Joana Jacob Ramalho
@jori-saudade.bsky.social
Lecturer (Teaching) at University College London | PhD in Film Studies | Aznavour fan with a love for classical musicals and all things dark and Gothicky.
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😢Embrace the #Christmas blues!
From Blue Christmas to Wonderful Life,we’re spreading Christmas #catharsis & some festive feel-good!Join @jori-saudade.bsky.social for a Quantum Qristmas speak at #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social.
Dec 2nd,tix at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5.Bring your brain & pull up a pint!
From Blue Christmas to Wonderful Life,we’re spreading Christmas #catharsis & some festive feel-good!Join @jori-saudade.bsky.social for a Quantum Qristmas speak at #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social.
Dec 2nd,tix at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5.Bring your brain & pull up a pint!
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
😢Embrace the #Christmas blues!
From Blue Christmas to Wonderful Life,we’re spreading Christmas #catharsis & some festive feel-good!Join @jori-saudade.bsky.social for a Quantum Qristmas speak at #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social.
Dec 2nd,tix at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5.Bring your brain & pull up a pint!
From Blue Christmas to Wonderful Life,we’re spreading Christmas #catharsis & some festive feel-good!Join @jori-saudade.bsky.social for a Quantum Qristmas speak at #Farsley @oldwoollen.bsky.social.
Dec 2nd,tix at tinyurl.com/ye5dwtm5.Bring your brain & pull up a pint!
Interested in laughter, 19th century clowns, and 1920s cinema? Check out my paper 'The Politics of Laughter: The Afterlives of Clowns Joseph Grimaldi and Jean-Gaspard Deburau in 1920s Cinema'. @uclselcs.bsky.social #Grimaldi #Deburau #clowns #laughter www.mdpi.com/3594520
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November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Interested in laughter, 19th century clowns, and 1920s cinema? Check out my paper 'The Politics of Laughter: The Afterlives of Clowns Joseph Grimaldi and Jean-Gaspard Deburau in 1920s Cinema'. @uclselcs.bsky.social #Grimaldi #Deburau #clowns #laughter www.mdpi.com/3594520
“Things I once thought were funny are scary now. I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava” (2013). Academic and musical satirist Tom Lehrer exposed hypocrisy, vices, and prejudices through song like no other.
Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer spent most of his life as an academic mathematician
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Scientists mourn Tom Lehrer — nerdiest of singer-songwriters
Nature - The mathematician's memorable satires were beloved by generations of researchers.
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August 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“Things I once thought were funny are scary now. I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava” (2013). Academic and musical satirist Tom Lehrer exposed hypocrisy, vices, and prejudices through song like no other.
A brilliant end to the term! UCL's Celebration of Humanities Education was expertly organised & brought together a range of exciting, inspiring & innovative approaches to education. Proud to have contributed as a member of the Centre's Languages Stream! @ucl-che.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A brilliant end to the term! UCL's Celebration of Humanities Education was expertly organised & brought together a range of exciting, inspiring & innovative approaches to education. Proud to have contributed as a member of the Centre's Languages Stream! @ucl-che.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social
Professor Alexander Samson delivering his fascinating inaugural lecture on 28 May: 'Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern'. @samsonaws.bsky.social @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social #MarianEngland #UniversalClockTime #EarlyModern
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Professor Alexander Samson delivering his fascinating inaugural lecture on 28 May: 'Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern'. @samsonaws.bsky.social @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social #MarianEngland #UniversalClockTime #EarlyModern
My article, ‘A Wounded Cinema: Failed Utopias, Décor Leitmotifs, and the Homo Minnellianus’, is published in MOVIE: A Journal of Film Criticism.
Among other misfits in Vincente Minnelli's films, I write about one of my favourites: Ginny from Some Came Running (1958).
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Among other misfits in Vincente Minnelli's films, I write about one of my favourites: Ginny from Some Came Running (1958).
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
May 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My article, ‘A Wounded Cinema: Failed Utopias, Décor Leitmotifs, and the Homo Minnellianus’, is published in MOVIE: A Journal of Film Criticism.
Among other misfits in Vincente Minnelli's films, I write about one of my favourites: Ginny from Some Came Running (1958).
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
Among other misfits in Vincente Minnelli's films, I write about one of my favourites: Ginny from Some Came Running (1958).
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
📚 My book, "Memory and the Gothic Aesthetic in Film", explores the #Gothic (1920s-1950s) as an aesthetic of memory and exile. Includes chapters on memory-objects, hands, pianos, and amnesia. Download it for free from #PalgraveMacmillan #OA @uclselcs.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Memory and the Gothic Aesthetic in Film
This open access book traces the origins & development of the Gothic cinematic aesthetic, focusing especially on 3 key concepts: migration, memory, objects
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May 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📚 My book, "Memory and the Gothic Aesthetic in Film", explores the #Gothic (1920s-1950s) as an aesthetic of memory and exile. Includes chapters on memory-objects, hands, pianos, and amnesia. Download it for free from #PalgraveMacmillan #OA @uclselcs.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...