Allison Cooper

Scholarship Boosted by Faculty Grants Through Fall 2025

From cinema studies to German, from biology to Russian, Bowdoin faculty from across the academic spectrum were rewarded for their excellence in research and teaching during the fall semester with funding awards from external sources. bit.ly/3ZdhrB5

Spending a rainy Maine day with the SCMS conference program and sharing sessions related to the DH and Videographic Criticism SIG. Let me know in the comments if you have a panel or presentation I should add. #SCMS26

Heads up SCMSers! The annual DH and Videographic Criticism SIG meeting is this Friday, Dec 5 from 11-12 CST. Keep an eye on your inbox tomorrow for instructions about how to join the Zoom session. Come hang with us - we know when to use video instead of writing and we can sing (sort of)! #SCMS26

Camera movement has existed longer than we might think, with pans becoming common in the 1900s.

Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.

I think Bogost nailed the issues in this piece.

Please add Kinolab @kinolab.bsky.social Thank you!

Kinolab, like many other open access film and media projects, relies on metadata from The Movie Database. Please support our work and that of colleagues by signing the linked petition and by sharing this request widely. Thank you!

The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.

My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....

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2) World Central Kitchen (WCK) is providing meals to first responders and families in need. You can support its efforts by making a donation here: wck.org

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Happy Children-Return-to-School Day to all who celebrate! Marking the occasion with a leisurely perusal of the @scmstudies.bsky.social conference program and noting all the videographic panels. Did I miss any? #scms25

Congratulations, Barbara! Love this video essay and so glad it got the recognition it deserved.

@evelynkreutzer.bsky.social mentioned this to me. It looks great! Is there going to be an event? Might be a good excuse for a quick trip to NYC…

We made a thing! The videographic cluster “The Personal Mediascape in the Age of Videographic Heterotopias” has just gone live over on ASAP/Review. Happy watching and reading! asapjournal.com/cluster/the-...

Something good is coming to ASAP/J on Monday! @filmstudiesff.bsky.social @dezigarcia.bsky.social @middento.bsky.social @videoessays.bsky.social