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International network of researchers interested in understanding cinema-going, exhibition, and reception, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Web: homernetwork.org

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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dear HoMERites, HoMER 2027 will be meeting in Utrecht! A huge thank you to Clara Pafort-Overduin and her colleagues at Utrecht University for stepping forward to host us. The dates for your diaries: main conference 7–9 July 2027; pre-conference 6 July. The call for papers will follow shortly.
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PT Klein @ptklein.com · 11/07/2026
And that’s a wrap on cinema summer camp with @homer-network.bsky.social at #HoMER2026!
A group of the world’s best cinema scholars posing against a beautiful gold and blue sunset at Exeter Quays.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The second half of day 2 at #HoMER2026 included a panel on "Cinemas in neighbourhoods, small towns and rural areas" and a keynote address from Cinema for All CEO Jaq Chell.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Day 2 of #HoMER2026 uncluded panels on "Imagined futures and innovative directions" and "Methodologies, mapping and databases."
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Some images from the second half of day 1 of #HoMER2026: the panel Spheres of Distinction, Identity and Belonging, awaiting the bus to the Barn Cinema and Matthew Rule-Jones announcing the launch of the HoMER book series.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Day 1 of HoMER 2026 at the University of Exeter began with tours of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum before our morning panels, including Art House Cinemas, Cult Film Events and their Audiences. #HoMER2026
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dear HoMERITES, The Final Schedule for our HoMER 2026 Conference is now available on our website! homernetwork.org/final-schedu... Please check the schedule as some sessions have had to be adjusted. Urgent queries to talitha.ferraz@gmail.com More information next week on the HoMER Network website.
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HoMER2026 Programme – The HoMER Network
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Webinar, 1 December@6.30pm (CET): "Researching South American cinemas: national contexts and global connections", with Maria Paz Peirano and Alejandro Kelly. Discussant Paolo Noto. Organised by AIRSC (Italian Association for Research on Film History). Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8694741655...
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Call for Papers HoMER 2026: Cinema Communities and Community Cinemas University of Exeter, UK | 8–10 July 2026 Pre-conference: 7 July 2026 Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline: 19 January 2026. Further information: Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
IAMHIST has released the CFP for its 2026 Master Class: iamhist.net/iamhist-mast...
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IAMHIST Master Class on Media and History 2026: Call for Papers – IAMHIST
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Dear HoMERites, The dates of the 2026 HoMER conference at the University of Exeter, UK. We will have a pre-conference day on 7th July, with the main conference commencing on 8th and ending on 10th July. CFP to follow. Best wishes, Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators).
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Join Zoom Meeting brookes.zoom.us/j/8999298496... Meeting ID: 899 9298 4965 Passcode: 9597460876
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Dear Homerites, Please join us for a webinar from TAP (The Audience Project research group, Oxford Brookes University) on Fri. 12 Sept. 2025 at 12-1pm: "The Enchanting Kinora: Researching Edwardian Audiences," by Prof. Elizabeth Evans, University of Nottingham. Abstract & link in comments.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Go to drive.google.com/drive/folder... and share your pictures! 📸🎞📽🎬
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
HoMER's recent AGM set up three working groups on: 1) A new hosting platform for the HoMER website; 2) A mapping project; 3) New administrative models for the HoMER Network. Interested in one or more? Fill out this form by 4 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Call for participation in HoMER Working Groups
As defined at the last AGM, held in Istanbul on 11 July 2025, over the coming 12 months (until the next edition of the HoMER Conference in 2026), we will have three working groups collaborating with t...
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
After a wonderfully hospitable, engaged and thought-provoking conference in İstanbul, we look forward to continuing our conversations in Exeter next year!
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Reposting: See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them. Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi... Thanks to all who worked to get this out!
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Miradas a los públicos de cine en Latinoamérica
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 roundtable on Cinema and Palestine, with contributions from Ifdal Elsaket, Philippe Meers, Tamara Maatouk, Jeremy Randall, Claire Begbie and Ílke Şanlıer.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Morgan Corriou, Caroline Damiens, Mélisande Leventopoulos and Judith Thissen discuss Alternative Tracks in Distribution and Exhibition.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 AydınÇam, Çiğdem Aksu Çam, Aynühayat Uybadın, Josh Carney and Sonay Ban discuss Power Struggles in Cinema, especially in relation to censorship.
