Malcolm Cook
@malcolmcook76.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Film Studies, specialising in animation, early cinema, film music/sound, advertising and other useful animation.
New animation book series klaxon! Animation Cultures at Exeter promises to be innovative and distinctive, and I'm honoured to be on the editorial board to support new scholarship. Get in contact if you have ideas for a book.
New Series 📚️ Animation Cultures
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/5yf5uvb5
#animation #animatedfilm #visualculture #newmedia #animationhistory #globalcinemas
If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/5yf5uvb5
#animation #animatedfilm #visualculture #newmedia #animationhistory #globalcinemas
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New animation book series klaxon! Animation Cultures at Exeter promises to be innovative and distinctive, and I'm honoured to be on the editorial board to support new scholarship. Get in contact if you have ideas for a book.
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Starting this year's Society for Animation Studies conference strong with a fascinating keynote by Malcolm Cook! #SAS36 @sasanistudies.bsky.social @malcolmcook76.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Starting this year's Society for Animation Studies conference strong with a fascinating keynote by Malcolm Cook! #SAS36 @sasanistudies.bsky.social @malcolmcook76.bsky.social
What are the connections between James Bond and oil? Find out more from Evelyn MacPherson's talk at our seminar 'Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil', happening online today (Wed 12th March). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crude-repr... #jamesbond #bp #IanFleming
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What are the connections between James Bond and oil? Find out more from Evelyn MacPherson's talk at our seminar 'Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil', happening online today (Wed 12th March). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crude-repr... #jamesbond #bp #IanFleming
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Research-led #teaching can bring educators’ work and passions into the classroom, making topics such as #climatechange less overwhelming for students, as @malcolmcook76.bsky.social explains
#SDGs #climate
#SDGs #climate
"Intellectually, it might seem like a specialist field for scientists; emotionally, it is a topic that raises anxiety." @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Malcolm Cook on why film students may be reluctant to engage with #climatechange and how he tackles this: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/chang...
Changing the climate of teaching: embedding sustainability into film and media studies
Research-led teaching can bring educators’ work and passions into the classroom, making topics such as climate change less overwhelming for students and linking learning to future skills. Here are fiv...
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Research-led #teaching can bring educators’ work and passions into the classroom, making topics such as #climatechange less overwhelming for students, as @malcolmcook76.bsky.social explains
#SDGs #climate
#SDGs #climate
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"Intellectually, it might seem like a specialist field for scientists; emotionally, it is a topic that raises anxiety." @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Malcolm Cook on why film students may be reluctant to engage with #climatechange and how he tackles this: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/chang...
Changing the climate of teaching: embedding sustainability into film and media studies
Research-led teaching can bring educators’ work and passions into the classroom, making topics such as climate change less overwhelming for students and linking learning to future skills. Here are fiv...
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Intellectually, it might seem like a specialist field for scientists; emotionally, it is a topic that raises anxiety." @unisouthampton.bsky.social's Malcolm Cook on why film students may be reluctant to engage with #climatechange and how he tackles this: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/chang...
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Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
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#Filmhistory researchers!
Do apply for a stipend to visit and research in the amazing collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the Uni of Exeter, UK. Deadline 31/01/25
www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Do apply for a stipend to visit and research in the amazing collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the Uni of Exeter, UK. Deadline 31/01/25
www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/call-fo...
January 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#Filmhistory researchers!
Do apply for a stipend to visit and research in the amazing collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the Uni of Exeter, UK. Deadline 31/01/25
www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Do apply for a stipend to visit and research in the amazing collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the Uni of Exeter, UK. Deadline 31/01/25
www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Online Symposium Next Week: Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil. More info and free registration: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
January 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Online Symposium Next Week: Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil. More info and free registration: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
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A reminder that the deadline for submitting paper/screening proposals for the 36th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference is 11:59pm GMT on Friday, January 10. CFP information here: sas2025.cargo.site/call-for-pap...
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A reminder that the deadline for submitting paper/screening proposals for the 36th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference is 11:59pm GMT on Friday, January 10. CFP information here: sas2025.cargo.site/call-for-pap...
The term #greenwashing is in common currency today, and credited to Jay Westerveld in 1986. Yet I can't find any source that actually cites the claimed publication. Can anyone point me to the original, or is this a phantom history?
a person is painting a wall green with a paint roller
ALT: a person is painting a wall green with a paint roller
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December 18, 2024 at 11:04 AM
The term #greenwashing is in common currency today, and credited to Jay Westerveld in 1986. Yet I can't find any source that actually cites the claimed publication. Can anyone point me to the original, or is this a phantom history?
Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, an online symposium on Friday January 24th, is now open for registration. Full details via the link. Please join us and repost/share.
llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
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December 17, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, an online symposium on Friday January 24th, is now open for registration. Full details via the link. Please join us and repost/share.
llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
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Very happy to be able to share the programme for Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, taking place online on Friday 24th January 2025. See the full programme and register to attend (for free!) here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
December 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Very happy to be able to share the programme for Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil, taking place online on Friday 24th January 2025. See the full programme and register to attend (for free!) here: llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...
