Selmin Kara
@selminimal.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film and Documentary Media @ UCSC. Interested in eco-cinema, environmental humanities, migration, and sound. Lover of birds, pollinator gardens, and rewilding.
Happening today:
SHIMMERING (2025): A Screening and Discussion with filmmaker Matte Hewitt – UCSC Center for Documentary Arts and Research (CDAR)
cdar.ucsc.edu
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happening today:
Agreed. I want to see the insect inspiration boards for each of Elizabeth’s costumes.
Watching Frankenstein (2025) for the costuming alone is a worthwhile endeavor.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Agreed. I want to see the insect inspiration boards for each of Elizabeth’s costumes.
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Do you find yourself at the intersection of performance, games, and design? Do you want to work with world class artists in research, pedagogy, and games? Then maybe apply to work with me at UCSC! We're hiring a Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games (Initial Review Date 11/14/25)
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Do you find yourself at the intersection of performance, games, and design? Do you want to work with world class artists in research, pedagogy, and games? Then maybe apply to work with me at UCSC! We're hiring a Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
Deleted my account. What an outrageous move from academia.edu.
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Deleted my account. What an outrageous move from academia.edu.
Who is attending ASAP Conference? Trying to decide on travel dates. It's tricky to find flights from Santa Cruz with the added complexity of shuttle arrangements and transport time to nearby airports.
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Who is attending ASAP Conference? Trying to decide on travel dates. It's tricky to find flights from Santa Cruz with the added complexity of shuttle arrangements and transport time to nearby airports.
Stellar opportunity for a sound scholar at UofT.
Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning
Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning
jobs.utoronto.ca
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Stellar opportunity for a sound scholar at UofT.
Worked a full day on my new course on media in the Anthropocene and it's slowly coming together. I imagine that I'm quite lucky to be assigned two eco-media courses (one undergrad and one grad) in a year.
September 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Worked a full day on my new course on media in the Anthropocene and it's slowly coming together. I imagine that I'm quite lucky to be assigned two eco-media courses (one undergrad and one grad) in a year.
Waiting for the Canadian election results in anticipation. Strange to be in the diaspora of both of my countries of citizenship at times like this.
April 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Waiting for the Canadian election results in anticipation. Strange to be in the diaspora of both of my countries of citizenship at times like this.
Those of you at UCSC or around Santa Cruz, please feel free to join us for a great book talk on May 6th:
April 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Those of you at UCSC or around Santa Cruz, please feel free to join us for a great book talk on May 6th:
A film that takes place where you’re from...
Two iconic ones that I can think of:
Two iconic ones that I can think of:
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A film that takes place where you’re from...
Two iconic ones that I can think of:
Two iconic ones that I can think of:
Academic hive-mind, does anyone have any suggestions for cool articles or video essays on tracking/following shots (mostly interested in documentary but fiction works too), that would be much appreciated! Asking for a student.
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Academic hive-mind, does anyone have any suggestions for cool articles or video essays on tracking/following shots (mostly interested in documentary but fiction works too), that would be much appreciated! Asking for a student.
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The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
jobs.colorado.edu
January 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
The images of people freed from Syrian torture chambers are giving me chills. I hope something good comes out of the regime change after all this suffering, although the path looks very challenging with the current political actors. Iraq is not a promising precedent but it's unhealthy to compare.
December 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
The images of people freed from Syrian torture chambers are giving me chills. I hope something good comes out of the regime change after all this suffering, although the path looks very challenging with the current political actors. Iraq is not a promising precedent but it's unhealthy to compare.
Ooh, this one is tempting.
HoMER 2025 Conference: Cinema and Conflict.
Dates: 8-11 July 2025.
Location: Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Proposals deadline: 19 January 2025. Letters of acceptance/rejection: 17 February 2025.
More details: homernetwork.org/annual-confe...
Submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/199RW_
Dates: 8-11 July 2025.
Location: Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Proposals deadline: 19 January 2025. Letters of acceptance/rejection: 17 February 2025.
More details: homernetwork.org/annual-confe...
Submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/199RW_
Annual Conference 2024
HoMER 2025 Conference: Cinema and ConflictDates: 8-11 July 2025Location: Galatasaray University, Istanbul, TurkeyDeadline for proposals: 19 January 2025Letters of acceptance/rejection: 17 February …
homernetwork.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Ooh, this one is tempting.
Reposted by Selmin Kara
Delighted to share the 2nd of 3 faculty openings in the Dept. of Media Studies, Univ. of Colorado Boulder. If you're focusing on ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA, please consider applying. It's a tenured or tenure-track OPEN-RANK search. Deadline: Dec. 10 |
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Professor in Environmental Media Studies
jobs.colorado.edu
November 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Delighted to share the 2nd of 3 faculty openings in the Dept. of Media Studies, Univ. of Colorado Boulder. If you're focusing on ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA, please consider applying. It's a tenured or tenure-track OPEN-RANK search. Deadline: Dec. 10 |
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
The energy I bring to Bluesky.
November 16, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The energy I bring to Bluesky.
Reposted by Selmin Kara
Welcome twitter exiles! It can be confusing here at first (but sooo much better). First thing is to find some of your old pals! We put together a starter pack last month of film critics, writers, creators and obsessives to help you get started. Add it and then go from there :) go.bsky.app/CsvD994
November 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Welcome twitter exiles! It can be confusing here at first (but sooo much better). First thing is to find some of your old pals! We put together a starter pack last month of film critics, writers, creators and obsessives to help you get started. Add it and then go from there :) go.bsky.app/CsvD994
This looks great; putting it on my list to watch.
Rarely do I share when I’m in a trailer, but I do love that I’m in the trailer for ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (possibly the best film from this year’s Cannes).
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM
This looks great; putting it on my list to watch.
10 📺 shows to get to know me:
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
4. The Wire
5. The Mighty Boosh
6. Squid Game
7. The Last of Us
8. Golden Girls
9. Kizil Goncalar (Turkish)
10. Sherlock
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
4. The Wire
5. The Mighty Boosh
6. Squid Game
7. The Last of Us
8. Golden Girls
9. Kizil Goncalar (Turkish)
10. Sherlock
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 AM
10 📺 shows to get to know me:
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
4. The Wire
5. The Mighty Boosh
6. Squid Game
7. The Last of Us
8. Golden Girls
9. Kizil Goncalar (Turkish)
10. Sherlock
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
4. The Wire
5. The Mighty Boosh
6. Squid Game
7. The Last of Us
8. Golden Girls
9. Kizil Goncalar (Turkish)
10. Sherlock
Hey skydivers, is there a feed for film or media studies that I can pin?
November 14, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Hey skydivers, is there a feed for film or media studies that I can pin?
This is a project that I find highly inspiring (from the little I have seen/read of it in its early stages). So happy to see that it received funding and will be expanded in the next 5 years. Kudos to Alla Gadassik!
Alla Gadassik Receives $260,000 SSHRC Grant for Groundbreaking Animate Materials Workshop
The funding paves the way for the media historian and ECU faculty member to expand the project’s focus and reach over the next five years.
www.ecuad.ca
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 AM
This is a project that I find highly inspiring (from the little I have seen/read of it in its early stages). So happy to see that it received funding and will be expanded in the next 5 years. Kudos to Alla Gadassik!
Looking at the starterpacks that friends put together, it's cool to learn about what communities they see themselves as part of.
November 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Looking at the starterpacks that friends put together, it's cool to learn about what communities they see themselves as part of.
Reposted by Selmin Kara
If someone already made this, let me know. Otherwise, I’m happy to build it — but relying on you to help tell me who is here now… thx
go.bsky.app/6gPu9w1
go.bsky.app/6gPu9w1
November 11, 2024 at 9:57 PM
If someone already made this, let me know. Otherwise, I’m happy to build it — but relying on you to help tell me who is here now… thx
go.bsky.app/6gPu9w1
go.bsky.app/6gPu9w1
Hello from a foggy morning, Bluesky! Is there a starter pack for sound studies or eco-media studies?
November 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Hello from a foggy morning, Bluesky! Is there a starter pack for sound studies or eco-media studies?