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Kathleen Loock @kathleenloock.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Always a conference highlight: @homer-network.bsky.social's annual conference, this year in Istanbul, Turkey. I'm very happy to be here.
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Hollywood Memories @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Here's more from our panel yesterday at #HoMERIstanbul2025! Thank you also to our panel chair, the fantastic Ana Rosas Mantecón, a long-term friend and associated member of the "Hollywood Memories" project! @kathleenloock.bsky.social @homer-network.bsky.social
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Senem Duruel Erkılıç, Karen Smith, Ariana Vietina and Berceste Gülçın Özdemir discuss Cinema Spaces and Urban Transformation.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 : Mélisande Leventopoulos, Özge Özyılmaz, Barçın Boğaç, Shakila Zamboulingame and Enes Akdağ discuss Cinema, Identity and Borders.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is officially launched by Talitha Ferraz, Matthew Rule-Jones and Ayşe Tor Par.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is underway with preconference workshops on the HoMER Vocabulary, mapping and postgraduate presentations.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Homerites interested in hosting the 2026 HoMER Conference: submit proposals to HoMER Network coordinators Matthew Jones (m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk) & Talitha Ferraz (talitha.ferraz@gmail.com) by 9 July (Istanbul time zone, GMT+3). AGM delegates will make the decision on 11 July.
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
At the HoMER Istanbul Conference, we will elect coordinators for the 2026-2028 period. Interested members should fill out the following form by 1pm on 11 July (Istanbul time, GMT+3): forms.gle/nfvJsP23qgWQ.... Check your email for further information. See also: homernetwork.org/about/
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Election for HoMER Network Coordinators 2026-2028
Please fill out the following form with the information of the board of candidates for the coordination of the HoMER Network 2026-2028. According to the HoMER Network Constitution, the coordination o...
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
CFP: Cinema Audiences in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Portuguese and Spanish) Públicos de Cine en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Portugués y Español). Rebeca (Brazilian Journal of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies). Deadline extended to 04/03/2025. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/announceme...
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
SAVE THE DATE: HoMER data sprint on 22 January 2025 at 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (Amsterdam time), to fill in missing definitions and translations in the HoMER vocabulary on venues. See the current state of the vocabulary here: homernetwork.github.io/vocabulary/v... And SAVE THE DATE: 22 January 2025.
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Which fields do you want to include in the search?
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Screen RE-turns: Screen Studies Conference 2025: We are delighted to announce our two keynote speakers (who themselves return to Screen): Professor Annette Kuhn, Professor Helen Wheatley tinyurl.com/5wcwx732
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Screen Studies Conference 2025
27 June - 29 June 2025, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Deadline approaching (2 Dec) for the 2025 Women and Film History International conference's “Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema.” The conference will take place in Brussels from June 11-14, 2025 More details here: www.wfhi.org/2025-brussel....
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2025 BRUSSELS & ANTWERP, BELGIUM — Women and Film History International
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Just published: Michael Aronson's book on regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest during the silent and early sound periods focuses on independent entrepreneur, John Hamrick. 📷 Learn more and order your copy 📷 www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/joh...
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Absolutely!
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Done! Thanks, Martin!
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The HoMER Network is on Bluesky and ready to connect with anybody interested in cinema history! go.bsky.app/57JuzaS
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The HoMER Network @homer-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
HoMER 2025 Conference: Cinema and Conflict. Dates: 8-11 July 2025. Location: Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey. Proposals deadline: 19 January 2025. Letters of acceptance/rejection: 17 February 2025. More details: homernetwork.org/annual-confe... Submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/199RW_
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Annual Conference 2024
HoMER 2025 Conference: Cinema and ConflictDates: 8-11 July 2025Location: Galatasaray University, Istanbul, TurkeyDeadline for proposals: 19 January 2025Letters of acceptance/rejection: 17 February …
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