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Derek Johnston deposited Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear in the group
Television Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or addresses from heads of…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear in the group
Horror on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or addresses from heads of…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or addresses from heads of…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Broadcast Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear in the group
Television Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror on television and radio at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Broadcast Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror on television and radio at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
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Derek Johnston deposited Repositioning The Quatermass Experiment (BBC, 1953): Predecessors, Comparisons and Origin Narratives on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
While there has been a growing acknowledgement of the existence of earlier examples of television science fiction, the typical history of the genre still privileges Nigel Kneale’s The Quatermass Experiment (1953) as foundational. This was a significant production, and an effective piece of television drama, but it was not the first piece of B…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Migrating M.R.James’ Christmas Ghost Stories to Television on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
Each Christmas during his tenure as Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, M.R.James would take part in a ritual celebration of Christmas with students and colleagues which invariably culminated with the reading of a ghost story. This tradition drew on a long tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas that can be traced back through the l…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited The Broadcast Afterlife of the Christmas Ghost Story on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
There is a long tradition in the UK, in England in particular, of the Christmas ghost story. The most famous is probably Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, but close behind are the ghost stories of M.R.James. James wrote many of his stories as Christmas entertainments, but this link was reinforced in the 1970s w…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or addresses from heads of…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Broadcast Seasonal Horror Traditions and Reflecting on Fear on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This paper focuses on UK and US traditions of seasonal horror on television and radio at Christmas and Halloween to consider how they provide opportunities for reflection on the causes of fear at liminal times in the calendar. These liminal times contain numerous traditions dedicated to looking back and forward, such as end of year reviews, or…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Tradition, Nation and the Power of the Schedule on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
In a chapter title in his book Seeing Things: Television in the Age of Uncertainty John Ellis claimed that scheduling is ‘where power lies in television’ (130), because of its importance in deciding what programmes are produced and how they are presented in order to fit the requirements of different broadcast slots. While it can readily be argued…[Read more]
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Laurie Ringer's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Call for Candidates: Japanese since 1900 Executive Committee Election in the discussion
LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 6 years agoThe Japanese since 1900 forum’s executive committee seeks nominations, including self nominations, for candidates and alternate candidates to stand for election on the committee. This year we need to fill two positions (term 2020-2025 and 2021-2026) so please consider self-nominating as a way to help promote East Asian presence in MLA. Please c…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Call for Candidates: Japanese since 1900 Executive Committee Election in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 6 years agoThe Japanese since 1900 forum’s executive committee seeks nominations, including self nominations, for candidates and alternate candidates to stand for election on the committee. This year we need to fill two positions (term 2020-2025 and 2021-2026) so please consider self-nominating as a way to help promote East Asian presence in MLA. Please c…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Call for Candidates: Japanese since 1900 Executive Committee Election in the discussion
LLC Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 6 years agoThe Japanese since 1900 forum’s executive committee seeks nominations, including self nominations, for candidates and alternate candidates to stand for election on the committee. This year we need to fill two positions (term 2020-2025 and 2021-2026) so please consider self-nominating as a way to help promote East Asian presence in MLA. Please c…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi deposited “Re-Envisioning Japan” DH project overview – MLA2020 Collaborative Round Table (DH in Japan & Korea Studies: Approaches and Challenges) in the group
LLC Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 6 years agoPowerpoint presentation for the MLA2020 collaborative roundtable “Digital Humanities in Japan and Korea: Approaches and Challenges,” organized by the LLC Korean and LLC Japanese since 1900 Forums. This brief introduction to “Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture” was one of seven presentations by…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi deposited “Re-Envisioning Japan” DH project overview – MLA2020 Collaborative Round Table (DH in Japan & Korea Studies: Approaches and Challenges) in the group
Global DH on Humanities Commons 6 years agoPowerpoint presentation for the MLA2020 collaborative roundtable “Digital Humanities in Japan and Korea: Approaches and Challenges,” organized by the LLC Korean and LLC Japanese since 1900 Forums. This brief introduction to “Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture” was one of seven presentations by…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi deposited “Re-Envisioning Japan” DH project overview – MLA2020 Collaborative Round Table (DH in Japan & Korea Studies: Approaches and Challenges) in the group
Evaluating Digital Scholarship on MLA Commons 6 years agoPowerpoint presentation for the MLA2020 collaborative roundtable “Digital Humanities in Japan and Korea: Approaches and Challenges,” organized by the LLC Korean and LLC Japanese since 1900 Forums. This brief introduction to “Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture” was one of seven presentations by…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi deposited “Re-Envisioning Japan” DH project overview – MLA2020 Collaborative Round Table (DH in Japan & Korea Studies: Approaches and Challenges) in the group
Digital Humanities East Asia on Humanities Commons 6 years agoPowerpoint presentation for the MLA2020 collaborative roundtable “Digital Humanities in Japan and Korea: Approaches and Challenges,” organized by the LLC Korean and LLC Japanese since 1900 Forums. This brief introduction to “Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture” was one of seven presentations by…[Read more]
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