Dr. Molly Harrabin
@mharrabin.bsky.social
All things gender and sexuality in Weimar Cinema! Currently a Postdoc at IAS (Warwick) & German Screen Studies Network (St. Andrews)
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📢📢📢 Upcoming Conference: 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' (University of Oxford, 17 - 19 June 2026)
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
Super excited about this conference - welcome one & all! Featuring keynotes by @pdobryden.bsky.social Sara Hall & Qinna Shen!
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Had great fun in Exeter yesterday, presenting the beginnings of my postdoc project! Thank you to Ina Linge for the invite & to all who came!
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Had great fun in Exeter yesterday, presenting the beginnings of my postdoc project! Thank you to Ina Linge for the invite & to all who came!
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Join us on 20 November at 5pm (UK) for an online event with Dr. Paul Flaig (University of St. Andrews) to celebrate the release of his new book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed!
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November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Join us on 20 November at 5pm (UK) for an online event with Dr. Paul Flaig (University of St. Andrews) to celebrate the release of his new book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed!
Sign up via this form to receive the joining details shortly before the event
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📢🚨 ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR THE CFP CLOSES!!
📢📢📢 Upcoming Conference: 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' (University of Oxford, 17 - 19 June 2026)
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📢🚨 ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR THE CFP CLOSES!!
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Reminder: The deadline GSSN/DAAD-sponsored conference 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' conference (University of Oxford, 17-19 June 2026) is only one week away – 31 October 2025. We would be grateful if you could share the call with any students or colleagues who may be interested!
The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...
CFP: Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference (University of Oxford, 17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network
germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Reminder: The deadline GSSN/DAAD-sponsored conference 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' conference (University of Oxford, 17-19 June 2026) is only one week away – 31 October 2025. We would be grateful if you could share the call with any students or colleagues who may be interested!
Reposted by Dr. Molly Harrabin
Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed
From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse's diagnosis as a “melo-maniac,” Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed explores the extr…
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October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
Looking forward to presenting at the @thegsa.bsky.social conference in Arlington on Sunday!
If you're heading to the German Studies Association Conference this weekend, *don't miss* our sisters Mary Hennessy & Molly Harrabin presenting on "Weimar Cinema's Nasty Women"!!! 😍🎊🎞️ @mharrabin.bsky.social @g-s-s-n.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Looking forward to presenting at the @thegsa.bsky.social conference in Arlington on Sunday!
We are pleased to announce that the fall edition of WeimarCinema.org is now live, featuring new essays and film dossiers as well as updates on recent publications and restorations. We hope you enjoy the new essays and dossiers, and find the updates and news helpful!
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WeimarCinema.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We are pleased to announce that the fall edition of WeimarCinema.org is now live, featuring new essays and film dossiers as well as updates on recent publications and restorations. We hope you enjoy the new essays and dossiers, and find the updates and news helpful!
Reposted by Dr. Molly Harrabin
The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...
CFP: Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference (University of Oxford, 17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network
germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...
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Calling all German teachers: the German Screen Studies Network is running a DAAD-funded workshop in October at the University of Warwick on "Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context"! Spread the word: germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/05/w...
Workshop: Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context (October 4th, University of Warwick) – German Screen Studies Network
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September 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Calling all German teachers: the German Screen Studies Network is running a DAAD-funded workshop in October at the University of Warwick on "Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context"! Spread the word: germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/05/w...
Super excited about this conference - welcome one & all! Featuring keynotes by @pdobryden.bsky.social Sara Hall & Qinna Shen!
📢📢📢 Upcoming Conference: 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' (University of Oxford, 17 - 19 June 2026)
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
Full Call for Papers: drive.google.com/file/d/1pxBI...
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Please share widely with anyone who may be interested in joining us in Oxford next year!
September 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Super excited about this conference - welcome one & all! Featuring keynotes by @pdobryden.bsky.social Sara Hall & Qinna Shen!
Reposted by Dr. Molly Harrabin
Friendlies: the fabulous comrades over at VPL have fixed the sound system. The event has been rescheduled: October 9! I'll introduce the film and the Magazinist duo will accompany the screening with a NEW score. Registration free and open to public.
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a5f...
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a5f...
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Friendlies: the fabulous comrades over at VPL have fixed the sound system. The event has been rescheduled: October 9! I'll introduce the film and the Magazinist duo will accompany the screening with a NEW score. Registration free and open to public.
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a5f...
vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a5f...
The clock is ticking! Get those abstracts in!
