Dr Victoria McCollum @Vic_McC Twitter profile

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Dr Victoria McCollum

9 months

I’m on a journey this week, with @UlsterUni ’s Global Engagement Team, exploring distinctive regional creative economies & promoting @UlsterArts , which is deeply rooted in local communities, while making a sustained impact on the global stage. 🤠🚀

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

One of my Final Years sent me a blank email with only this image when I asked to see the current draft of her dissertation. Honestly, I almost fell of my chair laughing. Shared with permission, and off to follow up. 😌

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

Do you know what else opened before it was ready? 😷

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8 months

Shoutout to my favourite woman farmer who knitted special earmuffs to protect her young calves from constantly getting frostbitten ears. 🩷🐮

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1 year

Folks, let’s stop normalising the grind and start normalising whatever this is.

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3 years

Now I must try to sleep with good old fashioned Pagan Rave in my head. Thanks, #Ukraine ! #Eurovision

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6 years

Jordan Peele creates 'deep-fake' video of Barrack Obama to highlight dangers of fake media... #GetOut #StayWokeBitches #FakeNews

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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7 months

How my research is going this week. 🤭

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11 years

Belfast. You couldn't make it up... http://t.co/AHnqE8r5Tt

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

Today, I survived my first official day as Director of Development & External Partnerships for the School of Arts and Humanities. It took a village to get me here & I am so grateful. 💙

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

Behold a film set (with moveable walls), built inside Derry’s old local TV station, Channel 9, for a new cyber crime drama being shot over 3 months. The vision of Chrissie Gallagher! Local crew, actors, students, hotels, catering, airport, taxis, etc. all benefiting! Thread. 👇🏽

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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5 years

I'm working on an important new #horror volume with @AislinnClarke called 'Bloody Women! Women Directors of Horror' for new book series 'Critical Conversations in Horror Studies' by @DawnKeetley . Check out the CFP here: @WIHFF @GraveyardSister

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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10 months

We lost the big sweetie pie today. Her last morning was spent chasing sticks on the beach, followed by a sausage from her favourite cafe. Bella was no small gift. 💙

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

It’s finally here: the hard-back of my new book, with @AislinnClarke , Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror. Just prized it out of my mail box. To the contributors, your commitment, enthusiasm, & expertise are what made this book possible! ❤️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

That’s a wrap! Finally sending our brand new Graphic Novel, based on @Witches1711 , to print! Co-Authors: @SnedAndrew & @OldJackBurton74 . This is a spine-tingling feminist folktale of fear & faith set in #NI . +10 years of research, 1.5 years of painstaking writing & illustrating!

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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11 months

IRISH universities given the green light to hire more than 1,500 new permanent staff this year as part of a long-awaited move aimed at improving student-staff ratios. 🙌🏽

Universities to hire more than 1,500 staff to tackle large class sizes

Lecturers say hiring restrictions have led to worse student-staff ratios, reduced access to tutorials and limited access to supports for vulnerable learners

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

This might just be… the greatest photograph of all time.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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10 months

Want to learn more about Ireland’s last (& only mass) witchcraft trial? ‘Reimagining the #Islandmagee Witches: an Interactive #Exhibition ’ officially opens on 9/9. The exhibition, curated by @UlsterArts & @UlsterCommMedia , will include a range of interpretative experiences,

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

@afrosabi I’m just catching up on #IrishTwitter #ButterGate . As an Irish person, who was raised on a dairy farm, butter is my therapy. Rock on, Sister! Enjoy your Irish butter. You know Kerrygold was once banned in Wisconsin? People faced fines & even prison for stocking it! 😱

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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9 years

@postsecret Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. -Margaret Atwood

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

Enjoying a cold bottle of beer & a big bowl of take-out pasta right here. Celebrating work promotion with reflection & rest. So happy. It took a village to get me here and I am so grateful. 💙

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

So delighted to receive @UUSU_Online ’s ‘Excellence in Support of Student Ambition’ Award at @EuropaHotel ’s black-tie ceremony tonight. Means the world to me! Ready for my PJs now, and Netflix. Cheers! 🥂

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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5 years

You're lookin' at a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My key areas: arts circulumn innovation, employability, and supporting our beloved PT staff. Celebrating in my office, before class, and wavin' the first flag I could get hold of. Love to all for your support.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

I’m in the Arctic, on a research trip, with @SnedAndrew , right now & we’re having the adventure of a life time! Will report back soon on our visit to the poignant & powerful Steilneset Memorial, Vardø. Now, back to Oslo! #UUResearchersintheWild @ConnectedNI @UUResearchInnov

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1 year

Only a missing Woman could be unnecessarily ‘outed’ as a menopausal alcoholic amidst a police hunt of weapons-grade incompetence.

