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
· May 9
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.
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Very excited to share that my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, will be released from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social in January 2026! Many thanks to Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social, Raina Polivka, and their team at UCP for making this possible.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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…
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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
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If you love dogs AND silent film, you might appreciate this new 2-disc Blu-ray collection dedicated to canines in silent films!!! With a superstar line-up of musical accompanists! 🎶🐶
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May 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you love dogs AND silent film, you might appreciate this new 2-disc Blu-ray collection dedicated to canines in silent films!!! With a superstar line-up of musical accompanists! 🎶🐶
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When author Rob King uncovered a cinematic treasure in a NJ storage unit, he bought it all. What was inside? You'll have to read his guest blog post to find out: buff.ly/Qu8Qu9J #RadleyMetzger #RobKing #FilmHistory #EroticCinema #ArchiveDiscovery #LostAndFound #Cinephile #CultCinema #ClassicFilm
May 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When author Rob King uncovered a cinematic treasure in a NJ storage unit, he bought it all. What was inside? You'll have to read his guest blog post to find out: buff.ly/Qu8Qu9J #RadleyMetzger #RobKing #FilmHistory #EroticCinema #ArchiveDiscovery #LostAndFound #Cinephile #CultCinema #ClassicFilm
Very excited to share that my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, will be released from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social in January 2026! Many thanks to Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social, Raina Polivka, and their team at UCP for making this possible.
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
May 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very excited to share that my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, will be released from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social in January 2026! Many thanks to Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social, Raina Polivka, and their team at UCP for making this possible.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
New CFP!! Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culture @epvcjournal.bsky.social about TEACHING SILENT CINEMA TODAY guest-edited by Carolyn Condon Jacobs and myself!! Please share!!
May 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New CFP!! Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culture @epvcjournal.bsky.social about TEACHING SILENT CINEMA TODAY guest-edited by Carolyn Condon Jacobs and myself!! Please share!!
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Happy Birthday to actress, director, producer & screenwriter Lucille McVey (aka Mrs. Sidney Drew)!
Mrs. Sidney Drew – 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
April 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Birthday to actress, director, producer & screenwriter Lucille McVey (aka Mrs. Sidney Drew)!
My #SCMS25 book haul!! Excited to dive into new (and new to me) works by Brian Jacobson @bleudeciel.bsky.social, Alison Griffiths, Tom Slater, Alyssa Lopez, Rielle Navitski, Jie Li, and more! @ucpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @templeunivpress.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My #SCMS25 book haul!! Excited to dive into new (and new to me) works by Brian Jacobson @bleudeciel.bsky.social, Alison Griffiths, Tom Slater, Alyssa Lopez, Rielle Navitski, Jie Li, and more! @ucpress.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @templeunivpress.bsky.social
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#Incomplete (@ucpress.bsky.social) wins the 2025 @scmstudies.bsky.social Award for Best Edited Collection!! And is accepted by a gorgeous gaggle of contributors - a fitting expression of the book's collective feminist ethos 💫💫💫 @stefansolomon.bsky.social #SCMS25
April 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#Incomplete (@ucpress.bsky.social) wins the 2025 @scmstudies.bsky.social Award for Best Edited Collection!! And is accepted by a gorgeous gaggle of contributors - a fitting expression of the book's collective feminist ethos 💫💫💫 @stefansolomon.bsky.social #SCMS25
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Buckle up, it's time for the Alice Guy panel!!!! 🎞️🎊 #SCMS25 @aurspiers.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Buckle up, it's time for the Alice Guy panel!!!! 🎞️🎊 #SCMS25 @aurspiers.bsky.social
#SCMS25 is almost upon us! Please join me and my fellow panelists, Jane Gaines, Pam Wojcik, Carolyn Condon Jacobs, and @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social on Thursday, April 3 @ 2.15pm to discuss THE FILMS OF ALICE GUY BLACHE!
March 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#SCMS25 is almost upon us! Please join me and my fellow panelists, Jane Gaines, Pam Wojcik, Carolyn Condon Jacobs, and @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social on Thursday, April 3 @ 2.15pm to discuss THE FILMS OF ALICE GUY BLACHE!
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Happy Birthday to America actress, producer, screenwriter, and director Dorothy Davenport Reid!
Dorothy Davenport Reid – 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.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy Birthday to America actress, producer, screenwriter, and director Dorothy Davenport Reid!
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Happy Birthday to American film distributor Edna Williams!
Edna 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.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy Birthday to American film distributor Edna Williams!
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Registration for Doing Women's Film and Television History 7 is now open!! This year's evocative theme is ‘Entangled Media: Past and Present’. 🎞️❤️ womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/d...
DWFTH 7 Conference registration OPEN
We are pleased to announce that the registration for Doing Women’s Film and Television History 7 is now open. Please register here: DWFTH7 Conference | University of Lincoln. This year’s them…
womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Registration for Doing Women's Film and Television History 7 is now open!! This year's evocative theme is ‘Entangled Media: Past and Present’. 🎞️❤️ womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/d...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Please consider signing this important petition from @jacobengelberg.bsky.social!
attention film & media scholars! last month, The Movie Database, whose catalogue populates Letterboxd, removed hundreds of early moving image works in a new content policy. read why my colleagues & i think this is a mistake in our open letter. please consider signing: forms.gle/zCyZt9fMwYcj...
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Please consider signing this important petition from @jacobengelberg.bsky.social!
Many thanks to @tanyagoldman.bsky.social for inviting me to guest lecture about Céline Sciamma at Bowdoin College! 😀
Big merci to @aurspiers.bsky.social for Zooming in to my "Contemporary Women Filmmakers" class to discuss Céline Sciamma's work, persona, #MeToo movement in France.
Students watched GIRLHOOD independently + they'll watch PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE tonight.
Will discuss all in class on Wednesday!
Students watched GIRLHOOD independently + they'll watch PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE tonight.
Will discuss all in class on Wednesday!
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Many thanks to @tanyagoldman.bsky.social for inviting me to guest lecture about Céline Sciamma at Bowdoin College! 😀