Alice Lovejoy

One of the best. The English Understand Wool!

Chicago friends: this Friday, October 24th (4:00 pm), I'll be at Seminary Co-op bookstore, where I'm looking forward to talking with the brilliant Anne Eakin Moss about Tales of Militant Chemistry. Please join us!

Tomorrow!

“Love Letter in Cuneiform is a novel that challenges and exceeds the norms of a multigenerational family saga at every opportunity. […] its unique energy is sustained in translation with Zucker’s careful, and at times creative, attention to the subtleties and playfulness of Zmeškal’s language.”

UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it. UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu #EducationalLiberty #SaveUT

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT

Yes, they’re great on this! Wartime material culture in general.

Thank you to annademming.bsky.social for this incredibly thoughtful review of Tales of Militant Chemistry!

Alice Lovejoy, Podcast Episode · New Books in Photography · 02/09/2025 · 37m

Just listened to @alicelovejoy.bsky.social on this podcast and her new book sounds brilliant (and very close to my interests) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Thank you, Michelle! This is so kind. I'm eagerly awaiting your new book!!

The Films of Jill Godmilow Jill Godmilow, a working independent film and video-maker and Emerita Professor in the Dept. of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame.

RIP the great filmmaker and teacher Jill Godmilow, one of the all-time originals. vimeo.com/jillgodmilow

Friends in Providence! Next Thursday, 9/18, I’ll be in town to talk about Tales of Militant Chemistry at the Brown Bookstore, where I’m honored to be in conversation with filmmaker Leslie Thornton. Please join us if you can!

Under 30 minutes until I am live with @alicelovejoy.bsky.social on my YouTube channel. Please join us in the live chat!

film and media studies friends, we are hiring! we are an inclusive + supportive program, one hour from philly and nyc. position starts end of january; review starts october 17. please spread the word and reach out w/ questions. provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-film...

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Twin Cities friends! Please join me for the Mpls launch of Tales of Militant Chemistry on 9/14 at 3:00 pm, at the wonderful @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social. I'll be in conversation with photographer Paul Shambroom. Details & registration:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minneapoli...

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Film Making and War Making | KPFA Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen, as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also brin...

It was an honor to discuss Tales of Militant Chemistry with Sasha Lilley on ‪@kpfa.org‬’s extraordinary Against the Grain.

Listen to our conversation here:

kpfa.org/episode/agai...

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Kaunas, Lithuania! (Functionalism & donuts.)

Zdena Salivarova, Publisher Who Kept Czech Literature Alive, Dies at 91

Such a huge loss.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...

BTW. Identities and motives of shooters don't matter. They serve two purposes.

1. To distract from action on gun violence.
2. To spread the shooter's messages, increase notoriety, and encourage copycat shooters.

Do not fall into the identity conversation trap. This is about guns, nothing else.

Thank you, Surekha!

Survey Launch: Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers Image: Archival Workers Collective – Share your story: Impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives & Archival Workers The Archival Workers Collective (AWC) solicits your story about t…

AWC ‪solicits your story about the impacts of the Trump Administration on Archives and Archival Workers. Have the dismantling of IMLS, NEH, NPS, & other govt agencies affected you and your institution? Share your story and read submitted stories awefund.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t....

Thank you so much, Dani!

The best kind of pub day notification. So many thanks to @kerriarsenault.bsky.social, who shaped this book in pivotal ways.

@ucpress.bsky.social @sciencehistory.org

This is wonderful! Thank you, jackelhai.bsky.social.

Congratulations on the new position, Peter! Some of the best ceilings in town.

The State Fair chickens *are* pretty great, heavy metal hairstyles and all.

Tales of Militant Chemistry making its way into the world, chez @tanyagoldman.bsky.social! 💚

Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War by Alice Lovejoy This labyrinthine account from media studies scholar Lovejoy (Army Film and the Avant Garde) examines the many ways in which the...

A week (!) away from publication, such a thrill to see Tales of Militant Chemistry in Publishers Weekly

www.publishersweekly.com/9780520402935

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It’s happening! + @jirianger.bsky.social

CFP for FMH: Feminist Archaeologies of Desktop media is here 🔥

Looking for written articles as well as video essays

Send us your abstracts by October 28, 2025!

🫶 Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity 🫡

Science History Institute Welcomes 2025–2026 Beckman Center Fellows Scholars from around the world will study a wide range of topics in the history and social studies of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.

Today starts the new fellowship year and I am absolutely delighted to announce the 2025-26 class of Beckman Center Fellows at @sciencehistory.org!!