Last semester, I reimagined Introduction to Film by integrating hands-on production into a large lecture course. The result: • 39 original films • The launch of the Scenes of Us Student Film Festival at UVA

Bugün, okullarda yaşanan silahlı saldırılar nedeniyle çok derin bir üzüntü içindeyim. Ben de Virginia Üniversitesi'nde bir öğrencinin silahla arkadaşlarını öldürdüğü bir olayın ardından bu konuyu çalışmaya başladım. Bu yüzden şunu söylemek istiyorum:  Silah şiddeti tek bir nedene indirgenemez.

Have you read Film Diplomacy? #newbook #filmdiplomacy @columbiaup.bsky.social

🚨 We are hiring! The University of Virginia’s Department of Media Studies invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Media Studies on the academic general faculty. This is a three-year, tenure-ineligible appointment with the possibility of renewal, though not guaranteed.

We’re hiring! ⚡️ The Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia is searching for a new faculty member to join as an Assistant Professor General Faculty. 💥 Great colleagues, strong students, and an exciting intellectual environment. 🌟 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/182234

Last week I served on the jury for the Virginia Student Film Festival. A few observations: The strongest films had a clear concept and delivered it through close attention to image and sound.

That moment at SCMS @scmstudies.bsky.social Spotting Film Diplomacy at the booth of Columbia University Press 😍⚡️ @columbiaup.bsky.social next to books by brilliant scholars.🔥🔥🔥 #filmdiplomacy #newbook

Happening today in Swissôtel at 2:15pm #scms2026

Film Diplomacy goes to #SCMS2026 @columbiaup.bsky.social

Good morning, Chicago ☀️ Excited to be here and can’t wait to talk Film Diplomacy this Saturday at #SCMS2026 📽️ Come say hi, tell me what you’re working on, and let’s talk film, history, and all things media across borders ✨

If you’re at #SCMS2026, come say hi—I’d love to hear what you’re working on and chat about #FilmDiplomacy.

Honored to see Film Diplomacy in such strong company—alongside work that continues to shape how we understand media, power, and politics. #filmdiplomacy

Amazing book to understand the politics of comparison particularly in the triangular relationship between #Iran #US and #Türkiye

Excited for our panel at #SCMS2026 and talk about #filmdiplomacy this Saturday #nontheatrical #mediaecologies

In 2026, I’ll take tiny moments of joy whenever I can find it. Thus, I present this lovely blog from the Library of Virginia about 16mm film and public library rental programs! #nontheatricalfilm uncommonwealth.lva.virginia.gov/blog/2026/03...

Can't wait to talk about #filmdiplomacy at @smithcollege.bsky.social today!

It's Oscars night!!! Sharing a piece I wrote for @filmquarterly.bsky.social a few years ago when AMPAS first announced their milquetoast diversity criteria. 🏆🎞️ filmquarterly.org/2020/09/30/t...

Some readers begin earlier than expected. 📚✨ Watching this little one approach the pages reminds me how curiosity begins long before we have the words for it. 🎞️ Film Diplomacy is now available 🪄 @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/film-di...

COMING SOON in #nontheatricalfilm books. @julideetem.bsky.social's FILM DIPLOMACY: A MEDIA HISTORY OF TURKEY-US RELATIONS from @columbiaup.bsky.social. We love to see it! 🍾👏

Film Diplomacy is here! 🪄@columbiaup.bsky.social #unboxing #filmdiplomacy #newbook #educationalfilms #türkiye #usa

Let’s see if my book Film Diplomacy has arrived yet 📽️🎞️ @columbiaup.bsky.social #filmdiplomacy #newbook #film

Congratulations are in order for Ideas on Fire author Asif Majid, whose new book Making Muslimness: Race, Religion, and Performance in Contemporary Manchester is out now from @routledgebooks.bsky.social. www.routledge.com/Making-Musli... #IoFAuthors

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

I found 16mm films about Turkey in the middle of the United States and I wanted to understand why they were made. After years of research, I uncovered why they were sponsored, how they circulated, how they were received, and what they communicated. For answers: Film Diplomacy. ✨

Buy this book! I had the opportunity to blurb it and can confidently say it’s a superb analysis of film, propaganda, race and national identity

🎉 Film Diplomacy is READY FOR ORDER! Cold War classrooms. Cultural politics. Educational cinema as global strategy. So excited to finally share this with you all 💫 #NewBook #FilmDiplomacy #AcademicSky Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%. cup.columbia.edu/book/film-di...

