James C. Taylor
@jamesctaylor.bsky.social
Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick's Film and TV Department. Wealth and fame I ignored, pursuing academia as my reward. He/him.
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A great SIG symposium earlier this week with papers from Robert Geal, @jamesctaylor.bsky.social @faywinfield.bsky.social @stinaface.bsky.social and others! Exciting to hear lots of new ideas around adaptation studies.
The scale of UKHE cuts, primarily in arts and humanities, is off the charts. Here’s a petition you can sign to save humanities degrees at Hertfordshire: c.org/dpphqsKQvg
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Superheroes & Contemporary Cultures: Cross-Medial Explorations and Societal Perspectives edited by Torsten Caeners and Danny Graydon is out now in hardback! It is a global, interdisciplinary dive into superheroes and their cultural power across media. 👉https://ow.ly/g4c950YMql4
Congratulations to Tiago de Luca, Aaron Jagger, and Betty Stojnic for all receiving runner-up awards at the BAFTSS 2026 conference.
I wrote a review of Shannon Wells-Lassagne and Sophie Aymes' edited collection Adaptation and Illustration: New Cartographies, which I really enjoyed! Might be off interest to @adaptationtoday.bsky.social, @adaptstudies.bsky.social and @adaptationsig.bsky.social. journals.openedition.org/erea/20775
Shannon Wells-Lassagne and Sophie Aymes (eds.), Adaptation and Illu...
The scarcity of attention to illustration in adaptation studies is reflective of the cultural devaluing of illustrations in novels. This devaluing is outlined, and the value of paying attention to ...
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Happy to share that my latest article, exploring posthumanism through the lens of race and robotics onscreen, is now out in Science Fiction Film and Television journal: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/19/1 Thanks to editors and contributors for producing a really interesting issue!
This consultation on immigration reform closes tomorrow night and is worth doing. It only took me about half an hour with the help of the Amnesty guidance linked below
Sarah Pyke@sarahpyke.bsky.social · 7mo agoanyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...
The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.
Forgot to mention that I (or maybe my cat Jacob if the Eventbrite image is accurate) will be introducing a VHS screening of Howard the Duck for King's College London's Trash Film Club tonight. Looking forward to seeing the tape's quality! Do join if you're around. www.eventbrite.com/e/howard-the...
Howard The Duck (1986) - Trash on VHS
Join us for a wild night watching Howard The Duck (1986) – shown from a rundown rental VHS from the 1980s!!!
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Petition to stop the closure of Film Studies at the University of Leicester - please sign! c.org/6GJL5fBct8
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👉 👉 The call is HERE for AAS 2026: Adaptation and Aurality, hosted by Burman University in beautiful Alberta, Canada! ✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025 🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026 Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...
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
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...
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My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post: bsky.app/profile/nsou...
Nick Sousanis@nsousanis.bsky.social · last yr.My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
THE LATEST from @adaptationtoday.bsky.social: a conversation about the highlights of the AAS İstanbul conference, led by host @reraddatz.bsky.social and featuring conference co-organizers @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social!
AAS 2025 Conference: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth
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Cheeky thing just lounging in Jacob's territory (my garden)
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FTV’s James C. Taylor has a new chapter published on the Lovecraftian image in Film and Television from an edited collection titled Authenticity and Adaptation. Chapter and collection seen here modelled by James’ cat:
Looks like my book, The Superhero Blockbuster, is currently available at 30% discount - just in time for the release of the new Superman film!
University Press of Mississippi@upmississippi.bsky.social · last yr.The Comics Studies Society 2025 conference starts today! To celebrate, we're offering a 30% discount on any of our Comics Studies titles with code CSS2025 at checkout on our website! buff.ly/88WtvIT
Our panel on adaptation and television studies had an interesting mix of ideas. I spoke about what the fields could offer one another, @jamesctaylor.bsky.social spoke about intertextuality, hierarchies and televisual MCU adaptations and Liam Burke spoke about kids TV adaptations, policy & culture.
I've just finished supervising an undergraduate dissertation on A Christmas Carol adaptations and am starting supervising one on Robert Eggers. I didn't expect these two projects to suddenly become so directly connected!
A new podcast conversation between Jose Arroyo and James Taylor, focusing on James’ new book, ‘The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning’. Listen here: notesonfilm1.com/2025/06/06/j...
Jose Arroyo in Conversation with James Taylor on ….THE SUPERHERO BLOCKBUSTER: ADAPTATION, STYLE AND MEANING
Just as the Superhero film loses centrality in the culture there comes a book that is not only a brilliant accounting of the various strategies of adaptations the mode engages with but also offers …
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Thanks so much @josearroyo.bsky.social for having me on the podcast and asking such conceptually interesting questions about my book The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning. I hope others enjoy the resulting discussion of writing process, the book's content and its potential uses!
José Arroyo@josearroyo.bsky.social · last yr.A brilliant and important book that will be of interest and use to anyone interested in the subject. I talk to its author --@jamesctaylor.bsky.social --about it in the podcast below: notesonfilm1.com/2025/06/06/j...
In a digital learning tools training session and I can reveal that @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social staff have super healthy favourite foods.
Back in the UK after the Association of Adaptation Studies conference in Istanbul. Huge thanks to the organisers for a fantastic three days exploring adaptation and eating delicious mezze, hosted at a campus with an energy museum, some ducklings and, of course, their fair share of the city's cats.
Great first day at the Association of Adaptation Studies Conference in Istanbul. Saw some brilliant papers on AI and sound, presented on the Contemporary Screens panel, and ate Adaptation Cake. Have also obviously been befriending some of the city's beautiful cats.
