BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We've just sent round details of our next Adaptation SIG event: Shakespeare and Adaptation on the 29th September at 5-6pm (UK time), with Kibria Nasir and Zeliha Kuruducu. DM for the zoom link! 022
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 16/07/2026⚠️ To Be Continued... is coming in September! Two days + four panels = this SIXTH EDITION of the virtual highlight of our scholarly calendar! Defining, Producing, Performing, Consuming, and Theorising Serials & Adaptations ...since 2021 🕰️ Info & registration 💻 www.monash.edu/arts/media-f... 1107
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We've just sent out a call for events for the upcoming year. If you're not on the mailing list, but would like to be involved, get in touch! 000
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGgrossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Over 40 wonderful books in the Palgrave adaptation and visual culture series — link.springer.com/series/14654 —and there’s a flash sale with this coupon; books are half off through the 4th! @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social 022
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We have a special bonus event! Join us on Weds 24th June at 6pm (BST) for a discussion with Hee-seung Irene Lee's about her recent book Film Adaptation and the Real. The book is open access: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... DM for the zoom link if you're not on the mailing list!bloomsburycollections.comFilm Adaptation and the Real 012
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A 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. 043
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The AAS 2026 schedule is LIVE! Check out the panels, papers, and events on offer for this year's international conference. There's still time to register for both on-site and remote participation, with two online panels per conference day. www.burmanu.ca/aas2026burmanu.caAssociation of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 | Burman University, AAS 2026: "Adaptation and Aurality"Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman University, in partnership with the Association of Adaptation Studi... 024
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NEW BOOKS 📚 in the Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture series! link.springer.com/series/14654 🎮 John Sanders, Literary Game Adaptations: A Systems Approach (Monograph) 🍄 Pamela Demory, ed. Ecoadaptation: Mediating Nature and the Environment (Collected essays)link.springer.comPalgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual CultureThis series addresses how adaptation functions as a principal mode of text production in visual culture. What makes the series distinctive is its focus on ... 024
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGgrossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Consider sending an abstract for PAMLA/Seattle/Nov. 12-15! I'm chairing 2 panels, one on noir (due 5/25) pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20006 & one on adaptation pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19939. @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social @filmnoir.bsky.socialpamla.ballastacademic.comView Session 041
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We love to see it, thank you for your service @jamesctaylor.bsky.social! 🙌 052
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026While registration for AAS 2026 at Burman U 🇨🇦 remains ongoing, applications & expressions of interest to host AAS 2027 are now open! Reach out to us here or our Board chairs @cbkenkar.bsky.social & @stinaface.bsky.social to learn more. 005
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Sent round details of our next SIG event: Transnational Adaptations on 13th April at 4pm - speakers are Forum Mithani and Zoe Crombie. Get in touch if you want the zoom link! 110
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Also, our March event on Adaptation and Authorship will take place on 4th March at 4-5pm (UK time) with William Proctor and Katrijn Bekers. DM if you've not got the zoom link! 002
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 23/02/2026A reminder that abstracts are due THIS FRIDAY. If you're interested in coming to and speaking at a free symposium, see below: 001
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 20/02/2026LFA/AAS continues today! Tune in once again at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT for another full program of online conferencing. Follow the link in the OP for registration info 💻 003
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Day one of this has been excellent, and lots to think about, including the idea of atmospheres (collaborations between actors and audiences), authorship and collaboration, adapting lit to orchestral works, and Fortnite as 'intellectual property management game' (@huntressleine.bsky.social) 011
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 19/02/2026STARTS TODAY! Our LFA/AAS joint online conference on Adaptation & Collaboration launches at 9:00 a.m. EST / 14:00 GMT. It's not too late to register! For more info: www.adaptation.uk.com/adaptation-c... 032
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Reminder: our Adaptation SIG event is this Wednesday 4pm (UK time) on Adaptation and Franchises! DM if you've not got the zoom link. 024
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGBAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 16/01/2026We've just sent round details of our Spring Schedule for the SIG but our next event is 18th February on Adaptation and Franchises with @polinazelm.bsky.social and Seren Rose Sonnell. DM if you didn't get the email and want the zoom link. 012
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Looking forward to AAS 2026 at Burman University, Canada & dreaming of what comes next... If your institution would like to host a future AAS conference, get in touch! Our Board considers applications throughout the year. Past conferences: www.adaptation.uk.com/category/aas...adaptation.uk.comAnnual Conference Archives - The Association of Adaptation StudiesThe annual Association of Adaptation Studies conference. 022
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Not long to go before the LFA/AAS online conference - more details/link to sign up below! 001
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP. 023
