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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 — [email protected]
Webinar, 1 [email protected] (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): us02web.zoom.us/j/8694741655…
IAMHIST has released the CFP for its 2026 Master Class:
iamhist.net/iamhist-master-c…
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.
Matthew Rule-Jones and Talitha Ferraz (HoMER coordinators)
Homerites, 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.
Join Zoom Meeting
brookes.zoom.us/j/8999298496…
Meeting ID: 899 9298 4965
Passcode: 9597460876
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…
After a wonderfully hospitable, engaged and thought-provoking conference in İstanbul, we look forward to continuing our conversations in Exeter next year!
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/artic…
Thanks to all who worked to get this out
#HoMERIstanbul2025 roundtable on Cinema and Palestine, with contributions from İfdal Elsajet, Philippe Meers, Tamara Maatouk, Jeremy Randall, Claire Begbie and Ílke Şanlıer.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Morgan Corriou, Caroline Damiens, Mélisande Leventopoulos and Judith Thissen discuss Alternative Tracks in Distribution and Exhibition.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Senem Duruel Erkılıç, Karen Smith, Ariana Vietina and Berceste Gülçın Özdemir discuss Cinema Spaces and Urban Transformation.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 Senem Duruel Erkılıç, Karen Smith, Ariana Vietina abd Verceste Fülçın Özdemir discuss cinema spaces and exhibition practices.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 : Mélisande Leventopoulos, Özge Özyılmaz, Barçın Boğaç, Shakila Zamboulingame and Enes Akdağ discuss Cinema, Identity and Borders.
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is officially launched by Talitha Ferraz, Matthew Rule-Jones and Ayşe Tor Par.
HoMER Network retweeted
It’s started yesterday with workshops. Today is the first day of main conference.
Mersin’s cinema history will be discussed by @senemduruel and also open-air cinema will be evaluated by @hakanerkilic.
Tomorrow, Adana cinema history will be talked with politics by @hodologies.🎬
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-conf…
Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/199R…
#HoMERIstanbul2025 is underway with preconference workshops on the HoMER Vocabulary, mapping and postgraduate presentations.
HoMER Network retweeted
This week, I’ll be part of the @HoMER_Network Conference in @GalatasarayUniv to present my research in a paper entitled : « Tamil cinema in diaspora : the diasporic experience of cinema-going in French Theatres ».
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homernetwork.org/annual-conf…
#TamilCinema #Tamildiaspora
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/nfvJsP23qgWQKhkZ7. Check your email for further information.
See: homernetwork.org/about/
