Seda Öz

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.

Oscar watchlist: completed.

With the exception of #F1 and #MartySupreme —both consciously skipped—I’ve now seen everything I had set out to watch this season.

A few films stood out as essential viewing:

#TheVoiceofHindRajab
#Hamnet
#SentimentalValue
#Sirat

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!

Best thing I’ve seen this year so far is still Óliver Laxe’s Sirât. Less plot-delivery than sensory ceremony. The desert rave isn’t a backdrop; it’s the form. It pulls you into its rhythm.
#sirat #oliverlaxe

Everyone’s calling Sentimental Value a father–daughter story, but the film’s emotional engine isn’t just lineage. It’s the labor of sisters and friends to hold each other up, translate pain into care, and make a life together out of what’s left.
#sentimentalvalue #joachimtrier #neon

TOMORROW: JOIN US on DEC 12 🎬🎭🎶 We’re so excited to welcome composers, performers, and directors who adapt stories in the coolest ways! Scoring silent films, turning books into plays, and using puppets + music to make old stories feel brand new, are all part of the conversation!

⚠️ DEADLINE TODAY!!! ⚠️ Get your abstract in for the LFA/AAS joint conference on Adaptation & Collaboration, to be held online February 19-20 2026 🖥️

The Narcissistic Scandal of Adapting History This chapter examines a phenomenon it calls “historical–poetic interpolation,” the process of seeking analogies in the historical past by rereading history and literature that reflec...

Finally read my friend @kmecholsky.bsky.social’s “The Narcissistic Scandal of Adapting History.” So jealous of his work. It’s half academic essay, half New Yorker piece. He argues adapting history isn’t about the past but about securing our place in the future.

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

If you missed Jane Hiddleston talk on "Anti-colonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean," we got you. Check the Youtube Channel: youtu.be/X7cBSWHq4Agg

LFA/AAS Online Conference 2026: Adaptation and Collaboration February 19-20, 2026 When the online joint LFA/AAS conference began in the heyday of a global pandemic, the goal and theme was connection: to meet and mingle with scholars from across the world when circumstances made in-person connection untenable. Now, with half a decade under our belts and increasingly complex global problems facing our cultures and communities, it becomes crucial to think about the ways that adaptations (and adaptation scholars) of all kinds can find strength through an ethic and theory of collaboration, one that recognizes the ways adaptations have always been collaborative and explores new possibilities for intergroup cooperation We invite scholars from all disciplines to submit 8-10 minute presentations on the intersection of textual adaptation (intertextuality, intermediality, industries, and auteurs) and collaboration (cooperation, collective action, interdisciplinarity, and academic partnerships) writ broadly. While we welcome any unique interpretations of this theme, possible approaches could include: Adaptation as a collaborative practice between authors and adapters, readers and viewers, scholars and practitioners, or texts and technologies Adapting (with) non-human collaborators Adaptations that theorize or explore themes of collaboration and collective action Adaptation’s role in collaborative pedagogies Adapting for the sake of international/interdisciplinary collaboration Adapting collaborative technologies for artistic production and cultural reception We particularly encourage presentations and panels which foster cooperation across disciplines and/or bring the spirit of collaboration into the panel format itself – experimentation is welcome! Please submit abstracts using this Google Form by 1 December 2025. All inquiries may be directed to adaptationjointconference@gmail.com We will notify everyone whose proposals are accepted for presentation by mid-December.

🔆 LFA/AAS Joint Conference (ONLINE ONLY): Adaptation and Collaboration, 19-20 Feb 2026

✍️ Submit your proposal here by 1 December 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happening on Thursday. Join us!

Telling Lives Across Borders: Life Narratives in the World Literary Context by Helga Lenart-Cheng YouTube video by World Literature Webinar Series

Did you miss the first 'World Literature Webinar Series' of this year? "Telling Lives Across Borders: Life Narratives in the World Literary Context" by Helga Lenart-Cheng can be watched here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=di2f...

#worldliterature #lifenarratives

Happening next week! Register to join.

Saw Sirât with my students at the Philadelphia Film Festival. Oliver Laxe proves that astonishment still belongs to cinema. We might just be entering a new age of the “cinema of attractions.” ✨🎬
#filmadelphia #Sirat #CinemaOfAttractions #FilmStudies #WorldCinema #contemporarycinema #PFS

🌍 Join us for the 2nd talk of our World Literature Webinar Series!

