Senior Lecturer Cinema and TV Histories. Research interests: feminist TV studies, TV drama and women's work in TV production. Views my own.
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Vicky Ball retweeted
24 Sep 2024
The Autumn issue of Screen Journal is now online! academic.oup.com/screen/issu…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Hurrah!! Submit an abstract to this conference. It’s the best!!
The CFP for our next conference is live!
Doing Women's Film and Television History VII - Entangled Media: Past and Present
CFP deadline 6 December 2024.
Conference held at University of Lincoln, 18-20 June 2025.
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Vicky Ball retweeted
11 Jul 2024
My first book "Reclaiming Female Authorship in UK Television Comedy" is now available for pre-order on the @EdinburghUP website & is 30% off with the code NEW30. Please recommend it to your library/librarian! 🥰 edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
21 Mar 2024
My article on #DriveAwayDolls and lesbians in film for @ConversationUK: theconversation.com/drive-aw…
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We have another TV blog, this time from Christa Van Raalte, on how we should remember the work of production managers following the announcement of the BAFTA TV Awards nominees. Read it - and a summary of their report 'Where have all the PMs gone?' - here: womensfilmandtelevisionhisto…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
21 Mar 2024
📣 One week left! 📣
7 Feb 2024
CFP: 'Beyond the messy millennial woman: televising perfection, imperfection and resilience'. This special issue, edited by @_claireperkins and me, invites submissions that consider how imperfect women on TV function in different social, national and cultural contexts. Pls share!
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Vicky Ball retweeted
15 Mar 2024
🚨 New TV blog post about the amazing collection on women's television history at DMU! 🚨
We have a new TV blog post from Justin Smith and Katharine Short on De Montfort University's Special Collections @DMUSpecialColls, which contains various riches documenting the history of women working in television. Check it out here! ---> womensfilmandtelevisionhisto…
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We have a new TV blog post from Justin Smith and Katharine Short on De Montfort University's Special Collections @DMUSpecialColls, which contains various riches documenting the history of women working in television. Check it out here! ---> womensfilmandtelevisionhisto…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
9 Mar 2024
We've got space for new TV blogs between April & July - please consider submitting one @WFTHN! There are loads of cool conferences (@baftss @SCMStudies @ConsolePassions) coming up, too, if you fancy writing a report on one 📺💘
11 Oct 2023
Some good news: I'll be the editor of a new TV Blog Series for @WFTHN, working with @CSTonlinetv. We're after blogs between 800-1200 words on women & TV (history). If you're interested in contributing, DM/email me! You can find my editor's intro here: womensfilmandtelevisionhisto…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
Learn about girls in the workhouse, c.1880-1920, and the social concerns this prompted.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Vicky Ball retweeted
9 Mar 2024
"Girls are Powerful"
A fantastic poster from See Red Women's Workshop, creators of feminist posters from 1974 to 1990. More online: bit.ly/3nie8t1 #WomensHistoryMonth
ALT A poster showing girls doing activities and the text 'Girls are Powerful'. TWL,2004.1012.2
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Vicky Ball retweeted
7 Feb 2024
CFP: 'Beyond the messy millennial woman: televising perfection, imperfection and resilience'. This special issue, edited by @_claireperkins and me, invites submissions that consider how imperfect women on TV function in different social, national and cultural contexts. Pls share!
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Vicky Ball retweeted
14 Jul 2023
Extraordinary postdoc opportunity to work with Professor Helen Wood @helentellywood on the extraordinary ‘ReCARE TV: Reality Television, working practices and duties of care’ project 👇🏽
0542-23 Postdoctoral Researcher - Jobs at Aston jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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Vicky Ball retweeted
9 Jul 2023
Very sad to announce my friend the wonderful TV Director Yvonne Littlewood passed away on Friday at the age of 96.
Her cousin Peter couldn't contact her by phone on Saturday so arrived at 2am this morning to find her resting peacefully on her sofa.
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Vicky Ball retweeted
24 May 2023
BREAKING: Tina Turner, the unstoppable musical force with hits like 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' has died at age 83, her manager says.
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10 May 2023
Any location suggestions to do a writing retreat? Preferably within a couple of hours drive of Loughborough?
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Vicky Ball retweeted
9 May 2023
We need to talk about online sexual harassment of young people: Expert
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Vicky Ball retweeted
6 May 2023
"The moment of crowning has arrived." Having had two kids, I recommend Charles mashes the gas & air and tries to relax his fanny.
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Vicky Ball retweeted
5 May 2023
Remembering electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, born on this day in 1937 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Here she is demonstrating her compositional techniques using tape loops at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in London in 1965.
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