Association of Adaptation Studies
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We are AAS: scholars of adaptation, intertextuality, intermediality & all the disciplines that involve them. Arguably the best sidebar chat game in online aca-conferencing.
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⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
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20 years ago today I started my blog & to quote Elton John "I'm still standing". Thanks to everyone who has read, commented or shared anything I've done in the last 2 decades. Here's an infographic I made to celebrate.
January 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
20 years ago today I started my blog & to quote Elton John "I'm still standing". Thanks to everyone who has read, commented or shared anything I've done in the last 2 decades. Here's an infographic I made to celebrate.
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"I hope the skeptics have been satisfied by my 'puppets are uncanny' argument, because now I have to mount my third point and achieve the hat trick that will seal my grand yuletide theory: Kermit the Frog is the only performer to ever truly embody Bob Cratchit."
A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
Only one movie has ever managed to recreate that uniquely Dickens magic, achieving it not so much through adaptation as through transmutation.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"I hope the skeptics have been satisfied by my 'puppets are uncanny' argument, because now I have to mount my third point and achieve the hat trick that will seal my grand yuletide theory: Kermit the Frog is the only performer to ever truly embody Bob Cratchit."
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Green's image provides an intriguing reinterpretation of John Leech's original illustration, "The Last of the Spirits". Green is slightly more faithful to Dickens's text in representing Scrooge clutching at the Spirit's robe, but the miser's name is not evident on the gravestone as in Leech.
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Green's image provides an intriguing reinterpretation of John Leech's original illustration, "The Last of the Spirits". Green is slightly more faithful to Dickens's text in representing Scrooge clutching at the Spirit's robe, but the miser's name is not evident on the gravestone as in Leech.
not to let down this fine academic organization,
but this announcement had me at killer squirrels
but this announcement had me at killer squirrels
Slashers, killer squirrels and videogame adaptations are all on the way in 2026. Here are 13 horror movies you won’t want to miss next year.
filmstories.co.uk/features/13-...
filmstories.co.uk/features/13-...
13 horror movies to keep an eye out for in 2026
Slashers, killer squirrels and videogame adaptations are all on the way in 2026. Here are 13 horror movies you won’t want to miss next year.
filmstories.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
not to let down this fine academic organization,
but this announcement had me at killer squirrels
but this announcement had me at killer squirrels
CFP of potential interest to AAS members & friends! www.facebook.com/events/63988...
International Academic Conference: MEDIA ARCHAEOLOGY & LITERARY STUDIES
Event in Kraków, Poland by Agnieszka Pałucka and Bartosz Nowak on Tuesday, September 8 2026
www.facebook.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
CFP of potential interest to AAS members & friends! www.facebook.com/events/63988...
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EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
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"‘Jeust twa folk ken’: Adapting and Performing The Seven Sages of Scotland" by Jane Elizabeth Bonsall and Daisy Black: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal SC: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
Published as part of the #OLHJournal SC: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
‘Jeust twa folk ken’: Adapting and Performing <em>The Seven Sages of Scotland</em>
This paper reflects upon the research and development of two performances of The Seven Sages of Scotland, based on the late medieval Scottish Buke of the Sevyne Sagis, to consider the process, impact,...
doi.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"‘Jeust twa folk ken’: Adapting and Performing The Seven Sages of Scotland" by Jane Elizabeth Bonsall and Daisy Black: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal SC: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
Published as part of the #OLHJournal SC: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
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A British professor who has turned his latest book into a Europop dance album is hoping his genre of “academic trance” will engage new audiences with scholarly research, reports @jgro-the.bsky.social
https://ow.ly/MyOU50XLvvj
https://ow.ly/MyOU50XLvvj
December 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A British professor who has turned his latest book into a Europop dance album is hoping his genre of “academic trance” will engage new audiences with scholarly research, reports @jgro-the.bsky.social
https://ow.ly/MyOU50XLvvj
https://ow.ly/MyOU50XLvvj
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The Transgender Media Portal (TMP): an award-winning, trans-made film database is in the final stretch of its fundraiser.
