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"We Don't Talk About Bruno" - 'Songs in Sign Language' YouTube video by CartoonBrew.com Official

I haven't heard a single post about this anywhere--
disney's had their animators reanimate some of their recent iconic songs in ASL?? here's "we don't talk about bruno"??? this is amazing???

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBrv...

An adaptationist would be a great fit for Disney Studies!

An adaptationist would be a great fit for Disney Studies!

While registration for AAS 2026 at Burman U 🇨🇦 remains ongoing, applications & expressions of interest to host AAS 2027 are now open! Reach out to us here or our Board chairs @cbkenkar.bsky.social & @stinaface.bsky.social to learn more.

While registration for AAS 2026 at Burman U 🇨🇦 remains ongoing, applications & expressions of interest to host AAS 2027 are now open! Reach out to us here or our Board chairs @cbkenkar.bsky.social & @stinaface.bsky.social to learn more.

Next Monday!

Only 3 days left to submit a conference proposal for Polish Association for American Studies conference 'Morphing America' in Szczecin, Poland! Please send abstracts of approx. 300 words to morphing.paas.2026@gmail.com by
10 April 2026.

This is hugely important and has barely been theorized, let alone contended with by political comms leaders (besides Mamdani staffers).

YouTube is the world’s largest media company now. As of May 2025 YouTube had the largest viewership. As of this month it posted a larger revenue than Disney.

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Title: "The Haters" panel 1. Two round characters sit in a cinema. Yellow blob "I hate this!" Red Blob "Me too!" Panel 2. They have left the cinema Red blob "I hated every minute of that film! It was nothing like the book!" Panel 3. "Did you like the book?" asks Yellow. Red replies "I hated it!" then asks "You?" Panel 4. Yellow blob "I've not read it. I hated the film purely on its own merits." Panel 5. Red blob "I'll lend you my copy." Yello blob"That's very kind." Panel 6. Caption: "Later" Yellow, reading the book "I hate this!" Red (happily) "I knew you would!!"

"the Haters" my books cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com

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If you’re interested in adaptation writ large, consider joining us for our 2026 conference on a timely topic: Adaptation/Nation!

Very happy to see this published. My co-conspirator in all things conference-related, @cbkenkar.bsky.social, and I are so proud of the students who wrote this review and grateful to everyone who made the event such a special one.

Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) at University of Birmingham Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job: The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint someone to a 21-month post associated with a research project called "French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685" www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN896/r...

MTC is running a series of reading & writing groups this spring & summer. Our first reading group on the recent English translation of Punjabi novella Keeru by Fauzia Rafique hosted by Nico Millman & the translator Haider Shabaz will meet on April 15 @ 6pm ET.
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This week!

Adaptation, restoration, rebirth: 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference 2025, Istanbul Bilgi University The Association of Adaptation Studies (AAS) Conference theme in 2025, ‘Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth’, found a meaningful venue in İstanbul Bilgi Univer

📣 OPEN ACCESS review of AAS 2025: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth in Istanbul! doi.org/10.1093/adap...

Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 | Burman University , Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality”Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman University, in partn...

Registration is NOW OPEN for AAS 2026, running 7-10 July! Online & in-person rates for delegates & attendees, with an early bird discount for a limited time! www.burmanu.ca/aas2026

Adaptation, restoration, rebirth: 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference 2025, Istanbul Bilgi University The Association of Adaptation Studies (AAS) Conference theme in 2025, ‘Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth’, found a meaningful venue in İstanbul Bilgi Univer

📣 OPEN ACCESS review of AAS 2025: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth in Istanbul! doi.org/10.1093/adap...

On the left, a screenshot of the essay "Reading Circular Ruins of Fiction and Twin Peaks Thirty Years Later," in plain text.

On the right, an image from TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, featuring three primary characters (Agents Cooper and Cole in black suits and Diane in a shocking red bob wig) standing together against an inky black background and looking head very seriously.

"When you get there, you will already be there." Maria M. Carrión revisits her 30-year-old essay on TWIN PEAKS as literature and finds that David Lynch's multi-media labyrinth still has the capacity to twist us up. #openaccess at @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social.
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Also, our March event on Adaptation and Authorship will take place on 4th March at 4-5pm (UK time) with William Proctor and Katrijn Bekers. DM if you've not got the zoom link!

Deadline today!

Great news for anyone planning to submit to History of Games 2026:

the deadline has been extended to 10th March 2026!

Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 | Burman University , Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026 “Adaptation and Aurality”Dates: July 7-10, 2026 Location: Burman University - Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Hosted by: Burman University, in partn...

Registration is NOW OPEN for AAS 2026, running 7-10 July! Online & in-person rates for delegates & attendees, with an early bird discount for a limited time! www.burmanu.ca/aas2026

adaptation really IS everywhere!

BIG THANKS to the organizers for the 5th Literature/Film Association & AAS Joint Online Conference for another successful collaboration! 🫶 @grossmjj.bsky.social & @ssedaozz.bsky.social & Tom Leitch & Allen Redmon & John Sanders. Lots to digest this weekend!

did someone say trouble 😈

Here's to collaboration of all kinds! 🥂

Julie Grossman writes, "I think about one critic's comment about Gloria Grahame's roles in film noir--that she was always on the sidelines where she could cause the most trouble. Gloria=adaptation studies?" Two hearts for that. Tom Leitch responds "YES!!" (with one heart).

Exhibit A to illustrate the best sidebar chat in academic conferencing, captured during Day Two of LFA/AAS & featuring @grossmjj.bsky.social with Tom Leitch.