CfP: Queer Lives & Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany’s LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures, an online conference that I have co-organized with Cedar Lensing-Sharp! Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2025! Keynotes from @manwithoutatan.bsky.social @jonahgarde.bsky.social & Camilla Smith!
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The clock is ticking! Get those abstracts in!
Not long until the deadline! We can’t wait to hear from you! Please share with your networks - @ddgc.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social @wigsblog.bsky.social
CfP: Queer Lives & Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany’s LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures, an online conference that I have co-organized with Cedar Lensing-Sharp! Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2025! Keynotes from @manwithoutatan.bsky.social @jonahgarde.bsky.social & Camilla Smith!
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Not long until the deadline! We can’t wait to hear from you! Please share with your networks - @ddgc.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social @wigsblog.bsky.social
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Our writing support groups are forming for Sept-Dec. They have been around since 2018 and are a vital component of community building in German studies. Join us! Reach out if you have questions. And pls share with colleagues, students. @ddgc.bsky.social
www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
Join our writing community.
www.ddgccollective.org
August 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Our writing support groups are forming for Sept-Dec. They have been around since 2018 and are a vital component of community building in German studies. Join us! Reach out if you have questions. And pls share with colleagues, students. @ddgc.bsky.social
www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.
August 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.
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Louise Brooks masterpiece, Pandora's Box (1929), explored in new multi-page Weimar Cinema dossier. More at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/07/pand...
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Gräfin Geschwitz (Alice Roberts), Lulu (Louise Brooks), and Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
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August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Louise Brooks masterpiece, Pandora's Box (1929), explored in new multi-page Weimar Cinema dossier. More at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/07/pand...
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Well, I finally got around to creating an account. Follow-me if you are interested in modern German History, the First World War in particular.
July 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Well, I finally got around to creating an account. Follow-me if you are interested in modern German History, the First World War in particular.
Absolutely delighted to officially be Dr. Harrabin after passing my viva with minor corrections this morning! Thank you to my examiners @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social & @katherinestone.bsky.social for their meaningful engagement with my work!
July 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Absolutely delighted to officially be Dr. Harrabin after passing my viva with minor corrections this morning! Thank you to my examiners @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social & @katherinestone.bsky.social for their meaningful engagement with my work!
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The GSSN would like to congraulate our founder, Professor Erica Carter, who has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.This is wonderful news and very much deserved!
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The GSSN would like to congraulate our founder, Professor Erica Carter, who has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.This is wonderful news and very much deserved!
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We're excited about the recent publication of Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou! You can find out more on our website, with a feature by Zach (!), and don't forget to purchase your copy today!
New Publication: Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou – German Screen Studies Network
An exciting new edited collection, Charting Asian German Film History: Imagination, Collaboration and Diasporic Representation, by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou, has just…
germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We're excited about the recent publication of Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou! You can find out more on our website, with a feature by Zach (!), and don't forget to purchase your copy today!
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Looks like a great resource for anyone teaching or researching Weimar film!
Delighted to announce that I have joined WeimarCinema.org as Associate Editor, working alongside Anton Kaes & Cynthia Walk! Followers may be interested to read the latest issue which includes a dossier on Pandora's Box by Shoshana Schwebel! www.weimarcinema.org/page/pandora...
Die Büchse der Pandora
www.weimarcinema.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Looks like a great resource for anyone teaching or researching Weimar film!
Delighted to announce that I have joined WeimarCinema.org as Associate Editor, working alongside Anton Kaes & Cynthia Walk! Followers may be interested to read the latest issue which includes a dossier on Pandora's Box by Shoshana Schwebel! www.weimarcinema.org/page/pandora...
Die Büchse der Pandora
www.weimarcinema.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Delighted to announce that I have joined WeimarCinema.org as Associate Editor, working alongside Anton Kaes & Cynthia Walk! Followers may be interested to read the latest issue which includes a dossier on Pandora's Box by Shoshana Schwebel! www.weimarcinema.org/page/pandora...
Reposting to remind people of our CfP! I’m really excited about this conference & looking forward to some great discussions about queer Weimar!
CfP: Queer Lives & Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany’s LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures, an online conference that I have co-organized with Cedar Lensing-Sharp! Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2025! Keynotes from @manwithoutatan.bsky.social @jonahgarde.bsky.social & Camilla Smith!
July 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposting to remind people of our CfP! I’m really excited about this conference & looking forward to some great discussions about queer Weimar!
Look what arrived today @jonahgarde.bsky.social!
June 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Look what arrived today @jonahgarde.bsky.social!