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Helen Hanson πŸ—ƒοΈπŸŽžοΈπŸŽ₯πŸŽ¬πŸ“š

@helenexeter.bsky.social

Professor in Film History, Uni of Exeter, UK. Research: #FilmHistory, #WomenFilmmakers #Adaptation #FilmSound #FilmNoir. Books: Hollywood Soundscapes & Hollywood Heroines. #FilmSky πŸ—ƒοΈπŸŽ₯🎞️🎬Project Lead @womensscreenwork.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3AVLwgf

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

03.09.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Resonance | University of California Press

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" in 2026. Please circulate!

19.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025 Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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

18.08.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 26
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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...

18.08.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.......

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Jackie Kay in front of an audience at the launch of her poetry book, May Day, at the Glasgow Women's Library.

Jackie Kay in front of an audience at the launch of her poetry book, May Day, at the Glasgow Women's Library.

"Everything here is by and about women." - Gabrielle MacBeth, Volunteer Co-ordinator @womenslibrary.bsky.social πŸ’œ

Celebrating women’s lives, history and achievements is the overarching goal of the trailblazing and multi-award-winning Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL).

05.08.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Literature/Film Quarterly Founded in 1973 by Jim Welsh and Tom Erskine, the journal has for over forty years served as a forum for scholars and writers to discuss, debate, and articulate various ways of conceptualizing adaptat...

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

05.08.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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

31.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 445    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 19

One for @feministbell.bsky.social !

31.07.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A hand holding the REMIX 2025 programme notes at the Symposium held in Watershed

A hand holding the REMIX 2025 programme notes at the Symposium held in Watershed

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

22.07.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white photo of a man and woman in a car taken by cravello 2023 ALT: a black and white photo of a man and woman in a car taken by cravello 2023

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...

23.07.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

#EarlyModern πŸ—ƒοΈ

23.07.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'East coast sunrise' fine art print by artist Danielle O'Reilly #WomensArt

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Decorative- four images (two female scientists, one female researcher reading a book, a group of people talking and a scientist in the lab) with a central green panel that says 'Welcome to Bluesky!' and includes the Doctoral College roundel.

Decorative- four images (two female scientists, one female researcher reading a book, a group of people talking and a scientist in the lab) with a central green panel that says 'Welcome to Bluesky!' and includes the Doctoral College roundel.

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

10.07.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

10.07.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

10.07.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She’s totally tops for me, with Myrna Loy and Carol Lombard close on her heels/trouser hems! A Dunne season in Dorset perhaps?

09.07.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She trousers magnificently in this film! Love #IreneDunne

09.07.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) PΓΊblicos de Cine en LatinoamΓ©rica y el Caribe (PortuguΓ©s y EspaΓ±ol).
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...

15.02.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scoutie, was that you?

01.07.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

01.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

01.07.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.06.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

25.06.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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25.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

25.06.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How participatory filmmaking can deepen our understanding of life on the border As part of the ERC-funded project Reel Borders, researchers and participants joined forces to create a series of films addressing questions of border experiences, citizenship and belonging, trauma,…

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...

06.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

One of the greatest writer-directors imho #howwouldWilderdoit

22.06.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still fresh, cookie wise ❀️

21.06.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just over a month to go until our annual conference! Have you booked your ticket yet?

For more details and to secure your place, please use the link below. We can't wait to see you there!

www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...

#skystorians #history #postgrad

19.06.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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