Aurore Spiers
@aurspiers.bsky.social
Film & Media Scholar + Historian • Assistant Prof. in the College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts + Women's and Gender Studies Program, Texas A&M University • PhD '22 @UChicago • Edit. Contributor @WFPProject • Book Reviews Editor EVPC • she/her
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Aurore Spiers
@aurspiers.bsky.social
· Dec 11
It's here! Go and pre-order a copy of ARCHIVING THE PAST for yourself and for your library! The book uncovers the story of women in France who, from the 1920s–1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinema's history, as archivists, witnesses, and activists. @ucpress.bsky.social
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Join us February 20 for the next installment of ONLINE WITH SFFP 🎬
Film archives didn’t just preserve cinema history—they shaped it.
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Film archives didn’t just preserve cinema history—they shaped it.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Join us February 20 for the next installment of ONLINE WITH SFFP 🎬
Film archives didn’t just preserve cinema history—they shaped it.
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Film archives didn’t just preserve cinema history—they shaped it.
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A short blog post about my research for ARCHIVING THE PAST, now available from University of California Press
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/r...
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Recovering Women’s Film History in the Archive
How author Aurore Spiers recovered women's hidden labor in the film history archives and their contributions to French cinema.
www.ucpress.edu
February 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A short blog post about my research for ARCHIVING THE PAST, now available from University of California Press
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/r...
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/r...
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Thanks @dwhdaily.bsky.social for the SHOUT-OUT to B. Geetha's fab review of 'Death by Laughter' in the January books round-up for @criterion.bsky.social ‼️‼️ (lots of irresistible reading recs here... 📚🎞️)
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www.criterion.com/current/post...
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Thanks @dwhdaily.bsky.social for the SHOUT-OUT to B. Geetha's fab review of 'Death by Laughter' in the January books round-up for @criterion.bsky.social ‼️‼️ (lots of irresistible reading recs here... 📚🎞️)
www.criterion.com/current/post...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Join us next month for the next installment of ONLINE WITH SFFP
🎬 “Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France”
📅 Friday, February 20 | ⏰ 12–1 pm PST
Film history didn’t preserve itself—and many of the women who built it were written out of the story.
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🎬 “Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France”
📅 Friday, February 20 | ⏰ 12–1 pm PST
Film history didn’t preserve itself—and many of the women who built it were written out of the story.
1/3
January 20, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Join us next month for the next installment of ONLINE WITH SFFP
🎬 “Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France”
📅 Friday, February 20 | ⏰ 12–1 pm PST
Film history didn’t preserve itself—and many of the women who built it were written out of the story.
1/3
🎬 “Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France”
📅 Friday, February 20 | ⏰ 12–1 pm PST
Film history didn’t preserve itself—and many of the women who built it were written out of the story.
1/3
Very excited to participate in this online event on February 20 with San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social
filmpreserve.org/event/online...
filmpreserve.org/event/online...
Online with SFFP — Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France - San Francisco Film Preserve
The idea that film history was worth preserving received wider acceptance in the 1920s, when some of the first archives entirely dedicated to the cinema emerged around the world. This […]
filmpreserve.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Very excited to participate in this online event on February 20 with San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social
filmpreserve.org/event/online...
filmpreserve.org/event/online...
It's a joy to see ARCHIVING THE PAST out in the world! Thank you Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social for sharing 😘
Taking time out my manic course prep to share a very special delivery! Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social!
www.ucpress.edu/flyer/books/...
…now I just need to find the time to actually read it?! 🫠
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…now I just need to find the time to actually read it?! 🫠
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It's a joy to see ARCHIVING THE PAST out in the world! Thank you Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social for sharing 😘
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A @newyorker.com cartoon for us @criterion.bsky.social nerds!
January 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A @newyorker.com cartoon for us @criterion.bsky.social nerds!
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Happy new year! 🥳 Please consider adding ARCHIVING THE PAST to your TBR pile for 2026. The book is out in a few days from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social. Over the next few months, I'll be doing a few events to celebrate, so stay tuned!
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Happy new year! 🥳 Please consider adding ARCHIVING THE PAST to your TBR pile for 2026. The book is out in a few days from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social. Over the next few months, I'll be doing a few events to celebrate, so stay tuned!
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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All I wanted for Xmas is a print copy of @aurspiers.bsky.social's *brilliant* new book, ARCHIVING THE PAST -- which is the #1 must-read film studies monograph of 2026!!!! Congrats Aurore!!! 📚😍🎁 @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
All I wanted for Xmas is a print copy of @aurspiers.bsky.social's *brilliant* new book, ARCHIVING THE PAST -- which is the #1 must-read film studies monograph of 2026!!!! Congrats Aurore!!! 📚😍🎁 @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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Time to vote, vote, vote in the annual Silent London Poll of silent film excellence! silentlondon.co.uk/2025/12/21/t...
The Silent London Poll of 2025: vote for your winners now
Happy holiday Silent Londoners! They say that if you remember 2025, then you weren’t watching enough silent movies. How much do you recall? For myself I sure watched a lot of silent films, cl…
silentlondon.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Time to vote, vote, vote in the annual Silent London Poll of silent film excellence! silentlondon.co.uk/2025/12/21/t...
