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Maryse Elliott
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Senior Commissioning Editor @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, passionate about publishing cutting-edge research in #filmstudies, #mediastudies and #communicationstudies. Happy to connect and discuss your new academic book project!
#SCMS25 has just started! Kicking off with a great roundtable co-chaired by @nwbaer.bsky.social, expanding on themes from his #OpenAccess book,Technics
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789....
You can also check it out at the AUP table (Exhibit Hall) from tomorrow! See you there for a chat!
April 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The countdown to #SCMS25 in Chicago begins! Only 7 days left until the conference.
March 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Less than 2 weeks until #SCMS2025 in Chicago! Looking forward to engaging discussions, meeting authors, and exploring new ideas in film & media studies.
If you're attending @scmstudies.bsky.social and want to chat about publishing with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social,feel free to reach out (DM/email)!
Conference - Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) | Amsterdam University Press
SCMS 2025 will take place from April 3rd to April 6th, 2025. AUP is delighted to participate with commissioning editor Maryse Elliott in attendance!
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March 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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New book: 'African Media in an Age of Extraction' by Noah Tsika examines the ties between #Nollywood and resource extraction, revealing how film and geography intersect.

Out now in #OpenAccess

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

#FilmStudies #MediaGeographies
March 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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'Theorizing Stephen King' is available now! Ed by
Michael Blouin 📕🔪

Readers of all stripes will find something in this collection, which illuminates how King’s horror literature as a media form has shifted in relation to cultural understandings over time.

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February 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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The first copy of 'The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade' was offered to Peggy Brandon, the Kwartiermaker Museaal, during the book presentation

@schpvrtmsm.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This title, with its groundbreaking use of primary resources, is the first in the book series 'Slavery and Emancipation', aimed at breaking the mold of slavery studies

@fatahblack.bsky.social @ilsejosepha.bsky.social
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February 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When the city sleeps, the stories awaken...
Congrats to the editors & contributors of www.aup.nl/en/book/9789..., a new #OpenAccess title that explores the vibrant, complex world of the city after dark-where culture, identity, and politics collide.
#Urbanstudies @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces
Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces: Cultural Encounters after Dusk captures the multifarious nature of the urban night and how it is lived, structured, and reflected upon in diverse cultural and art...
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February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What a month for #filmstudies @amsterdamupress.bsky.social!
The new #OpenAccess volume www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... explores how film festivals are adapting in a post-pandemic world, with new perspectives on archiving, decolonizing practices and data analysis.
Another leading work on #filmfestivals!
Shaping Film Festivals In a Changing World
This volume is a collective attempt on the part of a community of academics, film festival curators, and archivists to come to terms with practical and intellectual challenges of the pandemic and post...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Congrats to @michaeljblouin.bsky.social & contributors for "Theorizing Stephen King"! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... This new collection delves into the unsettling world of #StephenKing, master of horror's work, exploring its cultural impact and evolution.
#HorrorStudies @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
Theorizing Stephen King
Readers of all stripes will find something to appreciate in this collection, which illuminates how King’s horror literature as a media form has shifted in relation to cultural understandings over time...
www.aup.nl
January 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
From the silver screen to the gaming console, monsters lurk around every corner, and the orange ones too...
Dive into this insightful new book
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789..., exploring how games reflect our fears & desires through monsters!
#gamestudies #mediastudies @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
Monstrosity in Games and Play
Monsters fascinate us. From ancient folklore to contemporary digital games, they are at the core of the stories we tell. They reflect our fears, deepest desires, and the monstrosity hidden within ours...
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January 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"The Politics of Monstrous Figures in Contemporary Cinema" by Francesco Sticchi in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #horrorstudies series is out!
This new book fearlessly explores the political potential of horror & sci-fi narratives in our time. Fascinating! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #filmstudies
The Politics of Monstrous Figures in Contemporary Cinema
The book addresses the role of particular monstrous figures and apocalyptic scenarios in contemporary cinema and television and evaluates the political potential of horror and sci-fi narratives in our...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'm thrilled to share Noah Tsika's latest book is out! It offers a fresh perspective on Nollywood and the relationship between moving images and natural resources. More relevant than ever and #OpenAccess! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #AfricanMedia #Nollywood #Extraction
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African Media in an Age of Extraction
African Media in an Age of Extraction takes a fresh, site-specific look at the relationship between moving images and the mining of natural resources, arguing that where we “place” Nollywood and other...
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January 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations, Nanna! It's been a pleasure working with @nannaverhoeff.bsky.social on her third book with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, also Open Access www.aup.nl/en/book/9789.... Check it out and dive into this thought-provoking exploration of urban screens and their place in our cities!
Urban Screens
This book offers a discussion of the screens, installations, and media architecture that populate contemporary urban public spaces. It proposes a methodological approach and conceptual toolset for the...
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January 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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A stunning account of mass atrocities, monuments, and memory culture in contemporary Spain, published in our Heritage and Memory Studies series.

Congrats on this beautiful book, @danielpalacios.bsky.social!

@amsterdamupress.bsky.social
Making Monuments from Mass Graves in Contemporary Spain
This book narrates how, beginning in 1936, bodies buried in mass graves during the Spanish War and subsequent dictatorship were turned into monuments. The book describes how the production of monument...
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November 16, 2024 at 2:16 PM