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If, as we all hope, Nicola Bulley is found alive how will the police justify a breach of her confidentiality to, what looks like, manage their own reputation?

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

Does anyone else remember the morning mask from bone-chilling dystopia 'The Jetsons'? Matriarch Jane pops on a mask every morning to answer video calls. This (1960s) show still matters!

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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9 months

Meet Artemis, our soft, sweet, gangly & goofy new puppy. She was a little afraid of a teacup chihuahua at puppy class tonight, but became besties with a sausage dog called Noddy. Pawsitively in love with her. 🩷

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

Mood. A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, France, 1945.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

Had to wrestle a tough but tiny American lady to get the last copy of #BadBridget at my local Waterstones! I’m looking forward to exploring how the American dream curdled into a nightmare for so many Irish women & girls. You’re such an inspiration to me, @LeanneMcCk ! 💛

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

Face of a Dr journeying toward supermarket for Prosecco! Just submitted 'Bloody Women! Women Directors of Horror' (w/ @AislinnClarke ), a ground-breaking academic volume we’ve been working on for 2.6yrs. It includes 10 chapters, 3 short screenplays & 1 syllabus! 🥳😴🍾

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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11 months

Bella was critically ill with pneumonia this week. But, somehow, she survived! We’re not out of the woods yet, but she’s over the worst of it. Praise be to our beloved vet, antibiotics, roast chicken & tender loving care. She is no small gift: her galloping life, too short. 🩷

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

I’m sitting here at Virtual Graduation feeling immensely proud. What a tremendous event, @UlsterUniPhD ! #ProudofUU @UlsterArts @UlsterUni #Classof2021 💃🏻🎓

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

Proportion of words spoken by women and men in #Oscar winning films in +20 years. Note: the equity re. Silence of the Lambs (1992). Yes, the film has a complicated cultural legacy, & Hannibal didn’t speak (or blink) much, but #horror is still the only film genre where women

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

Mood. A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, France, 1945.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

Can I get an Amen? #AcademicJobs #PhDChat

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

Meet our new book cover for Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror, feat. Milicent Patrick, the woman who designed the iconic monster for ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon’ and never received a single acknowledgment for her work. Hand drawn by my doctoral researcher Gerard Gibson.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

Film set is currently under construction at Torr Head, in County Antrim, for Viking epic 'The Northman' (Robert Eggers). Who wants to share a pint with Nicole Kidman & Alexander & Bill Skarsgård? 💁🏻‍♀️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

Just chilling in the puppy room on Campus. Meet rescue cutie, Daisy Pie. 💁🏻‍♀️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

8 months

Toasting to the successful validation of our awesome new MA programme (in Film & TV Production), with Dr Laura Aguiar & Dr Jennie Carlsten. Here we are: a holy trinity from Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media, & Screen Production.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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8 months

Well, @DerryHalloween has cemented its reputation as the global Halloween destination once again! Congratulations to all involved. It was a mesmerising spectacle, & right on the doorstep of our @UlsterUni #Derry Campus (for Arts, Culture, Music & Heritage)! Image @PatrykSadowski_

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

Having such a lovely day at @BelfastPride with @LgbtStaff ! Lots of cheers, claps & tears for @UlsterUni as we joined the parade! Tens of thousands of people celebrating visibility, unity & equality. Beautiful! We’re hoping that @BelfastSchArt will design a float next year! 🏳️‍🌈💖

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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5 years

I failed my 11+ & did poorly in my GCSEs (& I only took 7 [most take 10+]). Got into college (by skin of teeth) thanks to a portfolio of creative work. One lecturer (now colleague) told me that I’d never be capable of a PhD. Learning is a marathon, Folks, not a sprint. #AQE

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

Did my students finish a full semester during a pandemic?𝙔𝙚𝙨! Has this ever happened in our lifetime? 𝗡𝗼! Should we all feel incredibly proud of ourselves, even if some of our work didn’t turn out as we hoped? 𝙔𝙚𝙨! After all, we are people, not machines! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

Waiting for the new @CinematicArts_ recruits to arrive! 🥳

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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11 months

So lovely to see the unveiling of the statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the city. Douglass spent much time in Belfast after escaping from slavery in the US. His words, 1846: "Wherever else I feel myself to be a stranger, I will remember I have a home in Belfast." 🥹

