The HoMER Network
@homer-network.bsky.social
International network of researchers interested in understanding cinema-going, exhibition, and reception, from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Web: https://homernetwork.org/
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Call for Papers
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
Call for Papers
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Call for Papers
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas
University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026
Pre-conference: 7 July 2026
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: 19 January 2026.
Further information:
Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
IAMHIST has released the CFP for its 2026 Master Class:
iamhist.net/iamhist-mast...
iamhist.net/iamhist-mast...
IAMHIST Master Class on Media and History 2026: Call for Papers – IAMHIST
iamhist.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
IAMHIST has released the CFP for its 2026 Master Class:
iamhist.net/iamhist-mast...
iamhist.net/iamhist-mast...
Dear HoMERites,
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dear HoMERites,
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow.
Best wishes,
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
Dear Homerites, Please join us for a webinar from TAP (The Audience Project research group, Oxford Brookes University) on
Fri. 12 Sept. 2025 at 12-1pm: "The Enchanting Kinora: Researching Edwardian Audiences," by
Prof. Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham. Abstract & link in comments.
Fri. 12 Sept. 2025 at 12-1pm: "The Enchanting Kinora: Researching Edwardian Audiences," by
Prof. Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham. Abstract & link in comments.
September 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dear Homerites, Please join us for a webinar from TAP (The Audience Project research group, Oxford Brookes University) on
Fri. 12 Sept. 2025 at 12-1pm: "The Enchanting Kinora: Researching Edwardian Audiences," by
Prof. Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham. Abstract & link in comments.
Fri. 12 Sept. 2025 at 12-1pm: "The Enchanting Kinora: Researching Edwardian Audiences," by
Prof. Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham. Abstract & link in comments.
Go to drive.google.com/drive/folder... and share your pictures! 📸🎞📽🎬
July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Go to drive.google.com/drive/folder... and share your pictures! 📸🎞📽🎬
HoMER's recent AGM set up three working groups on:
1) A new hosting platform for the HoMER website;
2) A mapping project;
3) New administrative models for the HoMER Network.
Interested in one or more? Fill out this form by 4 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1) A new hosting platform for the HoMER website;
2) A mapping project;
3) New administrative models for the HoMER Network.
Interested in one or more? Fill out this form by 4 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Call for participation in HoMER Working Groups
As defined at the last AGM, held in Istanbul on 11 July 2025, over the coming 12 months (until the next edition of the HoMER Conference in 2026), we will have three working groups collaborating with t...
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July 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
HoMER's recent AGM set up three working groups on:
1) A new hosting platform for the HoMER website;
2) A mapping project;
3) New administrative models for the HoMER Network.
Interested in one or more? Fill out this form by 4 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1) A new hosting platform for the HoMER website;
2) A mapping project;
3) New administrative models for the HoMER Network.
Interested in one or more? Fill out this form by 4 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
After a wonderfully hospitable, engaged and thought-provoking conference in İstanbul, we look forward to continuing our conversations in Exeter next year!
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
After a wonderfully hospitable, engaged and thought-provoking conference in İstanbul, we look forward to continuing our conversations in Exeter next year!
Reposting:
See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them.
Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi...
Thanks to all who worked to get this out!
See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them.
Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi...
Thanks to all who worked to get this out!
Miradas a los públicos de cine en Latinoamérica
rebeca.socine.org.br
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reposting:
See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them.
Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi...
Thanks to all who worked to get this out!
See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them.
Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi...
Thanks to all who worked to get this out!
#HoMERIstanbul2025 roundtable on Cinema and Palestine, with contributions from Ifdal Elsaket, Philippe Meers, Tamara Maatouk, Jeremy Randall, Claire Begbie and Ílke Şanlıer.
July 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 roundtable on Cinema and Palestine, with contributions from Ifdal Elsaket, Philippe Meers, Tamara Maatouk, Jeremy Randall, Claire Begbie and Ílke Şanlıer.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Morgan Corriou, Caroline Damiens, Mélisande Leventopoulos and Judith Thissen discuss Alternative Tracks in Distribution and Exhibition.
July 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Morgan Corriou, Caroline Damiens, Mélisande Leventopoulos and Judith Thissen discuss Alternative Tracks in Distribution and Exhibition.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 AydınÇam, Çiğdem Aksu Çam, Aynühayat Uybadın, Josh Carney and Sonay Ban discuss Power Struggles in Cinema, especially in relation to censorship.
July 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 AydınÇam, Çiğdem Aksu Çam, Aynühayat Uybadın, Josh Carney and Sonay Ban discuss Power Struggles in Cinema, especially in relation to censorship.
Reposted by The HoMER Network
Always a conference highlight: @homer-network.bsky.social's annual conference, this year in Istanbul, Turkey. I'm very happy to be here.
We're at #HoMERIstanbul2025! Our panel was today and we're looking forward to the rest of the conference. It's so great to be back with the HoMER crowd and present the progress of our project. A big thanks to the organizers for having us!
July 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Always a conference highlight: @homer-network.bsky.social's annual conference, this year in Istanbul, Turkey. I'm very happy to be here.
Reposted by The HoMER Network
Here's more from our panel yesterday at #HoMERIstanbul2025! Thank you also to our panel chair, the fantastic Ana Rosas Mantecón, a long-term friend and associated member of the "Hollywood Memories" project!
@kathleenloock.bsky.social
@homer-network.bsky.social
@kathleenloock.bsky.social
@homer-network.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Here's more from our panel yesterday at #HoMERIstanbul2025! Thank you also to our panel chair, the fantastic Ana Rosas Mantecón, a long-term friend and associated member of the "Hollywood Memories" project!
