James Harvey
@jch987.bsky.social
Film and Media, University of Hertfordshire | John Akomfrah (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2023)
A study conducted at University of Buckingham (one of the entirely private universities in the UK) is claiming to have found left-wing bias in @ukri.org funding. This is the university that offers a course on "wokeness". And now this study is being reported and shared by @timeshighered.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A study conducted at University of Buckingham (one of the entirely private universities in the UK) is claiming to have found left-wing bias in @ukri.org funding. This is the university that offers a course on "wokeness". And now this study is being reported and shared by @timeshighered.bsky.social
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Peter Watkins, 1935-2025
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90
www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90
www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Peter Watkins, 1935-2025
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90
www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90
www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
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So happy I caught Stan Douglas's Birth of a Nation before it's run at @victoriamiro.bsky.social ends next week. One of the most impressive things I've seen all year. Now, can he please reconstruct the whole of Griffith's film from 4 alternative perspectives?
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So happy I caught Stan Douglas's Birth of a Nation before it's run at @victoriamiro.bsky.social ends next week. One of the most impressive things I've seen all year. Now, can he please reconstruct the whole of Griffith's film from 4 alternative perspectives?
Rose of Nevada is brilliant. Is there a more important British filmmaker than Mark Jenkin right now?
October 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rose of Nevada is brilliant. Is there a more important British filmmaker than Mark Jenkin right now?
Just watched Ish. V moving. Imran Perretta is channelling Ratcatcher, even surpassing in its evocation of such a vulnerable time in male adolescence. Especially rare in the case of racialised children, who are under constant surveillance. Exciting to see this artist excel with his film debut.
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just watched Ish. V moving. Imran Perretta is channelling Ratcatcher, even surpassing in its evocation of such a vulnerable time in male adolescence. Especially rare in the case of racialised children, who are under constant surveillance. Exciting to see this artist excel with his film debut.
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JOB: lecturer/assistant professor in global film and media studies.
5yr contract, salary scale €64,753-€102,538, closes noon (Irish time) on October 20th.
pls share and lmk if you have any questions!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU194/l...
5yr contract, salary scale €64,753-€102,538, closes noon (Irish time) on October 20th.
pls share and lmk if you have any questions!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU194/l...
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
JOB: lecturer/assistant professor in global film and media studies.
5yr contract, salary scale €64,753-€102,538, closes noon (Irish time) on October 20th.
pls share and lmk if you have any questions!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU194/l...
5yr contract, salary scale €64,753-€102,538, closes noon (Irish time) on October 20th.
pls share and lmk if you have any questions!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU194/l...
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Thrilled to share the very open Call for Proposals for BAFTSS 2026 on 15-17 April in Bournemouth. Amid all the stress and uncertainty of HE, the annual conference is a great place to reconnect, reflect, think new thoughts and make new plans. Join us! @baftss.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
CFP 2026
The 14th annual BAFTSS Conference will take place 15-17 April at the Bournemouth Highcliff Mariott Hotel. Keynote speaker : Professor Julian Henriques (Goldsmiths) This year, BAFTSS embarks on...
www.baftss.org
September 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thrilled to share the very open Call for Proposals for BAFTSS 2026 on 15-17 April in Bournemouth. Amid all the stress and uncertainty of HE, the annual conference is a great place to reconnect, reflect, think new thoughts and make new plans. Join us! @baftss.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
Did anyone else think Highest 2 Lowest would have been so much better if it was just Denzel Washington watching new artists perform for 2 hours?
September 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Did anyone else think Highest 2 Lowest would have been so much better if it was just Denzel Washington watching new artists perform for 2 hours?
This is really Children of Men territory www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK military sites may be used to house asylum seekers, says defence secretary
John Healey says Keir Starmer is ‘absolutely determined’ to end use of hotels for asylum housing earlier than planned
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is really Children of Men territory www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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📢 We're looking for a Lecturer in Cinematography at @royalholloway.bsky.social (0.5 FTE, Fixed Term for 12 months)
Please apply by 23:59 on 11 September 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Please apply by 23:59 on 11 September 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Cinematography (Teaching Focus)
Part-Time (0.5 FTE), Fixed Term for 12 monthsThe Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, wishes to recruit a lecturer to teach cinematography and camera-based topics on its h...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢 We're looking for a Lecturer in Cinematography at @royalholloway.bsky.social (0.5 FTE, Fixed Term for 12 months)
Please apply by 23:59 on 11 September 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Please apply by 23:59 on 11 September 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
I do love Jonathan Liew, but in response to his claim that 'the England flag can be a reclamation of agency, a reassertion of our unity, diversity and shared values, a champion of the vulnerable, a rejection rather than an embrace of intolerance': no, it cannot. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tuchel may scorn politics, but his England team cannot escape their symbolism | Jonathan Liew
As toxic nationalism spills over into our shared spaces, the England shirt is freighted with meaning for better or worse
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I do love Jonathan Liew, but in response to his claim that 'the England flag can be a reclamation of agency, a reassertion of our unity, diversity and shared values, a champion of the vulnerable, a rejection rather than an embrace of intolerance': no, it cannot. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
My LFF list has 82 films on this year 😳
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My LFF list has 82 films on this year 😳
Revising work to fit US punctuation conventions always feels like self-sabotage
August 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Revising work to fit US punctuation conventions always feels like self-sabotage
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Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
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Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.
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The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
Parents of young children: why did The Lion Guard have so many big tunes though?
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Parents of young children: why did The Lion Guard have so many big tunes though?
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No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Catherine O'Hara was the best one-off Curb guest star.
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Catherine O'Hara was the best one-off Curb guest star.
1 year ago today I was lucky enough to launch my John Akomfrah book at @iniva-arts.bsky.social Stuart Hall Library. Some of the talking can be heard here: youtu.be/PoHFLutICwc?... And you can get the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/john-akom...
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
1 year ago today I was lucky enough to launch my John Akomfrah book at @iniva-arts.bsky.social Stuart Hall Library. Some of the talking can be heard here: youtu.be/PoHFLutICwc?... And you can get the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/john-akom...
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🚨New episode out now with Leon Moosavi discussing decoloniality, international students and what he terms 'the decolonial bandwagon'. Listen 👇🏼or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episode 23: The 'Decolonial Bandwagon’ (with Leon Moosavi)
Diversifying and Decolonising the University · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🚨New episode out now with Leon Moosavi discussing decoloniality, international students and what he terms 'the decolonial bandwagon'. Listen 👇🏼or wherever you get your podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/4fqa...
open.spotify.com/episode/4fqa...
business as usual: hostile environment (Alberta Whittle 2020)
May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
business as usual: hostile environment (Alberta Whittle 2020)
Hearing about Starmer's new visa rules and thinking about Alberta Whittle's work. She is such an important artist right now elephant.art/what-dreams-...
What Dreams May Come: Waking Up To Alberta Whittle
Representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale, the artist’s work embraces both rage and hope. She spoke with Emily Gosling for Elephant SS21
elephant.art
May 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hearing about Starmer's new visa rules and thinking about Alberta Whittle's work. She is such an important artist right now elephant.art/what-dreams-...