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

The @Zombie_Studies Network has found a new crypt for its 2023 International Conference! @UlsterUni Magee, over @DerryHalloween ! This is an all-inclusive space for #Zombie scholars & enthusiasts from any field. Yes, that’s me & co-host @PhysCstudy on the #CFP . Get it viral! 🧟🧠

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

3 years

Miss American Vampire Pageant, 1970. Honest to Gawd. Women 18-25 were invited to produce the most imaginative "Vampire look" with originality, charm, poise, stage presence and videogenic qualities being highly important. 👸🏻

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

Shout out to @jmargethe for calling out a senior (male) Prof for claiming my and @gulzm ’s latest book as his own for 2 years now. If I had a £ for every… 💁🏻‍♀️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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1 year

What a surreal day @FPBelfast ! We sold out. I signed copies till my fingers hurt. So grateful for the support & kindness of lovely strangers & friends. Thank you every so much, Folks. To those of who had to queue for over an hour, you are legends. More soon: @Witches1711 🙌🏽💙

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

I’m back on Campus, baby! 🤠

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

I’m humbled to receive @UlsterUni ’s cherished Civic Ambassador Pin for coordinating creative projects for +3yrs that contribute towards the wellbeing of our local community. I owe this to my students for their tireless efforts & great colleagues for their support & collaboration.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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5 years

My new book, Make America Hate Again: @POTUS -Era Horror & the Politics of Fear, is OUT NOW! I'll say it again. This may be the BEST EVER book. Very great. Made by SMART people. VERY Smart. Some people won't read. Very SAD. Only 3 left on Amazon... -->

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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5 years

Hogwarts Building at @UlsterUni Magee Campus. Isn't she so majestic? 🌈

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

For editing class, students must re-cut a trailer for a film giving it a completely new context / genre. So far: Joker as French New Wave, Over the Hedge as Trumpian Border Wall Thriller, Halloween as Rom-Com, Dark Knight as Queer Romance, Barney & Friends as Slasher, etc. 🙌🏽

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

In the darkest pub in Belfast. 🖤

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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7 months

Absolutely delighted to receive AHRC heritage seed funding this morning (with @SnedAndrew ) for our witch hunting serious video game. @Witches1711 🖤

Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

9 months

Recently, my lovely colleagues from @BelfastSchArt ( @Brian_D_coyle & @BillyFlamrock [both from @Game_Design_UU ]) and @UlsterArts (me [from @CinematicArts_ ] & @SnedAndrew [from @UUHistory ]) joined forces to develop a Video Game based on the Islandmagee witch trials. This is part

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1 year

Had a good cry 🥹. Thank you, @UUSU_Online ! I’m so honoured to participate in the ‘arranged marriages’ forged by @UlsterUniPhD . What appears to work: honesty, communication, trust, understanding, shared goals, & the ability to compromise. Dig my Doc candidates, @UlsterArts ! 💜🎓

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2 years

I just received the most beautiful hand-written letter from a graduate thanking me for wearing my @UlsterEquality / @LgbtStaff rainbow lanyard in class. It brought to my mind the recent @TrevorProject report that just one accepting adult can save a 🏳️‍🌈 young person's life.♥️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

3 years

We’re proudly sporting our new @UlsterUni #LGBT inclusive lanyards today, created by @UlsterEquality . It makes me feel really proud of the place I work. Let’s have More Equality in #NorthernIreland , More Hope, More Humanity, More Pride, More Acceptance, More Love. 💜

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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2 years

@FlorenceHRScott Minnie Brown was an actress and performer who spent from 1902 to 1918 entertaining in Europe, Russia, and the Far East. She was part of the circle of very successful African-American women performers who were based in Russia during those years! 💜

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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4 years

Well Folks, despite all odds, the new book with @GulzM , 'Resist!: Protest Media and Popular Culture in the Brexit-Trump Era', is nearly here. Perfect timing too. Thanks to the two immoral, incompetent buffoons who made this all possible. ❤️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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10 months

Having a blast at our soft opening of ‘Reimagining the Islandmagee Witches: An Interactive Exhibition’ at Carrickfergus Museum! Explore artefacts from National Museums NI, National Library of Ireland & Belfast Central Library. Dive into VR, video game, graphic novel, animation &

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3 years

Laying in my PJs eating leftover Chinese when I turn on the news only to be startled by my own face. Almost choked on my noodles! 👀

