📢CFP📢
« La nostalgie n’est plus ce qu’elle était » : Uses and constructions of nostalgia in film and television
International conference – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
30th March-1st April 2026
Submission deadline: 19th December 2025

📢Forthcoming New Connections talk📢
Dr Yunzi Han, "What if we temporarily move beyond the patriarchal paradigm? A gendered reading of the gestational journey in Iranian film Heiran (dir. Shalizeh Arefpour, 2009)"
24/06/25, University of Sheffield
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📢Forthcoming New Connections talks📢
- Dr Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal, "Watch and Learn: Film and British Education (c. 1900)" (30/04)
- Dr David Melbye, "Evolution of Horror Jazz: African American Music in Postwar British Crime Cinema" (6/05)
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The 2025 BAFTSS New Connections programme is starting next week with Dr Beth Pyner's talk, hosted by the Centre for Screen Cultures and the St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies. More info: www.baftss.org/new-connecti...
Sponsored by @manchesterup.bsky.social @baftss.bsky.social

Next week at the @baftss.bsky.social conference (University of Warwick)! Hybrid roundtable open to all BAFTSS members on Wednesday 26th March, 10am. Theme: "Grant Applications & Post-doc Roles". To attend online, make sure to register. Further details: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...

Are you a BAFTSS member attending next month's conference, but have limited/no access to funding? @baftss.bsky.social offers 5 bursaries of £200 to help with travel & other costs. More info: www.baftss.org/funding.html And don't forget the Quarterly Travel Fund to access support for other events!

BAFTSS is now inviting proposals for next academic year’s ‘New Connections' Programme: a series of research talks at universities across the UK. Of interest for early career researchers and academics on fixed-term contracts: bursaries available. Further info: www.baftss.org/new-connecti...