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***Call for Submissions***: The Culbert Family Book Prize for Publications on Media History dealing with Propaganda, Mass Persuasion and Public Opinion 👉 iamhist.net/call-for-cul... 📖 Submission deadline: 15 December 2026

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Call for Submissions: The Culbert Family Book Prize – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reminder: ***Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Call for Co-Editor*** Application details 👉 iamhist.net/historical-j... Deadline: 30 September 2026

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Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Call for Co-Editor – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Published today in the @iamhist.bsky.social log, John Wyver (@illuminations.bsky.social / University of Westminster) reflects on 'The Cultures of Early Television' conference, held at the University of Westminster between 2 and 3 July 2026 ❤️📝: iamhist.net/cultures_ear...

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Reflections on The Cultures of Early Television Conference (University of Westminster, 2-3 July 2026) – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Latest issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television published online (Volume 46, Issue 3, September 2026): www.tandfonline.com/toc/chjf20/c...

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PT Klein @ptklein.com · 25/06/2026

My review of Jeffrey Richards' John Ford's America is out in @iamhist.bsky.social's Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. Richards offers a valuable guide for thinking about the complex and contradictory ways that Ford and America construct legends out of facts and facts out of legends.

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John Ford’s America

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Call for Co-Editor 👉 iamhist.net/historical-j... 📝 For any questions, please contact: Professor Cynthia Miller: cynthia_miller@emerson.edu / Kindly submit your application no later than 30 September 2026 to hjfrtsearch2026@gmail.com

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🎉 HJFRT: We are delighted to announce that the winner of the David H. Culbert Routledge-IAMHIST Prize for Best Article by an Established Scholar is Hannah Andrews, and the winner of the Philip M. Taylor Routledge-IAMHIST Prize by a New Scholar is Axelle Demus 🎉 iamhist.net/congratulati...

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Congratulations to the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television Prize Winners 2025! – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Summer list books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 👉 iamhist.net/journal/#boo... 📖✏️

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

***Call for Editorial Assistant***: The HJFRT is seeking an Editorial Assistant to support the Editorial Team. Application deadline: 25 May 2026. Please share this information with your students and colleagues! Further details can be found here: iamhist.net/historical-j...

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Updated list of books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 👉 iamhist.net/journal/#boo... 📔 If you are interested, please send a message (mentioning the full title of the book and your postal address) to Veronica Johnson (Veronica.Johnson@outlook.ie).

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Latest books available to review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (Spring 2026) 👉 iamhist.net/journal/#boo...

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Published today in the IAMHIST Blog, Nina Willment (University of York) writes her report on our one-day symposium hosted by @uni.lu on ‘AI and the Creative Media: Heritage, Production, Distribution and Reception’ (6 February 2026). Thank you to all participants! 👉 iamhist.net/ai-creative-... 🌟

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Mhairi Brennan @mhairibrennan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I had the best time at @iamhist.bsky.social symposium. So many thought-provoking presentations about uses of AI in the archive. Felt very privilaged to have my book launch on the programme.

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

New issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television out now! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/chjf20/c...

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Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This week in the @iamhist.bsky.social Blog, we have two pieces reporting on the 2025 IAMHIST Conference! 1) is authored by Cecilia Avorkliyah: iamhist.net/iamhist-conf... & 2) is co-written by Storm Sadovsky and Leah Dennis: iamhist.net/iamhist-conf... We hope to see you at future events! ❤️

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Open call for thematic issues of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: For further details and how to apply, please visit 👉 iamhist.net/call-for-pro... ✍️

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Open call for thematic issues of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television - Updated list of books for review, Winter 2025/26: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please get in touch with Dr Veronica Johnson, Book Reviews Editor, (Veronica.Johnson@outlook.ie) if you would like to review any of the listed titles 🌟

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

@iamhist.bsky.social Symposium 2026 = AI and the Creative Media: Heritage, Production, Distribution and Reception, hosted by @c2dh.uni.lu @uni.lu on 6 February. Details and programme 👉 iamhist.net/iamhist-symp... 😍

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IAMHIST Symposium 2026 – AI and the Creative Media: Heritage, Production, Distribution and Reception – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

For the latest @iamhist.bsky.social Blog, Mark Williams (Dartmouth College) writes an overview of the Media Ecology Project, promoting the study of archival and historical moving image collections: iamhist.net/media-ecolog...

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Overview of The Media Ecology Project at Dartmouth College (Supervisors: Mark Williams and John Bell) – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Winter list of books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television published today: iamhist.net/journal/#boo...

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

***Call for Papers*** IAMHIST Master Class 2026: iamhist.net/iamhist-mast... The Master Class will be hosted in Luxembourg on Thursday 5 February, followed by a one-day symposium on 'AI and the Creative Media: Heritage, Production, Distribution and Reception' on Friday 6 February. Deadline: 15/12/25

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IAMHIST Master Class on Media and History 2026: Call for Papers – IAMHIST

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Please note that some members have received spam from an account purporting to be from the 'IAMHIST President' (presidents00024@gmail.com) Please mark as spam, delete and ignore.

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

New books for review (Autumn 2025) in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please contact our book reviews editor, Veronica Johnson, of books you are interested in reviewing ❤

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This week in the IAMHIST Blog, Andrew Shail and Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann delve into the concept of falsehood as presented live on national UK television, with a focus on the case study of 'Alice Hyde: The First "Miss World"': iamhist.net/alice-hyde-t...