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I was delighted to see that my monograph "Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (EUP, 2022) has been reviewed in the very 1st issue of The International Journal of Disney Studies by Laura O'Flanagan.
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Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood, Eve Benhamou (2022) | Intellect
Review of: Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood, Eve Benhamou (2022)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 264 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-47447-612-6, h/bk, £85.00
ISBN 978-1-47447-613-3, ...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
I was delighted to see that my monograph "Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (EUP, 2022) has been reviewed in the very 1st issue of The International Journal of Disney Studies by Laura O'Flanagan.
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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THE RED SHOES (1948) is on BBC2 right now. I am painting my kitchen instead, but please forgive me summoning my inner Vicky Page to mention that my book on this film is available at a bargain price on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website www.bloomsbury.com/uk/red-shoes...
The Red Shoes
Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the t…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:48 PM
THE RED SHOES (1948) is on BBC2 right now. I am painting my kitchen instead, but please forgive me summoning my inner Vicky Page to mention that my book on this film is available at a bargain price on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website www.bloomsbury.com/uk/red-shoes...
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#COP29 Reading:
"Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History" by Philip Gooding
niche-canada.org/2021/10/12/t...
#envhist #climhist #worldhistory
"Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History" by Philip Gooding
niche-canada.org/2021/10/12/t...
#envhist #climhist #worldhistory
Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History
Philip Gooding describes his world history course that revolved around the theme of climatic and environmental change.
niche-canada.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
#COP29 Reading:
"Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History" by Philip Gooding
niche-canada.org/2021/10/12/t...
#envhist #climhist #worldhistory
"Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History" by Philip Gooding
niche-canada.org/2021/10/12/t...
#envhist #climhist #worldhistory
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Happy birthday @turnersims.bsky.social 🎂🥳50 years of fabulous music 🎻 🎹 🎷! Loving display at Hartley Library gallery showcasing programmes, concerts & joy of music 🎶 ❤️
November 19, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Happy birthday @turnersims.bsky.social 🎂🥳50 years of fabulous music 🎻 🎹 🎷! Loving display at Hartley Library gallery showcasing programmes, concerts & joy of music 🎶 ❤️
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1924. What it took to build the set for The Thief Of Bagdad.
November 19, 2024 at 3:29 AM
1924. What it took to build the set for The Thief Of Bagdad.
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703,000 feet of lumber, 115 tons of plaster, 800 sacks of Portland cement … in my new book, The Cinema of Extractions, I name the industrialization that created and supported world making with this kind of material dependence a cinema of resource integration
1924. What it took to build the set for The Thief Of Bagdad.
November 19, 2024 at 5:10 AM
703,000 feet of lumber, 115 tons of plaster, 800 sacks of Portland cement … in my new book, The Cinema of Extractions, I name the industrialization that created and supported world making with this kind of material dependence a cinema of resource integration
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CONF: Artificial Intelligence in Archives and Collections
🗓️ 12-13 December 2024
📍Marburg, Germany & Online
Organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past’ and NFDI4Memory, this event explores the impact of AI on archival practices, focusing on […]
[Original post on det.social]
🗓️ 12-13 December 2024
📍Marburg, Germany & Online
Organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past’ and NFDI4Memory, this event explores the impact of AI on archival practices, focusing on […]
[Original post on det.social]
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
CONF: Artificial Intelligence in Archives and Collections
🗓️ 12-13 December 2024
📍Marburg, Germany & Online
Organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past’ and NFDI4Memory, this event explores the impact of AI on archival practices, focusing on […]
[Original post on det.social]
🗓️ 12-13 December 2024
📍Marburg, Germany & Online
Organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past’ and NFDI4Memory, this event explores the impact of AI on archival practices, focusing on […]
[Original post on det.social]
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This is still by far the best book I have written.
📔‘Technology and the Historian’
Charting the evolution of digital history practice.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
📔‘Technology and the Historian’
Charting the evolution of digital history practice.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
November 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
This is still by far the best book I have written.
📔‘Technology and the Historian’
Charting the evolution of digital history practice.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
📔‘Technology and the Historian’
Charting the evolution of digital history practice.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Film and Extraction, a new special issue of Media+Environment journal is out now, and Open Access. Thanks to editors Priya Jaikumar and Lee Grieveson for their work and including my article on BP animated films from during Iran oil nationalisation mediaenviron.org/section/4662...
November 19, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Film and Extraction, a new special issue of Media+Environment journal is out now, and Open Access. Thanks to editors Priya Jaikumar and Lee Grieveson for their work and including my article on BP animated films from during Iran oil nationalisation mediaenviron.org/section/4662...
New open access article alert: oil, Iran, BP, and animation are the topics of my article 'Full Circle: Useful Animation and the Geography of Petroleum Extraction' in a new issue of Media+Environment journal
mediaenviron.org/article/1236...
mediaenviron.org/article/1236...
November 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
New open access article alert: oil, Iran, BP, and animation are the topics of my article 'Full Circle: Useful Animation and the Geography of Petroleum Extraction' in a new issue of Media+Environment journal
mediaenviron.org/article/1236...
mediaenviron.org/article/1236...