Lehman-Stamm Family Fund is matching donations and TMP seeks your help to raise final 25% to fight trans invisibility and sustain this resource.
Scan the QR code to donate!
Lehman-Stamm Family Fund is matching donations and TMP seeks your help to raise final 25% to fight trans invisibility and sustain this resource.
Scan the QR code to donate!
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Transgender Media Portal (TMP): an award-winning, trans-made film database is in the final stretch of its fundraiser.
Lehman-Stamm Family Fund is matching donations and TMP seeks your help to raise final 25% to fight trans invisibility and sustain this resource.
Scan the QR code to donate!
Lehman-Stamm Family Fund is matching donations and TMP seeks your help to raise final 25% to fight trans invisibility and sustain this resource.
Scan the QR code to donate!
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
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The LFA/AAS 2026 Conference programme for Feb 19/20 is done - great papers (as you can see from a snapshot of some of the Friday panels below). I'll be speaking about mental health/adaptation. If you'd like the full programme, DM me. And to sign up, here's the link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The LFA/AAS 2026 Conference programme for Feb 19/20 is done - great papers (as you can see from a snapshot of some of the Friday panels below). I'll be speaking about mental health/adaptation. If you'd like the full programme, DM me. And to sign up, here's the link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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TODAY ONLY! Squeak in those final registrations ✍️
Really looking forward to this—tomorrow, Friday, 12-1pm Eastern! Still time to register! @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social
udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
TODAY ONLY! Squeak in those final registrations ✍️
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Call for Papers: The Third International Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
The Technologies of Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Date: 23–25 October 2026
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The Technologies of Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Date: 23–25 October 2026
live-china-uon.cloud.contensis.com/en/humanitie...
The Third International Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference - University of Nottingham Ningbo China
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December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Call for Papers: The Third International Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
The Technologies of Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Date: 23–25 October 2026
live-china-uon.cloud.contensis.com/en/humanitie...
The Technologies of Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Date: 23–25 October 2026
live-china-uon.cloud.contensis.com/en/humanitie...
TODAY ONLY! Squeak in those final registrations ✍️
Really looking forward to this—tomorrow, Friday, 12-1pm Eastern! Still time to register! @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social
udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
TODAY ONLY! Squeak in those final registrations ✍️
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Thank you @edelsemple.bsky.social for flagging this great post and piece! Such a unique show that #WillScheibel and I decided some years back to put this book together. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Penny Dreadful and Adaptation
This book serves as a laboratory for experimenting with recent interdisciplinary methodologies to understand the mechanisms of adaptation more broadly.
link.springer.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thank you @edelsemple.bsky.social for flagging this great post and piece! Such a unique show that #WillScheibel and I decided some years back to put this book together. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Applications are open until the end of this week! We already have some great applicants but there's space for a few more 😊
@goetheuni.bsky.social #fanfic #fanfiction #fanstudies @fanstudies.bsky.social
@goetheuni.bsky.social #fanfic #fanfiction #fanstudies @fanstudies.bsky.social
Fanficforum Frankfurt is hosting its third student conference! Currently looking for contributors - students of all levels, degrees, fandoms are welcome to apply. The conference takes place in Frankfurt (aM), Germany, & on Zoom on 30.01.26. Deadline CfP: 14.12.25
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Fanficforum in Konferenz 2026 - Fanficforum Frankfurt
DE EN Die Konferenz zum Fanficforum geht ins dritte Jahr und soll wieder Studierenden die Möglichkeit geben, aktuelle akademische Arbeiten zum Thema Fanfiction vorzustellen und mit anderen zu diskutie...
fanficforum-ffm.de
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Applications are open until the end of this week! We already have some great applicants but there's space for a few more 😊
@goetheuni.bsky.social #fanfic #fanfiction #fanstudies @fanstudies.bsky.social
@goetheuni.bsky.social #fanfic #fanfiction #fanstudies @fanstudies.bsky.social
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Anyone have some research on podcasting & adaptation they'd like to share? 🎧
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Anyone have some research on podcasting & adaptation they'd like to share? 🎧
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“Who ate the baby? ‘Canis’’ adaptation history visualized” by Lilli Hölzlhammer: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
Who ate the baby? ‘Canis’’ adaptation history visualized
The Sanskrit tale of the hasty father who kills the one who tried to protect his baby travels through medieval languages and cultures. While the narrative stays the same, the killed character changes ...