It's here! Go and pre-order a copy of ARCHIVING THE PAST for yourself and for your library! The book uncovers the story of women in France who, from the 1920s–1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinema's history, as archivists, witnesses, and activists. @ucpress.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's here! Go and pre-order a copy of ARCHIVING THE PAST for yourself and for your library! The book uncovers the story of women in France who, from the 1920s–1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinema's history, as archivists, witnesses, and activists. @ucpress.bsky.social
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It was a good mail day today! If you’re interested in archives, women’s labor and/of French movie culture, this is for you.
Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social! It’s a great book.
@ucpress.bsky.social
Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social! It’s a great book.
@ucpress.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It was a good mail day today! If you’re interested in archives, women’s labor and/of French movie culture, this is for you.
Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social! It’s a great book.
@ucpress.bsky.social
Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social! It’s a great book.
@ucpress.bsky.social
My book ARCHIVING THE PAST is *almost* out from @ucpress.bsky.social ! I'm so grateful to @shelleystamp.bsky.social for her support along the way! 😍
Advance copies of this beaut arrived today! Congrats to author @aurspiers.bsky.social!! Can’t wait for you all to read it.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My book ARCHIVING THE PAST is *almost* out from @ucpress.bsky.social ! I'm so grateful to @shelleystamp.bsky.social for her support along the way! 😍
I'm excited to announce that I've just become the new co-chair of the Film Studies SIG for the Modernist Studies Association! @moderniststudies.bsky.social I'll be working with John Hoffmann and Jordan Brower to continue making MSA a welcoming space for film and media scholars.
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm excited to announce that I've just become the new co-chair of the Film Studies SIG for the Modernist Studies Association! @moderniststudies.bsky.social I'll be working with John Hoffmann and Jordan Brower to continue making MSA a welcoming space for film and media scholars.
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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐅𝐏𝐏: Bart G. Moens's overview essay "Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920)."
Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920) – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐅𝐏𝐏: Bart G. Moens's overview essay "Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920)."
Looking forward to the Modernist Studies Association Conference in Boston this week! I'll be talking about early French women movie workers and engage in conversation with my dear colleagues Rutuja Deshmukh, Palita Chunsaengchan, and Kaveh Askari! @rutuja.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looking forward to the Modernist Studies Association Conference in Boston this week! I'll be talking about early French women movie workers and engage in conversation with my dear colleagues Rutuja Deshmukh, Palita Chunsaengchan, and Kaveh Askari! @rutuja.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social
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Truth. Read the whole thread.
We absolutely need to support academic freedom and faculty at beleaguered red state universities. While we can't do much beyond public shaming of officials and universities, one important way to help these faculty directly is to give them a fair shake when they apply for your open faculty positions.
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Truth. Read the whole thread.
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Happy Birthday to Marie Epstein!
Marie Epstein – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
August 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy Birthday to Marie Epstein!
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Happy Birthday to Alma Reville! "Best known as the wife and collaborator of Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville’s career as a screenwriter and editor has largely been overshadowed by that of her director husband."
Alma Reville – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
August 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy Birthday to Alma Reville! "Best known as the wife and collaborator of Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville’s career as a screenwriter and editor has largely been overshadowed by that of her director husband."
Read about how much fun we just had at the Women and Silent Screen conference in Brussels/Antwerp from the one and only @pamhutch.bsky.social Many thanks to the organizers and @wfhinetwork.bsky.social who created this vital space for feminist scholarship & mayhem!
silentlondon.co.uk/2025/06/15/c...
silentlondon.co.uk/2025/06/15/c...
Catching trains, raising riots and trashing the kitchen: travels in feminist cinema
“Is this really what you want to learn from the past?” – Breaking Plates (Karen Pearlman, 2025) Let the train take the strain they say, and so I did, curating my own idiosyncratic, mostly silent, t…
silentlondon.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Read about how much fun we just had at the Women and Silent Screen conference in Brussels/Antwerp from the one and only @pamhutch.bsky.social Many thanks to the organizers and @wfhinetwork.bsky.social who created this vital space for feminist scholarship & mayhem!
silentlondon.co.uk/2025/06/15/c...
silentlondon.co.uk/2025/06/15/c...
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My head is spinning after all the *brilliant* presentations and screenings today at Women & the Silent Screen!!! 🎞️📚❤️ @wfhinetwork.bsky.social @aurspiers.bsky.social @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social @rutuja.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My head is spinning after all the *brilliant* presentations and screenings today at Women & the Silent Screen!!! 🎞️📚❤️ @wfhinetwork.bsky.social @aurspiers.bsky.social @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social @rutuja.bsky.social
Grateful to have the opportunity to present some research in progress at the Women and Silent Screen conference organized by @wfhinetwork.bsky.social in Brussels on Thursday, June 12! Full program here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62238...
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Grateful to have the opportunity to present some research in progress at the Women and Silent Screen conference organized by @wfhinetwork.bsky.social in Brussels on Thursday, June 12! Full program here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62238...
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"As with many other early women filmmakers, Kathlyn Williams' success in front of the camera created opportunities behind it, but her reputation as a performer may well have limited those opportunities as well." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-... #BOTD
Kathlyn Williams – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
May 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"As with many other early women filmmakers, Kathlyn Williams' success in front of the camera created opportunities behind it, but her reputation as a performer may well have limited those opportunities as well." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-... #BOTD