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 16/01/2026We've just sent round details of our Spring Schedule for the SIG but our next event is 18th February on Adaptation and Franchises with @polinazelm.bsky.social and Seren Rose Sonnell. DM if you didn't get the email and want the zoom link. 012
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The LFA/AAS 2026 Conference programme for Feb 19/20 is done - great papers (as you can see from a snapshot of some of the Friday panels below). I'll be speaking about mental health/adaptation. If you'd like the full programme, DM me. And to sign up, here's the link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 022
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 08/12/2025We sent round details of our next Adaptation SIG event - December 17th, 2-3pm. 'Adaptation and Remakes' featuring @drdjohnston.bsky.social and @rosemaryaj.bsky.social - if you haven't got the email and want to come along, DM us! 033
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Loads of great books here on adaptation here! 010
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGRebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025📢 Tomorrow (Tues 2 Dec) is @stinaface.bsky.social's online book launch for 'Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture' 👇 Email or DM me or Christina for the online link :) #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #MHHums #MedHums 067
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Just sent round details of an online and in-person book launch for Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Culture. Online event: Tues 2nd December 5-6pm. In-person: Weds 3rd December 5-6.30pm, UoB campus in Muirhead Tower. DM for full details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comMale Mental Illness in Contemporary CultureThis book explores contemporary cultural narratives across film, television, and literature to illuminate the way male mental illness is positioned 032
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Our next SIG event is Wednesday 26th November at 3-4pm on Adaptation and Industry with @faywinfield.bsky.social and Christopher Hogg. DM for the zoom link if you've not found it in your inbox.media.tenor.coma group of people wearing green jackets with a red x on their chestsALT: a group of people wearing green jackets with a red x on their chests 012
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGAssociation of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies.bsky.social · 30/10/2025👉 👉 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... 01010
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 20/10/2025This Wednesday (22nd) there will be a webinar for the Unspool collection - all about time loops onscreen, online at 4pm (BST). I'll be taking part, talking about Russian Doll, as well as @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social and others! Registration link is here: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...media.tenor.coma woman with red curly hair says yes in a netflix adALT: a woman with red curly hair says yes in a netflix ad 022
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 08/10/2025A reminder that our first event - Adaptation and AI - with @huntressleine.bsky.social and Reece Goodall - is next Weds 15th at 2pm (online) - DM us for the link! 012
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We'll shortly be putting a call out for the BAFTSS SIG Panel next April in Bournemouth - check your inboxes this afternoon. If you didn't get it, but would like to be on the panel, get in touch. 012
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 29/09/2025The next event for the MHHRN is on the 30th Oct at 4pm -ONLINE - Television and Mental Health featuring @veronicaheney.bsky.social and @rob-lawson.bsky.social talking - DM us for the Zoom link! We're looking forward to it.media.tenor.coma man is laughing and says gasps let 's go .ALT: a man is laughing and says gasps let 's go . 164
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGgrossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comTBC5 flyer 2025 final.docxTo Be Continued 5 Defining, Producing, Performing, Consuming, and Theorizing Serials and Adaptations A Zoom Symposium, 18–19 September 2025 Organizers: Julie Grossman (Le Moyne College), Thomas Leitch... 11715
BAFTSS Adaptation SIG @adaptationsig.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Have sent round an email about getting involved in upcoming events for the SIG later this year - if you'd like to be involved but didn't get the email, get in touch! 011
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The latest issue of Lit/Film Quarterly has a great line up, and also features my article on 'The Work of Adaptation' where I use Haynes' May December to think through approaches to adaptation. lfq.salisbury.edu#gsc.tab=0lfq.salisbury.eduLiterature/Film QuarterlyFounded in 1973 by Jim Welsh and Tom Erskine, the journal has for over forty years served as a forum for scholars and writers to discuss, debate, and articulate various ways of conceptualizing adaptat... 062
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGgrossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I hope scholars interested in adaptation studies will consider submitting a proposal (SAMLA in Atlanta in Nov.) for this roundtable on knowledge and adaptation! @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19316samla.ballastacademic.comView Session 023
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGgrossmjj @grossmjj.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.socialadaptationtoday.comMentoringWelcome to the Adaptation Today Mentorship Program! At Adaptation Today, we believe that the future of academia lies in collaboration, inclusivity, and the sharing of knowledge across all levels of… 185
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Come work with us in the Film department! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI241/t...jobs.ac.ukTeaching Fellow in Film Studies at University of BirminghamSearching for an academic job? Explore this Teaching Fellow in Film Studies opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs. 075
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Also yesterday we got to celebrate 10 years of the Palgrave Adaptation series, run by @grossmjj.bsky.social and Barton Palmer. There was an excellent cake, and I’m so happy to have been on a cake in such excellent company 093
Reposted by BAFTSS Adaptation SIGChristina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The @adaptstudies.bsky.social conference is kicking off with a panel on AI and adaptation, chaired by the excellent @cbkenkar.bsky.social 141