Few pre-book copies of "Unlimited: Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution" arrived in package, and some kind endorsements from scholars whom I deeply respect. The book is going to be published in late March through MIT Press.

Now available! FILM DIPLOMACY: A MEDIA HISTORY OF US-TURKEY RELATIONS, by Ayşehan Jülide Etem. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% bit.ly/3PaRGj2 @julideetem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

wrote about morgan neville's excellent new documentary about paul mccartney's 1970s slate.com/culture/2026...

Despite it all, our collaborative federal/academic research project has been renewed for two more years. Still featuring hundreds of scholars, archivists, curators, and policy analysts. We might be the last game in town for Film and Media Studies, but the need for memory research continues...

Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.

Thrilled that this is finally coming out! I'm so proud to have collaborated on Linda Williams' incredible last work on melodrama. The intro to our volume is now available -- and look at that killer cover!!

First review of The Story of Documentary Film: theplaylist.net/the-story-of...

Why does everything feel like a scam? Can scams be liberatory? Why do we love scammers so much? You can watch all the talks (including mine!) and video submissions from the amazing salon on scams at MoMa momarnd.moma.org/salons/salon...

Exciting streaming event coming up => CCSN CHATS: ARCHIVING THE INTERNET? April 14, 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT with - Sakyra Abbitt, National Women's History Museum - Camille Lawrence, Webrecorder - Dr. Meredith Clark, UNC Chapel Hill - Zakiya Collier, Shift Collective […]

Just finished editing the last proof of this baby. This is an idea that has been cooking for several years (since my Fandom While Black essay?) & is informed by my interest in the relationship between media industries & audience reception. (Coming soon in International Journal of Communication).

The world is on fire, so who you gonna call? www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/call... A reminder that many of our emergency resources are actually hyperlocal in their funding and operation, meaning that they may not work seamlessly but they are available for our attention and direct activism.

📣 Montclair, NJ residents! Join us March 5 for a screening and discussion of our new stillbirth documentary, "Before a Breath," in collaboration with the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey and @montclairfilm.bsky.social. 👉 Register: propub.li/3F4xKJN

This March has two great events w/ @columbiaup.bsky.social authors at @lightindustry.bsky.social: March 11: Brian Jacobson (@bleudeciel.bsky.social), author of THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS MARCH 25: Rob King, author of MAN OF TASTE bit.ly/4iivaOw

New article out! In the build up and aftermath of BLM 2020, Black Hollywood often critiqued the industry for its interest in their pain. We find evidence they were right. We analyzed streaming platforms and found most disproportionately marketed Black trauma over joy or more complex narratives.

WHAT NOW? With Trevor & Christiana: youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo?...

Congratulations to Pam Wojcik and Paula Massood on this formidable collection…coming soon to a library near you! (Probably a bit expensive for individuals.) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

I wrote about the new led zeppelin documentary that's currently in theaters, which I really liked. more music docs that actually take their subject and audience seriously! slate.com/culture/2025...

Delighted to be giving an invited talk on the origins of NPR, PBS, and public media, for affiliates and stations themselves. It’s an open talk and all are invited to sign up.

USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is now offline.This massive online repository, which housed nearly 50 years of USAID's work, is no longer accessible. Over 150,000 documents—including oral histories, program planning materials & records of past USAID projects—have disappeared. .

On the role of the moving image in nuclear coloniality.

Interesting list of antifascist films from @thr.com. I would add The Mortal Storm (1940) and Black Legion (1937).

Next week at Dartmouth, a talk about The Cinema of Extractions (@columbiaup.bsky.social)

Join us on Lunar New Year to celebrate @hahumiaomiao.bsky.social’s book TO BE AN ACTRESS: LABOR & PERFORMANCE IN ANNA MAY WONG’S CROSS-MEDIA WORLD. @ucpress.bsky.social DM me for a Zoom link.