@exeter.ac.uk is not in deficit, has £200m+ cash reserves, hasn’t invested in white elephants, doesn’t have a recruitment problem, never had 1000s of international students, and deliveres outstanding outcomes in teaching and research. If UEB’s data projects a deficit won’t they share it with UCU?

👇🏻 A developing thread on proposed job cuts at Uni of Exeter #DefendExeterUni

👇🏻👇🏻 A developing thread 🧵 tracking the proposal to cut c.150 jobs at the University of Exeter #DefendExeterUni

Excellent educators and researchers at the University of Exeter are at risk of redundancy. c.150 job roles will be cut across Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Climate Science and more. Please share & sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... @exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni

Excited to announce: ‘Doing Women's Screen and Media Histories 8 (WFTHN) conf will be 16th-18th June 2027 at the University of Exeter, hosted by our @womensscreenwork.bsky.social project team. We can't wait! womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/events/confe... #feministfilmhistory #archives #DWSMH27

Wendy Russell writes: "I am the Screencraft Lead Archivist at the British Film Institute, where I look after the (mostly) paper archives of filmmakers. As part of the WSW Archival Strand, (1/4)

Lisa Smithstead writes: "My main role on the project is interviewing curators and archivists to find out more about their working methods with women’s screen work collections. (1/4)

Phil Wickham writes: "I am the Curator of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. This is the leading museum dedicated to the moving image in the UK and holds over 94,000 items, forming a people’s history of cinema and optical media. (1/4)

Katie Crosson writes: "Based at the University of Exeter in the Curation Strand, I am working on a script collection donated to the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social by Pinewood Studios, analysing screenplays written, conceived and developed by women. (1/8)

Shelley Cobb says: "As part of the WSW team, I am working with Lisa Smithstead interviewing archivists and curators about their roles in the film industry and am learning so much about how they are working to prioritise women's visibility in archives (1/5)

Jessica Boyall writes: "I’m a postdoctoral researcher working on the archival strand of the project (see the 'About' section of our website, link in bio). I’m based at the BFI National Archive, Screencraft Collections, where I’m mobilising the Gurinder Chadha collection (1/6)

@helenexeter.bsky.social writes: “I am the Project Lead for the fantastic team on the Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible Project. My role is to help co-ordinate our activities, but the work and generation of ideas and insights on our project is truly collaborative. (1/6)

Meet the Women's Screen Work in Archives Made Visible project team! We will be sending out intros to each of us over the next few weeks, but you can see more here: womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/people/proje... #womensscreenworkinarchives #wswia #womenfilmmakers

Wednesday! #FilmSky

A big #IWD 💜 🤍 💚 shout out to the FAB research team on @womensscreenwork.bsky.social which I’m leading. Our work with archives to make British #womenfilmmakers more discoverable and more visible is gathering pace. But even better, we just love working together. More⬇️ womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk

Delighted to be hosting a book launch for the new edited collection WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD’S DREAM FACTORY: TALES OF INEQUALITY, ABUSE & RESISTANCE. Join us March 18. 📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Our @womensscreenwork.bsky.social post-doc, Dr Jessica Boyall, wrote this lovely piece about Gurinder Chadha and Tina Gharavi's archives held at Screencraft, BFI National Archive: www.bfi.org.uk/features/bey...

Wonderful last night of our Beyond the Frame: Women Filmmakers & their Archives season, BFI. We watched Bride & Prejudice with a lively audience then Gurinder Chadha Q&A, ending the night with Gurinder meeting artists Athen & Nina & seeing their Bend It installation. @womensscreenwork.bsky.social

Artist duo, Athen & Nina, were commissioned by BFI Screencraft and supported by @womensscreenwork.bsky.social to respond to Bend It Like Beckham materials in the Gurinder Chadha Collection. If near Southbank, do take a look at their installation. Until 1st Feb. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Thrilled with wk 1 of Beyond The Frame: Women Filmmakers & their Archives. Last night we saw Tina's brilliant I Am Nasrine, after which she discussed her work & archive with @lindaruthwilliams.bsky.social @womensscreenwork.bsky.social Amazing to bring women filmmakers' archives to cinema audiences