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“Who ate the baby? ‘Canis’’ adaptation history visualized” by Lilli Hölzlhammer: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos
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Knives Out filmmaker Rian Johnson has steadfastly denied the wishes of scores of internet users asking for a Benoit Blanc mystery in which Daniel Craig’s character is surrounded by Muppets. Sesame Street, however, has found a loophole.
‘Sesame Street’ Delivers the ‘Knives Out’ Muppet Mystery the Internet Has Demanded
Knives Out filmmaker Rian Johnson has steadfastly denied the wishes of scores of internet users asking for a Benoit Blanc mystery in which Daniel Craig’s character is surrounded by Muppets. Sesame Street, however, has found a loophole.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Knives Out filmmaker Rian Johnson has steadfastly denied the wishes of scores of internet users asking for a Benoit Blanc mystery in which Daniel Craig’s character is surrounded by Muppets. Sesame Street, however, has found a loophole.
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⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
AAS Conference 2026 - Call For Papers - The Association of Adaptation Studies
Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality” Call for Papers Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman Unive...
www.adaptation.uk.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
⏱️ COUNTDOWN to the AAS 2026 proposal deadline, 15 Dec! Adaptation & Aurality, echoing through the Canadian Rockies at Burman University...sounds amazing!👂
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
Online panels also available for participants who cannot join in person. 💻 Details on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
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⚠️ DEADLINE TODAY!!! ⚠️ Get your abstract in for the LFA/AAS joint conference on Adaptation & Collaboration, to be held online February 19-20 2026 🖥️
🔆 LFA/AAS Joint Conference (ONLINE ONLY): Adaptation and Collaboration, 19-20 Feb 2026
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Come check out the best chat sidebar in academia! ⌨️
⚠️ DEADLINE TODAY!!! ⚠️ Get your abstract in for the LFA/AAS joint conference on Adaptation & Collaboration, to be held online February 19-20 2026 🖥️
🔆 LFA/AAS Joint Conference (ONLINE ONLY): Adaptation and Collaboration, 19-20 Feb 2026
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
⚠️ DEADLINE TODAY!!! ⚠️ Get your abstract in for the LFA/AAS joint conference on Adaptation & Collaboration, to be held online February 19-20 2026 🖥️
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Interested in the #Shakespeare #Academy 2026 and want to find out more about it? 👀 Visit #dsg_shakespeare on Instagram to hear from former participants 📢
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Interested in the #Shakespeare #Academy 2026 and want to find out more about it? 👀 Visit #dsg_shakespeare on Instagram to hear from former participants 📢
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CFP relevant to adaptationists:
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était »* : Uses and constructions of nostalgia in film & TV
*Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, ARTES
Proposals (Fr/Eng) due 19 December 2025
Conference 30 March - 1 April 2026
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était »* : Uses and constructions of nostalgia in film & TV
*Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, ARTES
Proposals (Fr/Eng) due 19 December 2025
Conference 30 March - 1 April 2026
La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était. Fabrique et usages de la nostalgie en cinéma et audiovisuel (Bordeaux)
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était » : Fabrique et usages de la nostalgie en cinéma et audiovisuel Colloque international – Université Bordeaux Montaigne, ARTES, Les 30 mars-1er avril 2026...
www.fabula.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
CFP relevant to adaptationists:
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était »* : Uses and constructions of nostalgia in film & TV
*Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, ARTES
Proposals (Fr/Eng) due 19 December 2025
Conference 30 March - 1 April 2026
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était »* : Uses and constructions of nostalgia in film & TV
*Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, ARTES
Proposals (Fr/Eng) due 19 December 2025
Conference 30 March - 1 April 2026