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Dr Victoria McCollum

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3 years

In the final stages of editing 'Bloody Women! Women Directors of Horror' with @AislinnClarke . We've been working on this ground-breaking academic volume for +2yrs. It will include 10 chapters, 3 short screenplays & 1 syllabus! Please bear with us, it will be so worth the wait. 🔥

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3 years

Out for a dander in the rain. It’s all so quiet. 🤠

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2 years

Raising this one for those, this Christmas: - grieving a loss - mentally & physically drained - homesick for family & friends - trying to hold it all together - struggling to make magic for kiddos - worried about what the future holds Sending you love & strength ❤️

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3 years

When yer Da needs a hand in gale force winds, you successfully run your Teams meeting from inside the tractor. 👩🏻‍🌾

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6 years

Editing today! My new book, Make America Hate Again: Trump-Era #Horror & the Politics of Fear, will crawl out of the sewer and climb in your mind soon! I'll say it again. This may be BEST EVER book. Very great. Made by smart people. VERY Smart. Some people won't read. Very SAD.

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5 years

Rejection letters from the 1920s... Death by a thousand cuts.

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@Vic_McC

2 years

Meet my 1st PhD graduate, Dr @JohnDeeryFilm ! His #doctoral practice focused on the rep of #mentalhealth struggles & #suicide in #filmmaking , developing more constructive ways to portray these important issues. You can watch, & read about, his work here: 🙌🏽

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1 year

A wee dram after a long, wintery walk. Does the soul good. 🤗🥃

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4 years

Let us remember the most important thing about this #Election2020 Doggos will return to the White House. 🙌🏽

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4 years

Exciting new project announcement: prioritising my mental health. 🚴🏻‍♀️🦊

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@Vic_McC

4 years

Was speaking with some @CinematicArts_ students about storytelling with augmented reality this morning, which presented an opportunity to incorporate @TheSnapCamera . Cutting edge pedagogical stuff, isn't it? With anxiety in epidemic proportions - learning should be fun.

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2 years

She finally arrived. 💜

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1 year

*Slips into hot tub* —> to meditate. What a long & winding semester. I’m 37 today, so is the twin. Here’s to another year of dears & cheers, fears & tears. ❤️

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1 year

I am so delighted to be representing @UUEquality tonight at the GNI Awards. We’re nominated in the (LGBTQ+) Inclusive Education category. When all students (& staff) are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free! 💖🏳️‍🌈🎓 #ProudofUU @LgbtStaff

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4 years

Plunging into online education today. Spent my morning selecting engaging backdrops. It helped soak up the sadness.

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@Vic_McC

3 years

I’m attending my #PhD researcher’s ( @Curry93Tasha ) #Halloween -themed wedding today in Derry. Evening party is fancy dress. So, here I am in my doctoral gown - as a ghastly bird-woman with bulging eyes, stringy hair & boomerang smile (caused by a lack of work / life balance). 👩🏻‍🎓🎃

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6 years

I’m honoured to accept the Faculty’s Early Career Research Excellence Award & immensely proud to work for @UlsterUni and with my ever supportive @UlsterArts family.

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9 months

Recently, my lovely colleagues from @BelfastSchArt ( @Brian_D_coyle & @BillyFlamrock [both from @Game_Design_UU ]) and @UlsterArts (me [from @CinematicArts_ ] & @SnedAndrew [from @UUHistory ]) joined forces to develop a Video Game based on the Islandmagee witch trials. This is part

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2 years

Finally got my hands on a physical copy of my latest volume, ‘Blumhouse Productions: The New House of Horror'! It’s an in-depth exploration of one of the most prominent production companies in contemporary horror, from Black Christmas to BlackKklansman! 🧟‍♀️

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4 years

Filming ghost stories tonight at @UlsterArts Magee Campus with a talented film crew from @CinematicArts_ & gifted storytellers from our Drama degree, inc. our Head of School @TomMaguire1965 . Thanks to @danesfortman for his help in developing protocols for filming safely. 🎃🎬🎓🎭

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3 years

Just accepted an External Examiner role on a cool, diverse & pioneering BA Hons Film & TV in Leeds! Looking forward to exchanging with colleagues; visiting a new place & institution; hearing the view from the students; & chipping in with possible improvements over the next 4yrs.

