Just like Hollywood, we successfully launched something new, so we're making a sequel! Very excited for #HollywoodConference2027. Let us know if you have questions!

J.D. Connor@jdconnor.bsky.social · 2d ago

And we're live with the CFP for next year's Hollywood Conference. lmk if you have questions; hope to see you at USC! www.thehollywoodconference.com

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

Did an interview for the podcast "The Callback with Lauren Allen," which takes a historical look at works that have won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys. It was a fun time talking about this early anthology episode that won the very first Emmy. Check it out! youtu.be/uvQqmaEPT3U?...

The Callback with Lauren Allen - Your Show Time (1949) - With Dr. Molly Schneider- Emmys

YouTube video by Lauren Allen

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🚨 A MUST READ. “The Costs of Consolidation: Arguments + Evidence for Blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger,” comprehensive report authored by leading media industry scholars for UC-San Diego’s MACRO Lab. Accessible language, loads of data on multi biz sectors 🚨 quote.ucsd.edu/macrolab/par...

My department at UIUC is hiring! Two TT positions, one in media and society, one in sports media. Come work with me! Links here: Media/Society: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Sports Media: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

My 3-year-old spotted my old Iron Giant poster and asked to watch the movie. It's not readily available on any of the streaming services we have. So in case you're wondering if a 20+-year-old DVD works in a PS5, it does! #physicalmediarules

I always ask my students in my Billy Wilder class for their top five films at the end of the semester. No surprises at the top: easy winner Sunset Blvd, and a three-way tie for second between Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment.

I have a new feature essay at MUBI Notebook on the Paramount-WB merger. It goes long on our billionaire-dominated media monopoly, the Ellison empire, the effects of the merger, and most importantly, HOW it can be blocked and how we can take back our cultural system. mubi.com/en/notebook/...

Consolidation Crisis: What Paramount Skydance's Purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery Means, and How to Stop it

A new dark age of Hollywood is coming. What can we do about it?

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Everything is f***ed but at least we have three brand new metro stations opening in LA today ✨ #ridetheD

Metro Los Angeles@metrolosangeles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Riding the D Line for the very first time 🥳

How often does an academic book get a full article in Variety?! So awesome for @kfortmueller.bsky.social and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and their fabulous book!

Kate Fortmueller@kfortmueller.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Last week @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I sat down to talk about our new book with Gene Maddaus from @variety.com Read about our book and thoughts about the legacy of the strikes. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

For this week’s Silent Sundays post, I have continued working on an investigation that began on Twitter a decade ago. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/was-fw-mur...

My new books - TRANS CINEMA and MELODRAMA AS PROVOCATEUR - are both out today! www.ucpress.edu/books/trans-... (30% off UCPSAVE30) www.dukeupress.edu/melodrama-as... (30% of E26MELOD) @transmediaportl.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca

Congratulations to Prof. @shelleystamp.bsky.social, recipient of the David Shepard Career Achievement Award!!!!! 🎊👏 Pictured here rocking the house with her brilliant intro of Lois Weber's SHOES (1916) at the Denver Silent Film Fest! 😍🎞️🎶

We will be exhibiting at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Chicago (March 26-29) so stop by our booth. Take advantage of our 30% conference discount (with free U.S. shipping). Use code RSCMS26. www.rutgersuniversit... #SCMS26

A personal note: I was very touched to hear Best Editing winner Andy Jurgensen thank his aunt Barbara Hall. As an Academy archivist, she took an interest in my research and, miraculously, found me George Stevens's pocket diary. A miracle. Five Came Back would not have been what it was without her.

Thank you Andy Jurgensen for dedicating your Oscar to your late aunt Barbara Hall, archivist extraordinaire, beloved by film historians like me. So sad she isn’t here to see you win. 🥹

JOB POST in FILM STUDIES: @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social is hiring Lecturer w specialism(s) in 1 or more of following: 1) Film & Media Practice as Research / Filmmaking; 2) Film Curation +/or Archiving; 3) Non-Fiction Film & Media. Deadline MAR 2nd! Please pass along. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/137766-...

Lecturer in Film Studies | King's College London

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Want to come work in my Film Studies department in Ottawa, Canada, for a year? Application deadline is March 6. All areas of specialization welcome. Please spread the word! @carleton.ca carleton.ca/deputyprovos... #filmstudies #jobopportunity

Lecturer or Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, School for Studies in Art and Culture (Film Studies) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)

About the Position The School for Studies in Art and Culture invites applications for a one-year appointment at the rank of Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, beginning 1 July 2026, from q...

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In Memoriam: Marsha Kinder 1940-2025 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marsha Kinder, Emerita University Professor at the University of Southern California and a pioneering figure in film, television, and digital media studies.

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox. usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

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With the horrifying capitulation by Columbia, and as someone that has worked in the college admissions space for 20+ years, I would want more like to rail against the right's ABSOLUTE OBSESSION w/GPA and test scores as being the only thing that should matter for admissions. It is an asinine metric!

The Hollywood Conference was great! Congratulations to @lucimarz.bsky.social and all the organizers. #HWC2025

mesk@meesk.bsky.social · last yr.

The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025

The Hollywood Conference at USC was perfect: highly-quality scholarship on a focused topic, great mix of scholars at all ranks, and lots of time for conviviality and community. Thanks @lucimarz.bsky.social! You’re an ace. #HWC2025

Luci Marzola@lucimarz.bsky.social · last yr.

Looks like Los Angeles is going to show off its A+ weather for the Hollywood Conference this week. Bring your sunglasses for the LA sunshine and light sweaters for our breezy evenings (and overzealous air conditioning in the School of Cinematic Arts). #HWC2025

The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025

On the occasion of #HWC2025 our colleague Eric Hoyt (of Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research) has written this wonderful blog post. Includes links to resources from Media History Digital Library. wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/20...

Looks like Los Angeles is going to show off its A+ weather for the Hollywood Conference this week. Bring your sunglasses for the LA sunshine and light sweaters for our breezy evenings (and overzealous air conditioning in the School of Cinematic Arts). #HWC2025

This 1st—of hopefully many—Hollywood Conference is going to be so 🔥 and I’m extremely jealous of the lucky folks who get to attend! Enjoy & post everything @lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social And what a time to be in LA 😍

Luci Marzola@lucimarz.bsky.social · last yr.

The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com

The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com

Despite these weird times, I’m looking forward to participating in the inaugural Hollywood Conference at University of Southern California in a few weeks. Bravo @lucimarz.bsky.social @jdconnor.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social + team for planning an amazing 4 days! www.thehollywoodconference.com

Gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague Barbara. I never could have written EH without her guidance and help in penetrating the hidden archives of the Herrick. Her chapter on the Art Directors Guild in Hollywood Unions was a vivid example of the care and thought she put into everything.

Society for Cinema and Media Studies@scmstudies.bsky.social · last yr.

Barbara Hall, film historian, Archivist for the Art Directors Guild, former Archivist at the Margaret Herrick Library (AMPAS), and co-author of Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking (2019), passed away on May 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.