@kathleenloock.bsky.social
@homer-network.bsky.social
@kathleenloock.bsky.social
@homer-network.bsky.social
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Senem Duruel Erkılıç, Karen Smith, Ariana Vietina and Berceste Gülçın Özdemir discuss Cinema Spaces and Urban Transformation.
July 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Senem Duruel Erkılıç, Karen Smith, Ariana Vietina and Berceste Gülçın Özdemir discuss Cinema Spaces and Urban Transformation.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 : Mélisande Leventopoulos, Özge Özyılmaz, Barçın Boğaç, Shakila Zamboulingame and Enes Akdağ discuss Cinema, Identity and Borders.
July 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 : Mélisande Leventopoulos, Özge Özyılmaz, Barçın Boğaç, Shakila Zamboulingame and Enes Akdağ discuss Cinema, Identity and Borders.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is officially launched by Talitha Ferraz, Matthew Rule-Jones and Ayşe Tor Par.
July 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is officially launched by Talitha Ferraz, Matthew Rule-Jones and Ayşe Tor Par.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is underway with preconference workshops on the HoMER Vocabulary, mapping and postgraduate presentations.
July 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is underway with preconference workshops on the HoMER Vocabulary, mapping and postgraduate presentations.
Homerites interested in hosting the 2026 HoMER Conference: submit proposals to HoMER Network coordinators Matthew Jones (m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk) & Talitha Ferraz (talitha.ferraz@gmail.com) by 9 July (Istanbul time zone, GMT+3).
AGM delegates will make the decision on 11 July.
AGM delegates will make the decision on 11 July.
July 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Homerites interested in hosting the 2026 HoMER Conference: submit proposals to HoMER Network coordinators Matthew Jones (m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk) & Talitha Ferraz (talitha.ferraz@gmail.com) by 9 July (Istanbul time zone, GMT+3).
AGM delegates will make the decision on 11 July.
AGM delegates will make the decision on 11 July.
At the HoMER Istanbul Conference, we will elect coordinators for the 2026-2028 period. Interested members should fill out the following form by 1pm on 11 July (Istanbul time, GMT+3): forms.gle/nfvJsP23qgWQ.... Check your email for further information.
See also: homernetwork.org/about/
See also: homernetwork.org/about/
Election for HoMER Network Coordinators 2026-2028
Please fill out the following form with the information of the board of candidates for the coordination of the HoMER Network 2026-2028.
According to the HoMER Network Constitution, the coordination o...
forms.gle
July 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
At the HoMER Istanbul Conference, we will elect coordinators for the 2026-2028 period. Interested members should fill out the following form by 1pm on 11 July (Istanbul time, GMT+3): forms.gle/nfvJsP23qgWQ.... Check your email for further information.
See also: homernetwork.org/about/
See also: homernetwork.org/about/
CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) Públicos de Cine en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Portugués y Español).
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...
February 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) Públicos de Cine en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Portugués y Español).
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...
Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025.
rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...
SAVE THE DATE: HoMER data sprint on 22 January 2025 at 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (Amsterdam time), to fill in missing definitions and translations in the HoMER vocabulary on venues. See the current state of the vocabulary here:
homernetwork.github.io/vocabulary/v...
And SAVE THE DATE: 22 January 2025.
homernetwork.github.io/vocabulary/v...
And SAVE THE DATE: 22 January 2025.
Which fields do you want to include in the search?
homernetwork.github.io
November 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM
SAVE THE DATE: HoMER data sprint on 22 January 2025 at 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (Amsterdam time), to fill in missing definitions and translations in the HoMER vocabulary on venues. See the current state of the vocabulary here:
homernetwork.github.io/vocabulary/v...
And SAVE THE DATE: 22 January 2025.
homernetwork.github.io/vocabulary/v...
And SAVE THE DATE: 22 January 2025.
Screen RE-turns: Screen Studies Conference 2025: We are delighted to announce our two keynote speakers (who themselves return to Screen): Professor Annette Kuhn, Professor Helen Wheatley tinyurl.com/5wcwx732
Screen Studies Conference 2025
27 June - 29 June 2025, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
tinyurl.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Screen RE-turns: Screen Studies Conference 2025: We are delighted to announce our two keynote speakers (who themselves return to Screen): Professor Annette Kuhn, Professor Helen Wheatley tinyurl.com/5wcwx732
Deadline approaching (2 Dec) for the 2025 Women and Film History International conference's “Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema.” The conference will take place in Brussels from June 11-14, 2025 More details here: www.wfhi.org/2025-brussel....
2025 BRUSSELS & ANTWERP, BELGIUM — Women and Film History International
www.wfhi.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Deadline approaching (2 Dec) for the 2025 Women and Film History International conference's “Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema.” The conference will take place in Brussels from June 11-14, 2025 More details here: www.wfhi.org/2025-brussel....
Just published: Michael Aronson's book on regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest during the silent and early sound periods focuses on independent entrepreneur, John Hamrick.
📷 Learn more and order your copy 📷 www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/joh...
📷 Learn more and order your copy 📷 www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/joh...
November 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Just published: Michael Aronson's book on regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest during the silent and early sound periods focuses on independent entrepreneur, John Hamrick.
📷 Learn more and order your copy 📷 www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/joh...
📷 Learn more and order your copy 📷 www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/joh...
The HoMER Network is on Bluesky and ready to connect with anybody interested in cinema history!
go.bsky.app/57JuzaS
go.bsky.app/57JuzaS
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The HoMER Network is on Bluesky and ready to connect with anybody interested in cinema history!
go.bsky.app/57JuzaS
go.bsky.app/57JuzaS