The Fall 2026 edition of WeimarCinema.org is now live! Featuring 7 new essays & 2 new film dossiers!!

Friendlies, help us spread the word about the THIRD annual Tobin Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies, to be held by Rafi Balling Oct 22, in person and online. You can find out more about Rafi's exciting talk on German trans literatures of the self + RSVP info here: ces.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Weimar Film Network

The Weimar Film Network was founded in 2021 by Dr. Molly Harrabin (University of Oxford) during her MA by Research at the University of Warwick. The network is co-convened by Harrabin and Dr. Lawre…

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Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference report now available on our website! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/08/06/r...

Rethinking Weimar Cinema (17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network

The three-day conference, ‘Rethinking Weimar Cinema’, was held on 17th-19th June 2026 at Worcester College, Oxford. Organised by Lawrence Alexander (Ruskin School of Art) and Molly Harrabin…

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We are looking for a Network Coordinator and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow! Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

For anyone interested in Weimar film, sign up to the mailing list below to keep informed of new scholarship & events. It’s also a place to ask for advice from colleagues! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

For anyone interested in Weimar film, sign up to the mailing list below to keep informed of new scholarship & events. It’s also a place to ask for advice from colleagues! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

I’m very proud to have contributed a chapter on coded references to queerness in Pandora’s Box to this wonderful volume! Equally proud to have worked with & feature alongside such wonderful people, including Jonah, @katielmsutton.bsky.social, @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social, Ina Linge & more!

Jonah I. Garde@jonahgarde.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‪ It's publication day! The volume Weimar's Queer Visual Cultures edited by the most wonderful editors @katielmsutton.bsky.social, Ina Linge, and Birgit Lang is hot off the press! Proud to be among such stellar authors! Get your library copy here: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Join us on Thursday 18th June, 8:30 pm at The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) for a screening of Song (Richard Eichberg, 1928)with an introduction by Andreas Thein (Filmmuseum Düsseldorf)!

The Weimar Film Network presents: Song - The Ultimate Picture Palace

After committing murder for love, painter rescues a young Malaysian woman, and the pair begin a new life performing in vaudeville. Starring Anna May Wong in her first European film, this Weimar-era me...

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Join us on Tuesday 16th June, 8:30 pm at The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) for a screening of The Holy Mountain (Arnold Fanck, 1926) with an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts @warwick-smlc.bsky.social! Tickets available via link below! @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social

The Weimar Film Network presents: The Holy Mountain - The Ultimate Picture Palace

Made in 1926 by Arnold Fanck, The Holy Mountain is a landmark German Bergfilm featuring Leni Riefenstahl. Set in the Alps, it blends a romantic triangle with spectacular mountaineering, skiing and ava...

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Final reminder for registration for the Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference happening at Worcester College, Oxford 17 - 19 June! @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social @mharrabin.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social @baftss.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxfordgerman.bsky.social

Next stop: Oxford! 📍💙 Beyond excited to share that I’ll be joining St Hugh’s College this October as the Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Languages!

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German Screen Studies Network@g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 5mo ago

1/4: Registration for the Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference (organised by @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social) is now open! The conference will take place 17-19 June at Worcester College, Oxford. Spaces are limited so register via the link below to secure your place!

Excited about this!! Come & join us!

German Screen Studies Network@g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 5mo ago

1/4: Registration for the Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference (organised by @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social) is now open! The conference will take place 17-19 June at Worcester College, Oxford. Spaces are limited so register via the link below to secure your place!

Some reflections on the last two days co-hosting (with Dr. Cedar Lensing-Sharp) the "Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany's LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures" conference!

Great reflection on our wonderful keynote by @jonahgarde.bsky.social yesterday! Exciting to be in this space with so many fabulous thinkers!

Sébastien Tremblay@sebboo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Starting yesterday and going for two days across around 12 time zones is the conference Queer Lives and Trans Formations in Weimar organized by @mharrabin.bsky.social and Cedar Lensing Sharp. With permission from @jonahgarde.bsky.social here are some thoughts on our conversation yesterday. 1/9

Many thanks to @mharrabin.bsky.social and Cedar Lensing-Sharp for the opportunity to present today! Hopefully my illness didn’t deter its legibility.

The Spring edition of WeimarCinema.org is here! The issue brings together three original essays and a new film dossier, each offering fresh perspectives on Weimar Cinema. www.weimarcinema.org

A wonderful day dedicated to Queer Central European History - thank you @ankahajkova.bsky.social for bringing us together!

Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · 7mo ago

And here are we (almost) all!

Registration for the "Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany's LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures" online conference is now live! Sign up to join us 30 - 31 March (Australia: 31 March - 1 April). With speakers from 6 (!) time zones & keynotes from Jonah Garde & Camilla Smith!

Queer Lives and Trans* Formations Conference Registration

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Queer Lives and Trans* Formations Conference on 30-31 March, 2026! As the conference will be taking place online, we ask that you register to attend by c...

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Delighted to have received my author copy of Weimar weiblich, Filmpionierinnen des Kinos der Moderne (1918-1933) this week! I co-authored the biography on Ossi Oswalda with the wonderful Mary Hennessy!

Dr Harrabin reporting for duty 🫡 A wonderful day yesterday celebrating with family, friends & colleagues, all of whom have played an integral part in my PhD journey! Feeling very grateful to have so much support & love ❤️

Do you teach/research gender/sexuality w/ German sources? Have you had access issues or needed to translate sources yourself bc English versions don’t exist? Fill in this survey (by 2/15) to identify core texts for an anthology of translations in scientific & literary sexology between 1890 & 1930.

This article appeared in December. #Metropolis #FritzLang #ShellShockCinema #Antisemitism #TheavonHarbou @mharrabin.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that I’ve signed a book contract for my monograph to appear with Camden House in their Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual series! Disclaimer - this is what AI thinks the cover will look like. I’ve got to finish it before I can find out how close it is to the reality!

Join us at the University of Warwick next week for a free screening of Die freudlose Gasse as part of Dr. Ian Roberts' Weimar 100 project! Registration here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/EShTmXnxZF

@linguacene.bsky.social and I are hosting a reading group in Feb and March 2026 to examine the keywords for our new multi-year research project titled "Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University." If you are up for it, join us. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University – A Reading Group

Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University – A Reading Group Hosts: David Gramling & Ervin Malakaj The “Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual Universi...

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Delighted to have contributed to the new issue of Filmblatt with an Ossi Oswalda filmography that I curated with Mary Hennessy & Philipp Stiasny! The issue also features a brilliant essay by @hennefem.bsky.social on an unmade Oswalda film! Long live Ossi Oswalda!

New issue alert!! I was chuffed to write this short piece on Ossi Oswalda for FILMBLATT -- *many thanks* to Philipp Stiasny for translating to German. 🎞️ www.filmblatt.de/2025/11/22/f... Lots of gems in here by @mharrabin.bsky.social et al + gorgeous images courtesy of @blomamsterdam.bsky.social!

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