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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/1FAI… Deadline: 19 January 2026. Further information: Dr Matthew Rule-Jones — m.w.jones@exeter.ac.uk

Webinar, 1 December@6.30pm (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/86947416558?…

IAMHIST has released the CFP for its 2026 Master Class: iamhist.net/iamhist-master…

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)

Join Zoom Meeting brookes.zoom.us/j/89992984965?… Meeting ID: 899 9298 4965 Passcode: 9597460876

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.

Go to drive.google.com/drive/folders/… and share your pictures! 📸🎞📽🎬

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/1FAI…

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/article/view… 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.

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.🎬

#HoMERIstanbul2025 is underway with preconference workshops on the HoMER Vocabulary, mapping and postgraduate presentations.

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 ». . homernetwork.org/annual-confere… #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/nfvJsP23qgWQKh…. Check your email for further information. See: homernetwork.org/about/