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Dr. Molly Harrabin

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Powys Roberts Junior Research Fellow in German @ St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford

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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Friendlies, my second book comes out April 2027! Reach out if you are planning your lecture series for the spring/summer! I'd love to come by in person or virtually. Please let your libraries know to get a copy and help me spread the word. 🌈 @sunypress.bsky.social sunypress.edu/Books/F/Frag...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Fall 2026 edition of WeimarCinema.org is now live! Featuring 7 new essays & 2 new film dossiers!!
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WeimarCinema.org — an archive and journal on Weimar-era German film, edited by Anton Kaes and Cynthia Walk.
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Friendlies, help us spread the word about the THIRD annual Tobin Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies, to be held by Rafi Balling Oct 22, in person and online. You can find out more about Rafi's exciting talk on German trans literatures of the self + RSVP info here: ces.ubc.ca/events/event...
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Weimar Film Network @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We have a new website! weimarfilmnetwork3.wordpress.com
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Weimar Film Network
The Weimar Film Network was founded in 2021 by Dr. Molly Harrabin (University of Oxford) during her MA by Research at the University of Warwick. The network is co-convened by Harrabin and Dr. Lawre…
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference report now available on our website! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/08/06/r...
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Rethinking Weimar Cinema (17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network
The three-day conference, ‘Rethinking Weimar Cinema’, was held on 17th-19th June 2026 at Worcester College, Oxford. Organised by Lawrence Alexander (Ruskin School of Art) and Molly Harrabin…
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We are looking for a Network Coordinator and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow! Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Network Coordinator and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - AD2767
Network Coordinator and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - AD2767, Schools of Modern Languages & Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies Salary: £38,784 pro rata, per annum Part Time: 11 Hours p...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For anyone interested in Weimar film, sign up to the mailing list below to keep informed of new scholarship & events. It’s also a place to ask for advice from colleagues! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For anyone interested in Weimar film, sign up to the mailing list below to keep informed of new scholarship & events. It’s also a place to ask for advice from colleagues! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I’m very proud to have contributed a chapter on coded references to queerness in Pandora’s Box to this wonderful volume! Equally proud to have worked with & feature alongside such wonderful people, including Jonah, @katielmsutton.bsky.social, @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social, Ina Linge & more!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join us on Thursday 18th June, 8:30 pm at The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) for a screening of Song (Richard Eichberg, 1928)with an introduction by Andreas Thein (Filmmuseum Düsseldorf)!
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The Weimar Film Network presents: Song - The Ultimate Picture Palace
After committing murder for love, painter rescues a young Malaysian woman, and the pair begin a new life performing in vaudeville. Starring Anna May Wong in her first European film, this Weimar-era me...
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join us on Tuesday 16th June, 8:30 pm at The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) for a screening of The Holy Mountain (Arnold Fanck, 1926) with an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts @warwick-smlc.bsky.social! Tickets available via link below! @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social
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The Weimar Film Network presents: The Holy Mountain - The Ultimate Picture Palace
Made in 1926 by Arnold Fanck, The Holy Mountain is a landmark German Bergfilm featuring Leni Riefenstahl. Set in the Alps, it blends a romantic triangle with spectacular mountaineering, skiing and ava...
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Final reminder for registration for the Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference happening at Worcester College, Oxford 17 - 19 June! @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social @mharrabin.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social @baftss.bsky.social @iaswarwick.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @oxfordgerman.bsky.social
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Next stop: Oxford! 📍💙 Beyond excited to share that I’ll be joining St Hugh’s College this October as the Powys Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Languages!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Excited about this!! Come & join us!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Some reflections on the last two days co-hosting (with Dr. Cedar Lensing-Sharp) the "Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany's LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures" conference!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Great reflection on our wonderful keynote by @jonahgarde.bsky.social yesterday! Exciting to be in this space with so many fabulous thinkers!
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Paola Medina-Gonzalez @paolamedgonz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Many thanks to @mharrabin.bsky.social and Cedar Lensing-Sharp for the opportunity to present today! Hopefully my illness didn’t deter its legibility.
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Spring edition of WeimarCinema.org is here! The issue brings together three original essays and a new film dossier, each offering fresh perspectives on Weimar Cinema. www.weimarcinema.org
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A wonderful day dedicated to Queer Central European History - thank you @ankahajkova.bsky.social for bringing us together!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Registration for the "Queer Lives and Trans* Formations: Reimagining Weimar Germany's LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures" online conference is now live! Sign up to join us 30 - 31 March (Australia: 31 March - 1 April). With speakers from 6 (!) time zones & keynotes from Jonah Garde & Camilla Smith!
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Queer Lives and Trans* Formations Conference Registration
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Queer Lives and Trans* Formations Conference on 30-31 March, 2026! As the conference will be taking place online, we ask that you register to attend by c...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Delighted to have received my author copy of Weimar weiblich, Filmpionierinnen des Kinos der Moderne (1918-1933) this week! I co-authored the biography on Ossi Oswalda with the wonderful Mary Hennessy!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Dr Harrabin reporting for duty 🫡 A wonderful day yesterday celebrating with family, friends & colleagues, all of whom have played an integral part in my PhD journey! Feeling very grateful to have so much support & love ❤️
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Joela Jacobs @joelalala.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Do you teach/research gender/sexuality w/ German sources? Have you had access issues or needed to translate sources yourself bc English versions don’t exist? Fill in this survey (by 2/15) to identify core texts for an anthology of translations in scientific & literary sexology between 1890 & 1930.
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Jan Süselbeck @jansueselbeck.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This article appeared in December. #Metropolis #FritzLang #ShellShockCinema #Antisemitism #TheavonHarbou @mharrabin.bsky.social
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Thrilled to share that I’ve signed a book contract for my monograph to appear with Camden House in their Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual series! Disclaimer - this is what AI thinks the cover will look like. I’ve got to finish it before I can find out how close it is to the reality!
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Weimar Film Network @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Join us at the University of Warwick next week for a free screening of Die freudlose Gasse as part of Dr. Ian Roberts' Weimar 100 project! Registration here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/EShTmXnxZF
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@linguacene.bsky.social and I are hosting a reading group in Feb and March 2026 to examine the keywords for our new multi-year research project titled "Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University." If you are up for it, join us. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University – A Reading Group
Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University – A Reading Group Hosts: David Gramling & Ervin Malakaj The “Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual Universi...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Delighted to have contributed to the new issue of Filmblatt with an Ossi Oswalda filmography that I curated with Mary Hennessy & Philipp Stiasny! The issue also features a brilliant essay by @hennefem.bsky.social on an unmade Oswalda film! Long live Ossi Oswalda!
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New issue alert!! I was chuffed to write this short piece on Ossi Oswalda for FILMBLATT -- *many thanks* to Philipp Stiasny for translating to German. 🎞️ www.filmblatt.de/2025/11/22/f... Lots of gems in here by @mharrabin.bsky.social et al + gorgeous images courtesy of @blomamsterdam.bsky.social!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Please sign to prevent the closure of Modern Languages at Nottingham.
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Had great fun in Exeter yesterday, presenting the beginnings of my postdoc project! Thank you to Ina Linge for the invite & to all who came!
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Weimar Film Network @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Join us on 20 November at 5pm (UK) for an online event with Dr. Paul Flaig (University of St. Andrews) to celebrate the release of his new book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed! Sign up via this form to receive the joining details shortly before the event
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
📢🚨 ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR THE CFP CLOSES!!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Reminder: The deadline GSSN/DAAD-sponsored conference 'Rethinking Weimar Cinema' conference (University of Oxford, 17-19 June 2026) is only one week away – 31 October 2025. We would be grateful if you could share the call with any students or colleagues who may be interested!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
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Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed
From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse's diagnosis as a “melo-maniac,” Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed explores the extr…
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Looking forward to presenting at the @thegsa.bsky.social conference in Arlington on Sunday!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We are pleased to announce that the fall edition of WeimarCinema.org is now live, featuring new essays and film dossiers as well as updates on recent publications and restorations. We hope you enjoy the new essays and dossiers, and find the updates and news helpful!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...
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CFP: Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference (University of Oxford, 17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Calling all German teachers: the German Screen Studies Network is running a DAAD-funded workshop in October at the University of Warwick on "Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context"! Spread the word: germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/05/w...
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Workshop: Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context (October 4th, University of Warwick) – German Screen Studies Network
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Super excited about this conference - welcome one & all! Featuring keynotes by @pdobryden.bsky.social Sara Hall & Qinna Shen!
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Friendlies: the fabulous comrades over at VPL have fixed the sound system. The event has been rescheduled: October 9! I'll introduce the film and the Magazinist duo will accompany the screening with a NEW score. Registration free and open to public. vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a5f...
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Expanded Cinema: Magazinist's Anders als die Andern
This event is part of a new series of performances that combine cinema with live music, movement, theatre, and more. Local experimental music duo Magazinist have produced remarkable original scores fo...
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The clock is ticking! Get those abstracts in!
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Not long until the deadline! We can’t wait to hear from you! Please share with your networks - @ddgc.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social @wigsblog.bsky.social
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Our writing support groups are forming for Sept-Dec. They have been around since 2018 and are a vital component of community building in German studies. Join us! Reach out if you have questions. And pls share with colleagues, students. @ddgc.bsky.social www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
Join our writing community.
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.
Lecture title, speaker name, and lecture time/date/location info on a poster, all of which is available on the website for the event. QR code for the online registration for those interested attending via zoom.
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Louise Brooks Society™ @louisebrookssoc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Louise Brooks masterpiece, Pandora's Box (1929), explored in new multi-page Weimar Cinema dossier. More at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/07/pand...
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Gräfin Geschwitz (Alice Roberts), Lulu (Louise Brooks), and Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
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Mark T. Kettler @marktkettler.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Well, I finally got around to creating an account. Follow-me if you are interested in modern German History, the First World War in particular.
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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Absolutely delighted to officially be Dr. Harrabin after passing my viva with minor corrections this morning! Thank you to my examiners @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social & @katherinestone.bsky.social for their meaningful engagement with my work!
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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The GSSN would like to congraulate our founder, Professor Erica Carter, who has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.This is wonderful news and very much deserved!
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