Annie Rudd
hiannie.bsky.social
Annie Rudd
@hiannie.bsky.social
Photo historian, media historian, mom, etc. Associate Professor of Critical Media Studies at the University of Calgary.
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.

#humanities #highered #neh

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Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Spot-on 2025 Nieman Prediction for Journalism from the brilliant Hafsa Maqsood. I’m lucky I get to supervise her important and timely PhD work! @ucalgary.bsky.social
“When journalists around the world are being killed for practicing their freedom of press, journalists have no choice but to become activists,” Hafsa Maqsood writes.
The line between activism and journalism breaks
"When journalists around the world are being killed for practicing their freedom of press, journalists have no choice but to become activists."
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December 10, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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I can now announce my book A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire is going to be published by University of Chicago Press in Fall 2025.
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 PM
TT job in Critical and Creative Studies at AUArts, area of expertise open: check it out, folks on the job market!
November 25, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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Call for Papers

The journal “photographies” is looking forward to receive proposals for a special issue on “Photography & Memory in the Age of AI” which will be co-edited by Sara Oscar and Cherine Fahd.

Submissions are due on January 15, 2025.
November 20, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Instructions on DIY camera pistol making, via the weird, short-lived Camera Comics (c. 1944-46).
November 20, 2024 at 5:18 PM