Booking is now open for 'Beyond the Frame: Women Filmmakers and their Archives', a series of events feat. Tina Gharavi and Gurinder Chadha. Programmed by @archiveswendy.bsky.social & Grace Johnston Tickets are selling fast for these events, book here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Come see this lovely short season at the BFI! Beyond the Frame: Women Filmmakers & their Archives As leading figures in British cinema, Tina Gharavi & Gurinder Chadha’s work remains relevant for both current and future audiences. @womensscreenwork.bsky.social #BFI whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

Do you have creative kids aged 9-12? Why not bring them along to our next #workshop - 'From Script to Screen' - on 15th November? A fantastic chance for children to explore #creative choices behind the scenes of #filmmaking as part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. Book here: tinyurl.com/mw9em9tu

Great to get @katiecrosson.bsky.social expert take on what the relaunched #PlayforToday strand could be ⬇️ #televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory

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 here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Another online talk has been added to our 2025 Programme. 'Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon' on Thursday 2nd October (1900 BST). Register and full details via link. events.rps.org/en/g/z9tTjH8...

In Western art the term 'overshadowed' does not reference any lack of women's creative talent but is representative of the systems of art which have favoured their male counterparts in terms of education, resources, representation and value.......

"Everything here is by and about women." - Gabrielle MacBeth, Volunteer Co-ordinator @womenslibrary.bsky.social 💜 Celebrating women’s lives, history and achievements is the overarching goal of the trailblazing and multi-award-winning Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL).

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 promised myself that I'd only post on here if I had something to say, and I think this counts: I'm thrilled to share news of my forthcoming book, "The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films". Out 12 Feb UK/17 Feb US via Laurence King Pre-order! linktr.ee/_Ash_Clark

One for @feministbell.bsky.social !

Great to have collaborated with Screen Research at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social to have a One-Day Symposium on Race, Representation and Archival Practice at @wshed.bsky.social

Heading over to @wshed.bsky.social for the first day of @cineredis.bsky.social this morning! We are walking it tho… #FilmNoir More info about the great festival lineup here: www.watershed.co.uk/cinema-redis...

For those planning to drop in around other things, here's the Transcribathon running order (also available on the Eventbrite page) #EarlyModern 🗃️

'East coast sunrise' fine art print by artist Danielle O'Reilly #WomensArt

📢Welcome to Bluesky! This is our new social media home for events, news and opportunities from University of Exeter Doctoral College.

Hello Bluesky! This is the brand new official account for the University of Exeter Department of English and Creative Writing. We will be using this space to connect with our thousands of partners and collaborators across the globe, and to share news of Exeter ECW's ambitions and achievements.

Our fifth and final podcast from the Texas Entertainment & Media Industries symposium is now live! Check out this interview with a key figure who has shaped the Texas media industry ecosystem, Elizabeth Avellan, in conversation with RTF chair @cindymccreery.bsky.social!

CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) Públicos de Cine en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Portugués y Español). Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...

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

❤️ A glimpse into the fabulous #StephenSondheim collection at Lib of Congress #archives #lovearchives

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Many congratulations to all the New Generation Thinkers! Great to see Sarah Smyth and @lrjdmnr.bsky.social recognised for their research and knowledge of #Womensfilmhisory and their leadership in the @wfthn.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻

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Great to find @oralhistsoc.bsky.social on here. Such important work !

Following my research stay at the LSE, I wrote this blogpost for Media@LSE about the "afterlife" of participatory filmmaking. Thank you to @myriageorgiou.bsky.social for this opportunity & to @irenegutierrez.bsky.social for your amazing work on the films. Full text: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

One of the greatest writer-directors imho #howwouldWilderdoit

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