forward to discussing the Home as a Site of Resistance @AlphavilleJ Special Issue we published earlier this year on Friday evening with contributors and @larasca, director Olamma Oparah and Brooke Sonenreich, founder of Atl FilmParty. Details and registration link below 👇

We have now a Bluesky account for our team project on class&TV 🥳 📺

New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)

Our next virtual event is coming up on January 24th! Please join us for a virtual talk featuring the editors and contributors of Alphaville's Home as a Site of Resistance lu.ma/sm2kv17l

@larascaroli.bsky.social @ucc.bsky.social @annaviolasborgi.bsky.social

Please join us on January 24 for our third virtual event of the 2024-25 series! We will be hosting the editors and contributors of Alphaville's Home as a Site of Resistance. Register here: lu.ma/sm2kv17l

Hello U/G/A members! We invite you to apply for a $150 SCMS travel grant for a graduate student or precariously employed SIG member. Apply below: forms.gle/4xK9Nu6RDJnE...

2) PDRA-Curation jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Project Team: @archiveswendy.bsky.social @bellecobb.bsky.social @lindaruthwilliams.bsky.social Lisa Smithstead & Phil Wickham 2/2

Tomorrow!

Sight and Sound magazine is now on Bluesky! We will be announcing the results of our 2024 Films of the Year poll here, this Friday

If you’re in London today, don’t miss this great event #trailblazers #LARebellion #JulieDash #SharonLarkin #ZeinabuIreneDavis #WomenMakeFilms #FemFilmHist

“It’s like we’ve been playing a game of KerPlunk where you keep taking out different bits of funding and see how little you can sustain a career with.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Join us for the Urbanism/Geography/Architecture SIG's annual meeting at the SCMS Virtual Symposium on Saturday, December 7th, 11 am-12 pm CT! SIG Members: Check your emails for a link to the agenda, and feel free to add topics of interest!

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...