Chris O’Rourke
@chris-orourke.bsky.social
Film historian | interested in British cinema, silent cinema & queer/trans film histories | Associate Prof at the University of Warwick
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Join us online on Monday, 10 November, 16:30-18:00 (UK time), to hear about new LGBTQIA+ screen studies research. Speakers include Nicholas de Villiers, Beth Bramich and Mike Wyeld. More details and sign-up form here forms.gle/TTGvu4FCmAS8...
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Join us online on Monday, 10 November, 16:30-18:00 (UK time), to hear about new LGBTQIA+ screen studies research. Speakers include Nicholas de Villiers, Beth Bramich and Mike Wyeld. More details and sign-up form here forms.gle/TTGvu4FCmAS8...
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What new LGBTQIA+ screen studies scholarship should we be celebrating this pride month? What classic work should we revisit? Tell us about your new projects, or send us your recommendations for books, articles and video essays we should know about
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
What new LGBTQIA+ screen studies scholarship should we be celebrating this pride month? What classic work should we revisit? Tell us about your new projects, or send us your recommendations for books, articles and video essays we should know about
I had a great time talking with @ettletodd.bsky.social about 1905 films. If you haven’t listened to his podcast yet, treat yourself to the full back catalogue!
1905 E5 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever is live! @chris-orourke.bsky.social joins me to talk UK innovations in editing, pace, and length, French spectacle, and American actuality. Links 👇
June 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I had a great time talking with @ettletodd.bsky.social about 1905 films. If you haven’t listened to his podcast yet, treat yourself to the full back catalogue!
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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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We're excited to share a call for contributions to an upcoming special issue of EPVC on "Teaching Silent Cinema Today", guest edited by Carolyn Condon Jacobs and @aurspiers.bsky.social.
Share your experiences of teaching silent cinema and your ideas for how it could be taught in the future.
Share your experiences of teaching silent cinema and your ideas for how it could be taught in the future.
May 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We're excited to share a call for contributions to an upcoming special issue of EPVC on "Teaching Silent Cinema Today", guest edited by Carolyn Condon Jacobs and @aurspiers.bsky.social.
Share your experiences of teaching silent cinema and your ideas for how it could be taught in the future.
Share your experiences of teaching silent cinema and your ideas for how it could be taught in the future.
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A starter pack of fabulous folk working in LGBTQIA+ screen studies. If you'd like to be added, let us know! go.bsky.app/Asce99Z
April 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A starter pack of fabulous folk working in LGBTQIA+ screen studies. If you'd like to be added, let us know! go.bsky.app/Asce99Z
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In light of the, um, attention that trans studies is getting, let's make this list even longer. go.bsky.app/UAtsVTH
April 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In light of the, um, attention that trans studies is getting, let's make this list even longer. go.bsky.app/UAtsVTH
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In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
#TransRights
#TransRights
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
#TransRights
#TransRights
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What will happen to us un-women? My thoughts on today’s UK Supreme Court decision excluding trans women from the legal category of women. Over at Autostraddle: www.autostraddle.com/uk-supreme-c...
Illegally Female
The UK's Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that trans women are not legally considered women.
www.autostraddle.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What will happen to us un-women? My thoughts on today’s UK Supreme Court decision excluding trans women from the legal category of women. Over at Autostraddle: www.autostraddle.com/uk-supreme-c...
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Hello Bluesky! This is the new account for the BAFTSS LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies special interest group. Follow us and share your queer and trans screen studies news with us 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
April 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hello Bluesky! This is the new account for the BAFTSS LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies special interest group. Follow us and share your queer and trans screen studies news with us 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Did your favorite book store do that?
We see you! #transdayofvisibility #transdayofvisibility🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Did your favorite book store do that?
Thanks @baftss.bsky.social for the award! #baftss2025
Huge congratulations to Chris O’Rourke for winning the Best Article Award at BAFTSS 2025!
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thanks @baftss.bsky.social for the award! #baftss2025
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Peter Jewell, our Honorary Patron and Principal Donor.
The collection he built with his great friend Bill Douglas is an amazing legacy to leave the world.
Thank you Peter, we are profoundly grateful for your vision, energy and enthusiasm.
The collection he built with his great friend Bill Douglas is an amazing legacy to leave the world.
Thank you Peter, we are profoundly grateful for your vision, energy and enthusiasm.
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Peter Jewell, our Honorary Patron and Principal Donor.
The collection he built with his great friend Bill Douglas is an amazing legacy to leave the world.
Thank you Peter, we are profoundly grateful for your vision, energy and enthusiasm.
The collection he built with his great friend Bill Douglas is an amazing legacy to leave the world.
Thank you Peter, we are profoundly grateful for your vision, energy and enthusiasm.
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People in silent movies watching movies
March 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
People in silent movies watching movies
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Congratulations to FTV’s Tiago de Luca and Chris O’Rourke, who are both shortlisted for the ‘Best Article or Chapter’ award for BAFTSS 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Congratulations to FTV’s Tiago de Luca and Chris O’Rourke, who are both shortlisted for the ‘Best Article or Chapter’ award for BAFTSS 2025.
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This is a really bloody good grounding in how we got to where we are (and a reminder that the current anti-trans moral panic in the UK is a direct result of a small group of well-connected cis women getting angry about the [Conservative!] government proposing reforming the Gender Recognition Act)
So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
Moral panics and legal projects: echoes of Section 28 in United Kingdom transgender discourse and law reform
A grounding in the queer history of the legal system in the United Kingdom reveals striking parallels between the moral panic leading to the enactment of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, a...
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March 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is a really bloody good grounding in how we got to where we are (and a reminder that the current anti-trans moral panic in the UK is a direct result of a small group of well-connected cis women getting angry about the [Conservative!] government proposing reforming the Gender Recognition Act)
Thanks to @baftss.bsky.social for shortlisting my article ‘A Life in Pictures’ for a Publication Award! It’s free to access, if anyone wants to read about the history of a trans movie worker and his dealings with the British tabloid media in the 1940s-50s doi.org/10.1093/scre...
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Thanks to @baftss.bsky.social for shortlisting my article ‘A Life in Pictures’ for a Publication Award! It’s free to access, if anyone wants to read about the history of a trans movie worker and his dealings with the British tabloid media in the 1940s-50s doi.org/10.1093/scre...
I'm very pleased to have helped guest edit the latest issue of Early Popular Visual Culture. It also features new research into Robert Paul, colour films in the Scottish Highlands, roll of honour films + a 1920s copyright dispute
The second part of our special issue on the British Silent Film Festival & Symposium is now online, including open access articles on William Friese-Greene, silent film music and Maurice Elvey www.tandfonline.com/toc/repv20/2...
Early Popular Visual Culture
The British Silent Film Festival and symposium: Part Two. Guest Editor: Chris O’Rourke. Volume 22, Issue 3 of Early Popular Visual Culture
www.tandfonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'm very pleased to have helped guest edit the latest issue of Early Popular Visual Culture. It also features new research into Robert Paul, colour films in the Scottish Highlands, roll of honour films + a 1920s copyright dispute
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December 12, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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As part of the Weimar 100 project, there will be a free screening of the German silent film The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann, 1924) in the FAB Cinema on Thursday 28th Nov at 7pm, w/ an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts of the German department. Reserve a spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weimar-100....
November 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
As part of the Weimar 100 project, there will be a free screening of the German silent film The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann, 1924) in the FAB Cinema on Thursday 28th Nov at 7pm, w/ an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts of the German department. Reserve a spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weimar-100....