Dr Ami Nisa
ami-n.bsky.social
Dr Ami Nisa
@ami-n.bsky.social
Autism researcher at Swansea University | PhD in found-footage horror film
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Publication day! Looking forward to the new I Know What You Did Last Summer or Scream VII?

Then check out my new book The Postmodern Slasher Film (or order it for your library)

30% off with the code NEW30 at @edinburghup.bsky.social

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June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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CFP: Call For Proposals: Gothic Blackness: Exploring Ethnogothic, New Black Gothic, and Afro-Gothic Themes in Literature, Film, and Culture

Special Issue of American Gothic Studies
Guest Editor: Dr. DeAnna Daniels, University of Arizona
Proposals due 8/15/25, with essays due 2/1/26
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@jplaczkiewicz.bsky.social was lovely meeting you at the conference! Hope your journey back home wasn’t too nightmarish!
May 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The line-up for Horror Studies Now @horrorstudies.bsky.social is looking really great! research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie...

I’ll be presenting a paper on the Thursday ~ “Rivers of Blood: Racial Capitalism and the Emergence of the British Asian Vampire” 🧛🏾‍♀️
Horror Studies Now 2025 – #horrorNU
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May 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🚨 CfP for Cine-Excess 2025 is now LIVE. This year’s theme, REANIMATED! REVIVING CULT FILM’S DEAD OBJECTS, marks 40 years of Re-Animator (1985). Legendary producer Brian Yuzna is scheduled to join us in person with keynote speaker, Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes. Plus special guest speakers TBA: bit.ly/CECFP
May 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Registration is now open for Horror Studies Now 2025 (May 29th-30th, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

For information on how to register and to see the line-up, visit: research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie...

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May 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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A new award graduate students who are working with video essays organised by the SCMS Digital Humanities and Videographic Criticism special interest group (SIG). Please share this info with students you know and submit if you qualify (deadline this year will be June 1st).
April 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I have 2 webinars coming up where I'll be sharing my doctoral research and autoethnographic work I carried out alongside!

#AutRes #ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #Inclusion

1 - 8th May - online @craeioe.bsky.social - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-imposs...

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April 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Boosting this as I am employable again as a graphic designer/illustrator over the next few months. Got a project of some kind that I can make look sharp? Message me here or email benpbowsher@gmail.com
if anyone has any design or illustration work they need doing I am available and willing to negotiate a good rate. I had 7 years of experience in the industry before I left for my thesis. Here’s a small sample of work I did whilst doing the thesis:
January 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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My MSc student Jess is looking for autistic and non-autistic people to take part in her study. If you have 20 mins spare and fancy taking part it would be hugely appreciated!
I am running a study to see how neurotypes influence understanding of body language. You may partake if you are 18+. This study is estimated to take 20 minutes to complete, you will asked to watch videos and answer questions
Ethics code PSYCH-2025-4260-5011
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March 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Still time to book! Please share widely, and any issues please direct to SocrelResponseDay2025@gmail.com

#ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #AcademicSharing #Events
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There is still time to book for our one day conference on #Religion, #Disability and #Neurodivergence!

The day is for anyone interested in the intersection of disability, neurodivergence and religion and is for academics, practitioners and people wanting to hear some really fab work! /1/
March 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Published today! Read the new issue of Open Screens, the #diamondopenaccess journal of BAFTSS / British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. Volume 7, issue 1: www.openscreensjournal.com/issue/1296/i...
Open Screens | Issue: Issue: 1(7) Volume 7, Issue 1 (2025)
www.openscreensjournal.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Maybe someone should study these films in the context of the current climate, but I for one cannot stand Nazi zombies
February 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🌟Autistic people wanted!🌟
I would love to hear from autistic people who would like to contribute to a new book on growing up autistic. Please email h.axbey@outlook.com for more information. #Autistic #Autism #ActuallyAutistic
January 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I’ll soon be commissioning for the June issue of Mslexia and am open to pitches on any element of creative writing/publishing.

Features are ~1,800 words and fall into one of the following broad headings: CRAFT, CREATIVITY & WELLBEING, CAREER, OFF THE PAGE

#writingopportunities
January 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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CFP: Horror Studies Now 2025 (May 29th-30th) at Northumbria University

Call and submissions info here:
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January 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Reading student participation assignments in my "Contemporary Women Filmmakers" class. Reminded why John Alberti's "Director as Facilitator: Collaboration, Cooperation & the Gender Politics of the Set" remains one of my all-time favorite essays to teach! [Shelton 💔]
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February 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Are you a supervisor wondering how to better support your neurodivergent postgrads? Go read our latest article in @timeshighered.bsky.social

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How to support neurodivergent postgraduate researchers
How can universities ensure PhD students of all neurotypes can thrive? Here’s how to provide neurodiversity-affirmative supervision
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January 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Spent the morning printing to distract from how tough a career in academia is looking: @gravedigger666.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM