Cultural historian/Senior Lecturer Visual Culture, UoP/Author Screening the Sixties/Visual histories, politics, the 1960s.

Joined December 2010
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Olly Gruner retweeted
Performances of my @portsmouthuni PhD archaeodrama “Still Life ‘Movy’” about WW1 submarine chaser “Movy” ML286 will still be taking place @BoatHouse_4 for their Pontoon Open Weekend so do come along! 😊⚓️⛵️@PHDockyard #motorlaunch #archaeology #navalhistory
Unfortunately, we have had to postpone this weekend’s Shipshape Network South East Event at @BoatHouse_4 until October. If you are interested in attending the rescheduled event, please email info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk to be added to our mailing list.
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With @paul_gravett, @yourpalfanton and @davidbaillie, we had a fantastic line-up of speakers! Many thanks to @UniPortCCI colleagues @freudisfunny, @austine74210971, @jorac67, @ollygruner and Lee Skinner for putting on a fantastic research panel
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Reminder that the deadline is approaching for @SimonIanHobbs and my edited collection #TrueCrime: Digital Culture, Ethics and True Crime Audiences! Please send chapter proposals of up to 500 words to truecrimeaudiences@gmail.com by 1st February 2024 (next Thursday!).
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Happy birthday @bbcdoctorwho ❤️❤️➕🔷🥳 To celebrate #DoctorWho60 colleagues & students in @UoPFMC discussed what makes it so special and long-lasting in the latest episode of #PopMatters Also featuring our interview with @SawbonesHex on stage @PComicCon youtube.com/watch?v=1Zs3Uc1X…
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Less than 24 hours to go until @PComicCon! The countdown has begun! Our @UoPFMC panels are shaping up to be some real doozies 🥳 Check 🧵⬇️
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Enjoyed revisiting the tv series Chernobyl for @CSTonlinetv - that show still packs a punch. Part of a series devoted to @hollywoodfilmtv ‘s excellent collection American Television in a television presidency wsupress.wayne.edu/books/det…

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27 Apr 2023
Tremendous finale to our Drawn to the Big Screen season @No6Cinema, courtesy of a brill talk from @russell_m_olson and screening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Thanks to all for coming along!
We’re all set for @russell_m_olson to introduce our screening of the much-lived animated masterpiece Who Framed Roger Rabbit tonight. Who is coming along to our screening? 🐰
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WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? This 1988 classic movie is screening @No6Cinema at 7.00pm with an introductory talk by Russ Olson as part of our Drawn to the Big Screen Season. @spyglass_uop @UoPFMC @UoPlibrary @visitportsmouth @pompeyteaclub @SSeaLifestyle
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26 Apr 2023
Looking forward to hearing @russell_m_olson talk Who Framed Roger Rabbit this Thursday and then a screening at @No6Cinema
Have you seen what’s coming up this week? We have the animated masterpiece, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, on Friday we are screening Ben Affleck’s Air, and on Saturday night, we have the much-loved Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction, selected by our young programmers. All start at 7pm.
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15 Mar 2023
Today, we strike at 150 universities Today, we chase every single YES vote Today, we back our union Strike. Vote. Win. #ucuRISING
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Here is the link to our 6th episode of Pop Matters, all about and tied into the 50th anniversary of The Blue Marble image, part of @ollygruner's 3 day event about the cultural impact of the photo. It went out live, but this is the final version. youtube.com/watch?v=vuqbbfvd…
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The annual @UoPFMC MA Media and Communication Poster event setting up in Eldon… official start 12pm! See you soon! @portsmouthuni @UniPortCCI
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@No6Cinema is doing films for a fiver during January. I caught up with Malissa to find out more. Have a read here southseafolk.uk/films-for-a-… #independentcinema #no6cinema #oldportsmouth #historicdockyard #filmstowatch #portsmouth
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14 Dec 2022
Thanks @USAinUK @OfficialBAAS for supporting our #Apollo50th Blue Marble events. Here's a video of the first, featuring @RebeccaJanicker Peter Kramer, Jennifer Levasseur and @ChrisDPattison. Hosted by @LincolnGeraghty. More soon at the-whole-earth.com shorturl.at/ixHSU

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Olly Gruner retweeted
Just posted a photo @ Eldon building (University Of Portsmouth) instagram.com/p/Cl_xkt5o1-f/…
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@RebeccaJanicker Sharing what this iconic image means to her @BlueMarble2022 on @UniPortCCIXR #SmartStage @UoPFMC
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Peter Krämer discusses the positive readings of #kubrick and his 2001 #film . Other space blockbusters before and after show destruction! @BlueMarble2022
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Very much enjoyed speaking to @BAASUSSO about @BlueMarble2022 events: youtube.com/watch?v=1eTEMMy9…. Events continue today with, among other things, an online talk from Neil Maher - Greening the Blue Marble (Rutgers University). Register for the link here: the-whole-earth.com/book-tic…

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And an in person talk from Peter Kramer this evening: Earth and Space in Blockbuster Movies
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