Dear All, 

I am emailing to draw your attention to the call for nominations to the BAFTSS Executive Committee (DEADLINE NOON 15 MARCH) and vacancies on the Open Screens Editorial Board (DEADLINE MONDAY 1 MARCH). Also wanted to draw your attention to the upcoming BAFTSS Annual Conference (7-9 April) at which we're holding a Practice Research SIG workshop (8 APRIL) - all online.

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BAFTSS EC
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The requirements are outlined below - a short candidate statement supported by a proposer and seconder (all members of BAFTSS) to be submitted via the Google Form link below. Any questions about the process or roles can be directed to our current BAFTSS Chair James Leggott (University of Northumbria) [log in to unmask]
 
The Association’s Executive Committee (EC) has several posts coming up for election in April 2021 and we are inviting nominations to stand.
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Posts (click on role titles to see detailed role descriptions on the BAFTSS website)
·     Chair
·     Vice Chair
·     5 x  Ordinary Members
 
The posts are for three years. You may then stand for election for a second term for a maximum of six years consecutive service. 
 
Nominations for election into these positions shall comprise a proposer, a seconder and the agreement of the nominee. In the event of more than one candidate being nominated for any named position, an election will be held. Nominations will be made available ahead of the AGM. The winner will be the candidate achieving the highest number of votes cast by those present and eligible to vote. Each candidate, the person nominating and seconding must have current BAFTSS membership.
 
If you are interested in standing please fill in this Google Form stating which role you are standing for, including a brief candidate statement (200-250 words) outlining why you are interested in standing and what you can bring to the role, this should include your name, current institutional affiliation and job title and will be used in the election process.
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Schedule
·     Deadline for Nominations: 12 noon 15 March 2021
·     Nominations announced, online voting opens: 29 March 2021
·     Voting closes by: 12 noon 9 April
·     Results announced at Conference on 9 April
 
Before you apply
The current BAFTSS EC is majority white, cisgender and non-disabled. We believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who bring difference. BAFTSS welcomes the whole person, and we understand that each of us bring our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do. The current EC is also predominantly based in England so we also strongly encourage nominations from the Nations (Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland) and Regions so we can make the EC more representative. 
 
Read our Mission Statement: https://www.baftss.org/
Read our Inclusivity Statement: https://29fa98f6-1809-488b-a9ec-9a5b9d0f4b6e.filesusr.com/ugd/27b2ad_028f1b6d8cf94893a4fdd8f98825e3ca.pdf
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If you have any further enquiries about the roles or the process, then please email our current Chair, James Leggott – [log in to unmask]

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OPEN SCREEN EDITORIAL BOARD
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Open Screens is seeking new people to join its Editorial Team. At present the Team consists of Charlotte Crofts, Andrew Moor, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Marta Suarez. Expressions of interest (as detailed below) should be sent to Andrew Moor by 1st March 2021.

 https://openscreensjournal.com/ 

The Open Screens Editorial Board recognises that there is an underrepresentation in our Team of researchers from Ethnic Minority communities in the UK (including but not exclusively people of African or Caribbean heritage, of East Asian and South East Asian heritage, Indigenous people and those of Middle Eastern heritage). We recognise, too, an underrepresentation of people with a known disability. We strive to make our journal an inclusive, open space that promotes diversity and equality of opportunity, so we intend to use this call to help address these imbalances. We therefore particularly encourage expressions of interest in any of the roles listed below from people with a Disability or people from what are termed Ethic Minorities in the UK.

 https://openscreensjournal.com/about/editorialteam/

Open Screens is the journal of BAFTSS, the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. Like BAFTSS, it has a global reach. It welcomes international participants and will consider submissions in English from across the planet. It encourages innovative contributions from scholars of film, television and other screen-based media, publishing research articles, reviews and audio-visual research-by-film-practice. In keeping with the mission of BAFTSS, contributions from both established and postgraduate scholars are considered, and contributors do not need to be members of the Association. Open Screens ranges over the historical and the contemporary, and it aims to embrace film, television, screen and media studies globally, as well as related disciplines across the Humanities and beyond, such as area studies, gender studies and sexuality studies. From 2021 the journal will have two publishing points each year (Spring and Autumn).  

We are looking to appoint people to the following roles: 

·        Additional Editors: editors are assigned submissions to consider. They solicit peer reviews, communicate with authors, make decisions about revisions / publication / rejection, and see submissions through to type-setting and publication. Each editor might be assigned 2-4 submissions per year. A good knowledge of colleagues working across the academic field is required. We anticipate appointing TWO editors to join our current Team of four. Expertise in any of the following will be advantageous: television studies, new media, audience studies, transnational / global media.

·        1 Reviews editor: The journal wishes to grow a Reviews section (books, events, films, dvd releases etc.): The Reviews editor will be alert to new publications and events, will solicit copies of material to review from publishers, and will solicit reviews from academic specialists. Reviews are not put through our peer-review process, so an ability to edit submissions is required. This role requires a knowledge of new publications and events and of writers across the academic community from whom reviews might be sought. We hope to publish around 12-16 reviews per year.

·        1 Social Media Assistant Editor: Open Screens currently has a Twitter account which needs maintaining to sustain the journal’s social media profile. The Social Media Assistant Editor will also disseminate information about Open Screens publications, and work to develop our media presence more broadly.  

None of these are paid roles, sorry!
 
If you are interested in one of these four positions, please write to Andrew Moor ([log in to unmask]) by March 1st 2021, attaching a CV and explaining the following:
 
·        Which of the roles you are interested in.
·        Why the role interests you.
·        What particular expertise you can bring to the role.

 
The Editorial Team will begin a selection process in March in consultation with the Editorial Board.

On behalf of our Editorial Board and fellow editors Charlotte, Sorcha and Marta, I look forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes
 
Andrew Moor, Editor, Open Screens


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PRACTICE RESEARCH SIG WORKSHOP
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Practice Research SIG Workshop 
Thursday 8 April, 11.30-12.30

Convened and chaired by John Twycross (University College London) [log in to unmask]; Charlotte Crofts (UWE Bristol) [log in to unmask]; Shreepali Patel (Anglia Ruskin University) [log in to unmask]

In this workshop the BAFTSS Practice Research SIG will continue their exploration of how academic filmmakers situate their work as academic
practice. It will build on the group’s successful series of online seminars which facilitated a practitioner led discourse on topics such as
autoethnography, methodologies, film criticism and diversity. This workshop will provide an opportunity for further investigation of these subjects in the context of developing skills for better articulating practice as research.

Using both video conferencing and an interactive forum (Miro visual collaboration platform) participants will be guided to contribute ideas,
thoughts and experiences on a shared online whiteboard. Attendees will be invited to both brainstorm and develop ideas on practice as research
with a particular focus on strategies for maximising the credibility of the impact of their work. The approach will encourage blue sky thinking and
a more practical REF2021 related discussion.

This inclusive workshop will welcome practitioners from all fields along with academic theorists who are interested in practice-based
methodologies or collaboration with creative producers. It aims to provide a further step towards consolidating our understanding of how to
aptly identify significant knowledge and highlights the unique position of academics to work outside of the constraints of commercial production
environments.

There's lots of other interesting practice presentations interspersed throughout the conference.

You can find the full programme and abstracts here: https://sites.google.com/view/baftss2021/programme

You can register for BAFTSS 2021 here: https://sites.google.com/view/baftss2021/registration

All the best,
Charlotte and John Twycross (Practice Research SIG Convenors)

 

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