We've got space for new TV blogs between April & July - please consider submitting one WFTHN! There are loads of cool conferences (BAFTSS SCMS Console-ing Passions) coming up, too, if you fancy writing a report on one 📺💘

Highlight of BAFTSS to see the work of Prof Sarita Malik honoured at this year’s conference. From her 2001 book Representing Black Britain, her interventions in the field of race and representation in British film and television are field defining. Congratulations Prof Malik ❤️

CSJ Conference News: Registrations now open! Early bird deadline May 6, 2024. Check out our conference website for further details and to register: celebritystudiesconference.com/conference-reg…

Closing date for applications is a week away, May 1. Feel free to contact me for an informal chat.

We are hiring! Feeling excited and lucky that we are offering 3 permanent posts. Deadlines 21/22 May, details here: Lec in Film and/or Television Studies (E&R) Lec in International Film and Screen Industries (E&R) Lec in Film/Screen Practice (E&R) jobs.ac.uk/search/?placeI…

📽️This weekend, Film at Southampton and Harbour Lights Picturehouse are presenting a showcase of Hong Kong indie cinema, in collaboration with Hong Kong Film Festival UK 🎟️Book here 👉beacons.ai/hkff.uk

We are looking for a Digital Culture ~ Digital Heritage ~ Digital Memory postdoctoral researcher for ‘Synthetic Pasts’ @CardiffJOMEC starting Sept 2024 for 2 years. Deadline: 2nd June. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search… More on Synthetic Pasts: syntheticpasts.com Queries? get in touch!

Am very excited to be a small part of this amazing project! #women #film #archives

Our film expert Prof Shelley Cobb Shelley Cobb Film at Southampton, working with University of Exeter, will help uncover the decades of hidden histories of women working in filmmaking 📽️ Find out more about the new Arts and Humanities Research Council project 👇 brnw.ch/21wK3rN

I wrote up key points from the discussion from the launch event (last November) of my report Safe to Speak Up? for Feminist Media Studies Huge thanks to panellists Philippa Childs Deeba Syed Lucy Tallon The Film and TV Charity & Jen Smith for a powerful discussion. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

There is NO convincing financial justification for proposed redundancies Goldsmiths, University of London In fact new HESA data shows it's doing well given the sector hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analy… Time to stop giving millions to private consultancies & reverse the cuts! #NotADoneDeal Goldsmiths UCU

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline variety.com/2024/digital/n…

My first book "Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy" is now available for pre-order on the Edinburgh University Press website & is 30% off with the code NEW30. Please recommend it to your library/librarian! 🥰 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reclaimin…

😊 Nice to have callingtheshots research on UK film industry and Film at Southampton colleague Jara Fernandez-Meneses’ research on Spanish film industry featured in University of Southampton Research and enterprise magazine

.Communications @UniofExeter is hiring: 1. Lecturer in Media and Communications. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJV181/lec… 2. Lecturer in Digital Media Governance. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJV172/lec… Please share and get in touch with any questions. Applications via the Exeter website by 14th October.

Hurrah!! Submit an abstract to this conference. It’s the best!!

Delighted to be at Film at Southampton next week, 5th November , 4 pm for a @BAFTSS New Connections talk to discuss my work on Homelessness, Gender and Labour in Contemporary Narrative Cinema with Shelley Cobb as a respondent 👇 Looking forward!! 🙌

Was lovely discussing my research yesterday as part of the New Connections series, thanks Film at Southampton for hosting me, thank you Shelley Cobb for the thoughtful response and questions, to BAFTSS for supporting this research, and to everyone who came and asked questions!