Women+FilmHistory

The CFP for Women and the Silent Screen XII is now live! The deadline to submit is December 2, 2024! wfhi.org/2025-brussels-… Keep checking the WFHI website for updates on the event!

Registration is now open for Entr'acte 2024, an online event taking place November 22 and 23. wfhi.org/entracte-2024

Proposals for Women and the Silent Screen XII are due in less than one month!! We can't wait to see what you submit 📽️ wfhi.org/2025-brussels-…

1901 E5 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever is live! Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent Film at Eye Filmmuseum, joins me to mostly talk comedy, which still allowed us to take all kinds of tangents. Links 👇

Call for Papers: Women and Silent Screen XII …ilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/cal…

"Katri Viita, born Karin Elisabet Viitainoja, is one of the pioneer female screenwriters of Finland." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/katri-… #BornOnThisDay

We're *thrilled* to announce the official launch of the Cinema's First Nasty Women online bazaar!!! 🎊🎆 cinemasfirstnastywomen.threadless.com Léont-shirts, Texas Guinan rainbow mug, buttons, hoodies, throw pillows, notebooks, galore!! 😍👕🎞️

Taking place Nov. 22 & 23, 2024 (not in 2023 like the slide says 😅). More info coming shortly. Be sure to join our mailing list so you won’t miss the announcement!

We're more than thrilled to announce the program of our closing conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power", which will take place Nov 14–16, 2024 @Uni_MR!✨ Registration is open until October 31, 2024. 👉 uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1 #DAVIF #DH #DataFeminism #DigitalMethods

New to WFPP: Alyssa Lopez (@prof_alopez) on the career of exhibitor Maria C. Downs! "Mrs. Maria C. Downs (née Godoy), variously referred to as owner, proprietor, and manager, opened the Lincoln Theatre in Harlem in 1909." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/maria-…

It's been so inspiring to watch María's tireless research and so wonderful to see the fruits of her many discoveries online!

NEW TO WFPP: a profile on American screenwriter Elizabeth R. Carpenter. During her extensive research for this profile, contributor María Hernández Ordeig discovered that "Elizabeth R. Carpenter" was the pen name of Emily S. McCain, a teacher in N.J. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/elizab…

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. …ilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/cal…

For those heading to @PordenoneSilent in two weeks, the 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 (WFHI) general meeting will take place on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟖, at 𝟏𝟐𝐩𝐦, at the Palace Hotel Moderno. All are welcome! See you there!

Save the date! ✨ We'll publish the program for our closing conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power" in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more information. Registration will open soon! #DAVIF #DH #DataViz #FilmStudies 📆 Nov 14-16, 2024 📍 @Uni_MR 🔗 uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1

There's still time to register for this event!

We are in love with this REBELS AT THE TYPEWRITER program on @criterionchannl!!! But want to know why the *women writers* at hand aren't highlighted or even mentioned in the film notes? Tell us more about their lives & their work (and their names!), @criterionchannl 🖊️🎞️❤️

Join us for this special @FilmWeimar presentation on “Weimar Germany’s First Nasty Women,” September 25, 2024 at 5pm (UK time)!!! Featuring @ks2956, @magshenny, & Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi (@eyefilm)! 🎞️😍 wfpp.columbia.edu/2024/09/09/onl…