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1 year

We’ll, Folks, our flight out of the Arctic was cancelled, so @SnedAndrew & I were forced to board an airplane taxi, amid apocalyptic snow storms, from Vadsø > Vardø > Batsfjord > Berlevag > Hammerfest > Tromsø > Oslo. 7 airports in 1 night: terrifying, but character building! 😳

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@Vic_McC

1 year

I’m in the Arctic, on a research trip, with @SnedAndrew , right now & we’re having the adventure of a life time! Will report back soon on our visit to the poignant & powerful Steilneset Memorial, Vardø. Now, back to Oslo! #UUResearchersintheWild @ConnectedNI @UUResearchInnov

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2 years

Are you searching for a full-time permanent #academic post in #film (making) in the North West of #Ireland ( #Derry )? Come work with me as an educator & researcher in @CinematicArts_ ! It’s a life changing opportunity, I can assure you. 🎓🎬📚🌏🏳️‍🌈

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1 year

On the look out for a new TV show? #TheNewsreader is an engrossing recreation of the 1980s television beat, an exceptional new Aus drama & a more unnerving, intimate vision of the past than I expected. Anna Torv: glorious. SO good! It’s on BBC iPlayer.

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3 years

Really missing @UlsterUni 's Magee Campus! Image by my @CinematicArts_ student, Conor Quayle. 🌈

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6 years

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the outstanding architectural and natural beauty of ⁦ @UlsterUni ⁩’s Magee Campus. I’ve walked those steps on good days and bad days, yet this view never ceases to take my breath away. 💙

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1 year

Holding meetings outside today on @UlsterUni ’s #Magee Campus! Glorious. That’s ⁦ @WellbeingUU ⁩ in the background, setting a very good example. ☀️👩🏻‍🎓🌿

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1 year

So delighted to be awarded funding to commence work with Derry YMCA to run a mentoring project on the #Magee Campus for 15 teenage girls over 18 months. This is a joint endevour between @UlsterSW & @UlsterArts , inspired by an exciting new @LgbtStaff collaboration.

TheIdeasFund

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The Ideas Fund has awarded £291,286 of funding to run pilot projects seeking to address the challenges community groups and researchers can face working together #TheIdeasFund Find out more here:

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

1 year

What an experience. On the cold plains of Finnmark, a long room stretches along the edge of the sea, with 91 lit windows. A metal chair lit by a gas flame is overlooked by a ring of seven large mirrors. I will never forget it: the witch memorial in Vardø.

Dr Andrew Sneddon

@SnedAndrew

1 year

With @Vic_McC - I’ve been researching the history of witchcraft trials for decades but this stopped me in my tracks - more to come from us both on Steilneset Memorial, Vardø. But here are a few pics #UUResearchersintheWild @ConnectedNI @UUResearchInnov

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

4 years

Sitting here in my wee truck enjoying hot tea, under Mussenden Temple. The beach to myself. Calm before the semester kicks off on Monday. 🌊💙

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

4 years

Morning, Folks! Studies show that watching a beaver eat cabbage lowers stress by 17%. You're welcome! 😌

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

3 years

I’ve been battling with the Shingles for 5 weeks now. They have FINALLY dispersed. Praise be to loving Partners, home-cooking, rest & canine family. Out exploring, with Bella, this afternoon. ❤️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

2 years

You can follow my new project with @SnedAndrew , on The Islandmagee #Witches @Witches1711 . Read more about this #heritage / #tech project: . Graphic novel, video game, VR project, digital toolkit coming very soon. We've been developing this one for years! 🖤

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

5 years

Asking my @CinematicArts_ students to create memes related to what they had learned in my modules for a little extra credit was single-handedly the best decision I have made this semester. Here's a very small sample. Yes, I took a roasting in some (which is fine by me)! 🤠 1/3

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

10 months

Co-curating this with @SnedAndrew & Helen Jackson: "The spellbinding story of the last witch trial in Ireland is set to come alive this Autumn through a series of bewitching exhibitions, projects, events & workshops at Carrickfergus Museum." @UlsterArts

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

2 years

A field full of Swiss Valais ewes Whose feeder was red Appeared, having fed, With hair dyed in shocking pink hues.

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

3 years

Had an important meeting scheduled today, on my work calendar, with the ‘Associate Dean of Snacks’. She believes in the powerful role of ‘break management’ on your mental, and physical, health. She also recommends eating copious amounts of roast chicken. ❤️

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Dr Victoria McCollum

@Vic_McC

1 year

Had a ball tonight with my work wife, @SnedAndrew , signing & selling copies of our new graphic novel, The Witches of Islandmagee, at The Secret Bookshelf, which you can find snuggled in the corner of a garden courtyard in #Carrickfergus . Such a lovely crowd! 🖤

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