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Alice Hyde: the ‘First Miss World’ – IAMHIST

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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My review of Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinemas has been published in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television. It is a terrific book, and you can read my review here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @tandfonline.bsky.social @iamhist.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

IAMHIST is pleased to announce that Dan Chyutin and Yael Mazor have co-edited a special issue on 'Israeli Film Culture Through its Paratexts', in the Journal of Jewish Identities, developed via the @iamhist Challenge: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/issue/... Congratulations! 🥳

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Are you an emerging filmmaker/creative who loves archive film? The Reuters Screenocean Make Film History Challenge gives access to over 1 million archive clips for creative reuse in a new short film that could screen at next year’s festival in 2026. Details: www.sheffdocfest.com/reuters-scre...

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Reuters Screenocean Make Film History Challenge 2025 | Sheffield DocFest

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Final panel of #IAMHIST2025 for Day 2,'Colonial Reels & the PanAfrican Cinema Archive: Critical Disruptions of Archives of Empire' with Imruh Bakari, Emma Sandon, Jihan El-Tahri, June Givanni, Samantha Iwowo and Jacqueline Maingard

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Two fantastic papers on African horror cinema and celebrity, media platforms and depression in the global South. - given by Gabi Zietsman and Viraj Suprasad. @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

For the panel, 'Colonialism & Popular Onscreen Narratives', we have Gabi Zietsman writing on 'Africa Will Eat You Alive': Cultural Iconographies in African Horror Films'

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Beginning Day 2 at the #IAMHIST2025 conference, Ciara, Chambers discusses 'De-partitioning Ireland: How Archival Appropriation is Challenging the Irish Question'

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Great panel on British television and British television archives covering Early channel 4 short films, the Michael Palin Archive and Grandma television @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

To finish the first day, a screening of Nariman Massoumi's Pouring Water on Troubled Water ❤️ #IAMHIST2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Now for the panel 'Once Upon A Time in Television: UK TV History', beginning with an extended talk by a Rod Stoneman on Early Channel 4

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A really fascinating Approaches to Archives panel @iamhist.bsky.social #iamhist2025 with papers on A.I and decolonising the Archive, the work of Student interns at the #UCT archives, AIDS research at UCT archives and wildlife docs, wedish, restoration death cleaning and the archive

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Fascinating to paper from Julie Raviri on conflicting cultural and personal memories and perceptions of Cape Town's District 6. Good to have a couple of excellent conference book recommendations too #iamhist25 #iamhist2025 #capetown @iamhist.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Parallel panel sessions begin for #IAMHIST2025 ❤️ Panel 'Navigating Historical Spaces' begins with Julie Raviri discussing 'The History of District Six Told by its Former Inhabitants'

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Richard Legay @richardlegay.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Day 1 of the 'Decentering Media Histories & Practices' @iamhist.bsky.social Conference at the University of Cape Town 📻🎙️📺 Such a pleasure to be in South Africa for our biannual event! Looking forward to a packed programme. Thanks to @marthaevans.bsky.social for organising it!

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Matt Melia @docmelia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#iamhist25 @iamhist.bsky.social First keynote by Sekibakiba Lekgoathi on the role of radio in the liberation of Apartheid South Africa

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Welcome to our opening keynote speaker, Sekibakiba Lekgoathi, speaking on 'Radio Freedom, Sonic Archives, African Solidarity & the Liberation Struggle in South Africa'! #IAMHIST2025

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Huge thank you to @marthaevans.bsky.social and our colleagues at UCT / Centre for Film & Media Studies for organising #IAMHIST2025!

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Start of #IAMHIST2025 'Decentering Media Histories & Practices'! Hello to all our of delegates @ University of Cape Town @ Centre for Film & Media Studies

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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Congrats to Ross Melnick, whose book, HOLLYWOOD'S EMBASSIES: HOW MOVIE THEATERS PROJECTED AMERICAN POWER AROUND THE WORLD is the winner of the Culbert Family Book Prize for 2024 from the International Association for Media and History. bit.ly/4mYHC9F @iamhist.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

*IAMHIST News*: Ross Melnick is the winner of the Culbert Family Memorial Book Prize 2024 for his publication Hollywood’s Embassies: How Movie Theaters Projected American Power Around the World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022)! Huge congratulations Ross 🥳 iamhist.net/winner-culbe...

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Congratulations to Ross Melnick, winner of the Culbert Family Book Prize for 2024! – IAMHIST

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

*IAMHIST News* Updated Summer 2025 books for review in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: iamhist.net/journal/#boo... Please contact Veronica Johnson should you be interested in reviewing a particular title (Veronica.Johnson@outlook.ie)

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Call for Candidates - IAMHIST Council Election 2025: For further details, please visit iamhist.net/call-for-can... Deadline for expressions of interest to the Election Committee is 10 April 2025.

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IAMHIST @iamhist.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Registration now open for the IAMHIST Conference, 'Decentering Media Histories and Practices', 30 June - 2 April 2025 hosted by the University of Cape Town ❤ Looking forward to seeing those who can make it there: iamhist.net/registration...

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Registration for IAMHIST’s 2025 Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, is now open! – IAMHIST

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