Welcome to the official website of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.

The British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies exists to: 
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• ​promote the recognition of the discipline and represent the academic and professorial interests of those engaged in it to the academy, government, funding agencies, the cultural industries and the public; 
• encourage best teaching and research practice; 
• promote the training of postgraduate students in research; 
• give researchers and practitioners the opportunity to attend and present their work at the annual BAFTSS conference.

The association is international in its membership and research interests in theories, philosophies, practices, and histories of film, television and screen studies.

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OUR CONSTITUTION

Read the BAFTSS Constitution in full.

INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT

Read our Inclusivity Statement here.

JOIN US

Join BAFTSS or renew your existing membership today for only £5, £15 or £30.

12th BAFTSS Conference
3-5 April 2024, University of Sussex, UK

Labour and Screen Media
Deadline: 15 December 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

AHRC cuts to PhD studentships (September 2023)

Read an open letter, penned by Dr Rebecca Harrison and signed by over 800 signatories, which makes the case for reversing these cuts, here.

Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers

BAFTSS is committed to supporting the development of postgraduates and early career researchers.  Learn about our initiatives, below.

POSTGRADUATE NETWORK

A network encouraging postgraduate involvement in the aims and activities of BAFTSS

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FUNDING

BAFTSS welcomes funding applications from postgraduates and early career researchers

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NEW CONNECTIONS

A scheme supporting early career researchers and academics on fixed-term contracts

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Open Screens
Our open access journal

Open Screens is the open-access online journal of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. The scope of the journal is international and its vision is inter-disciplinary.

​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.
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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, as well as screen-based research in related disciplines across the Humanities and beyond, such as area studies, gender studies and sexuality studies.

Find out more.

In Memoriam

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Professor Brian Winston
(1941-2022)

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"He was so very welcoming, energetic and imaginative and we all looked to him for wise counsel..."

READ TRIBUTES

Meet the Executive Committee

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Our EC comprises screen studies academics of varying seniority and research specialisms.

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