Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Please listen to my conversation about ARCHIVING THE PAST @ucpress.bsky.social with @alixbeeston.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! 🥳🥰

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Folks, don’t miss Dorothy Arzner’s WORKING GIRLS next month on @criterionchannl.bsky.social! An incisive feminist critique of the sexual double standard and sexual harassment in the workplace — all in a snappy pre-Code frame.

This Earth Day, go beyond celebration—explore the films that helped spark a movement.

🌎 Online with SFFP: “The Sierra Club Presents: Three Films that Shaped Wilderness Conservation”
📅 Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 🕛 12–1 pm PST
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I received two fantastic new books in the mail this week! Bravo to Pam Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social for THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY @stickingplacebk.bsky.social and to Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social for TRANS CINEMA @ucpress.bsky.social 👏🥳 My Summer Reading List is looking GREAT! 💜

What an honor to have presented Anna May Wong's film The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927) with Yiman Wang @hahumiaomiao.bsky.social at Orphans 2026! Many thanks to Dan Streible @orphanfilm.bsky.social for organizing such a beautiful symposium at the OSU's Wexner Center for the Arts @osuwexmed.bsky.social

Yesterday @orphanfilm.bsky.social
@wfhinetwork.bsky.social member @aurspiers.bsky.social + Yiman Wang (author of “To Be An Actress” on Anna May Wong) shared very special rediscovery — a 9.5mm Pathè baby print of 1927 comedy short The Honorable Mr. Buggs featuring Wong as a jewel thief! #orphans2026

PSA: *last day* to watch the Mervyn LeRoy pre-Code films on @criterionchannl.bsky.social !!! Of the rarer/less available titles, I highly recommend THREE ON A MATCH, HEAT LIGHTNING, & BIG CITY BLUES. 🎞️🍸‼️

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Last day to order your copy of ARCHIVING THE PAST at #SCMS26 @ucpress.bsky.social 👏👏

If you're attending #SCMS26, don't forget to check out the University of California Press table @ucpress.bsky.social where you'll find my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, in excellent company with new fantastic titles by Allyson Field @allyfield.bsky.social, Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social, and more 😍

Explore UC Press Film & Media Studies Journals at #SCMS26 Enjoy limited-time free content from film and media studies journals during #SCMS26.

We've removed the paywall from current issues and other select content from @filmquarterly.bsky.social, @femmediahist.bsky.social, @iaspm-us.bsky.social's JPMS, @sssmg.bsky.social's JSMG and more during the @scmstudies.bsky.social conference. #SCMS26 #SCMS2026

UC Press authors @alicelovejoy.bsky.social (TALES OF MILITANT CHEMISTRY), @laurah.bsky.social (TRANS CINEMA), and @allyfield.bsky.social (ACTS OF LOVE) threw a lovely and packed book party Friday night for #SCMS26, with a special appearance from EVERYDAY MOVIES author Haidee Wasson!
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It's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍👑🎊

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Would be impossible to overstate my excitement to read @pamhutch.bsky.social's sizzling new film book!

Thank you so much to Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social for the shoutout to my book ARCHIVING THE PAST (University of California Press) @ucpress.bsky.social in her latest piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 😘

The Weirdness of the Archive, the Possibilities of the Present | Los Angeles Review of Books On the global resurgence of feminist film curating collectives.

For all those who want to kick off their weekend by celebrating the *extremely awesome* work of feminist film curating collectives!!!! 🎞️🎊😍 lareviewofbooks.org/article/femi...

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Wednesday! #FilmSky

Thank you Andy Jurgensen for dedicating your Oscar to your late aunt Barbara Hall, archivist extraordinaire, beloved by film historians like me. So sad she isn’t here to see you win. 🥹

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Incredibly honored to be receiving the David Shepard Career Achievement Award at the Denver Silent Film Festival next month. (And guess which film I’ll be introducing! 😉)

Here is an excerpt from my conversation with Kathy Feeley about CUPID AND THE COMET for The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1911. Links in quoted post!

Last week was very fun! Many thanks to Allyson Nadia Field @allyfield.bsky.social for joining me to discuss my book ARCHIVING THE PAST at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social in Chicago! I attended many talks there as a UChicago PhD student, so it was a dream to be back!

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Happy International Nasty Women's Day!!!! No better way to celebrate than by nabbing your copy of these **feminist film books**--extant & forthcoming--by our curators and sisters! 😍🎞️📚

Links in the comments below... What feminist films books are lighting up your life right now? ⁉️

Author Talk: Véronique Le Bris—Alice Guy, la plus audacieuse des pionniers du cinéma As part of Festival de la Francophonie 2026 and in partnership with Villa Albertine, the Alliance is honored to welcome French journalist Véronique Le Bris for a presentation of her book Alice Guy, l...

On Thursday, March 5, I'll have the pleasure to moderate a discussion (in English) with French journalist Véronique Le Bris about her book on Alice Guy at the Alliance française de Chicago! Join us if you're in the area!

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Recovering Women’s Film History in the Archive How author Aurore Spiers recovered women's hidden labor in the film history archives and their contributions to French cinema.

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Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...

Join Allyson Nadia Field @allyfield.bsky.social and me tomorrow at the Seminary Co-op @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social in Chicago!

Seth Rogen gives a tribute to Catherine O’Hara after she wins The Actor Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series: “She knew she could destroy and she wanted to destroy every day on set.” #ActorAward... TikTok video by Netflix

“You can be a genius and you can be kind and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other.”
— Seth Rogen honoring the GOAT Catherine O’Hara.

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Book Launch: Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory A virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally.

Delighted to be hosting a book launch for the new edited collection WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD’S DREAM FACTORY: TALES OF INEQUALITY, ABUSE & RESISTANCE. Join us March 18. 📚
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