📢 Dr. Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford): “Literature and the Ecological World: Anticolonial Ecopoetics in the Caribbean.”

🔗 Free registration: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#WorldLiterature #Ecocriticism #PostcolonialStudies

📣 Join us for the first talk in our Fall World Literature Webinar Series!

Prof. Helga Lenart-Cheng: Telling Lives Across Borders

Oct 29 | 2PM NY / 7PM Paris / 9PM Istanbul

🔗 Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#WorldLiterature #LifeWriting #Webinar

🎤 What did you miss in Istanbul?
In the latest @adaptationtoday.bsky.social podcast, we sat down with @reraddatz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social to revisit the AAS conference, panels, workshops, cake cuttings, and everything in between.
Spoiler: you’ll want to join us next time.

That means there are only two titles still looking for a reviewer:
🌹 The Roses (2025) — Jack Roach
⚔️ The Odyssey (2026) — Christopher Nolan

If either of these calls to you—or if there’s another upcoming adaptation you’re burning to review—email me at sedaoz@udel.edu

Oh my god, people.
THANK YOU. 🙏
I don’t ever remember reviews being claimed this fast—are you all secretly just waiting for adaptation call-outs to pounce?

So here’s where we’re at:
🔥 The Running Man is running.
🧟 Frankenstein is stitched up.
🌬️ Wuthering Heights is brooding somewhere on the moors.

🚨 Running Man is officially off the race.

The following are still available:
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
The Roses, Jack Roach
Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell
The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan

If you're interested in any of these or something different, shoot me an email sedaoz@udel.edu

📣 Calling film reviewers!

I’m looking for folks to review upcoming and newly released adaptations. Want to call dibs before they hit wide distribution?Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu Titles up for grabs:
Frankenstein
The Roses
The Running Man
Wuthering Heights
The Odyssey
academic.oup.com/adaptation

Building Professional Pathways in Adaptation Studies November 11 Mentoring EventDownload Poster

Catch up on previous @adaptationtoday.bsky.social events

▶️Building Professional Pathways: adaptationtoday.com/2025/04/25/b...

▶️Theories, Methods & New Directions: adaptationtoday.com/2025/04/25/t...

#AdaptationToday #MentorshipMatters #CreativeAdaptation #FilmMusic #TheaterArts #AdaptationStudies

Join us for Musical Adaptation in Practice -an @adaptationtoday.bsky.social event exploring how composers and performers bring stories to life through sound, puppets, and live performance.

Dec 12, 12PM EST
Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#AdaptationStudies #FilmMusic #TheaterAdaptation

Some films return when you need them most. Tonight I revisited #CinemaParadiso. I cried with gratitude: for the art, for the work, for the privilege of doing what I do. This is why I teach film. Because cinema still hits like nothing else. Cinema haunts. And heals. #FilmStudies #WhyWeWatch

Psst: Our US case study is about to start, and we are looking for people from the US who love to talk about everything Hollywood. 🤩
Sounds like you or someone you know? Then share this information and register on our website:
hollywood-memories.com/en/participa...

Bringing the whole crew this time—my students and I are showing up as one big group!

Ankara friends! We’re doing a casual book event this Friday at TAA (Cinnah) at 6PM. Come say hi, catch up, and hear a bit about our new book on adaptation.📚🎬 Everyone’s welcome!
#AnkaraEtkinlik #BookLaunch #AdaptationStudies #KitapTanıtımı

Mentoring Welcome to the Adaptation Today Mentorship Program! At Adaptation Today, we believe that the future of academia lies in collaboration, inclusivity, and the sharing of knowledge across all levels of…

Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social

Thank you so much! 💙 It was a joy to host @adaptstudies.bsky.social in Istanbul. We’re deeply grateful to every participant whose presence, energy, and scholarship made this such a meaningful and unforgettable gathering. 🌿✨

Registration for AAS Istanbul is officially open! 📝 ✨ We’re at the desk, the lanyards are ready, and so is she 🐾
Come say hi to our very official conference cat. She’s waiting for you! #AAS2025 #IstanbulCats @adaptstudies.bsky.social