On this page you can find out what we are doing right now. We share news about the current status of the project, events, publications and much more.
Hollywood Memories presented the project with the public at the marketplace on Citizen Science Day.
Kathleen will be giving a guest lecture on her book “Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture” on May 20.
Kathleen published a text on “Reboots and Revivals” in a volume on nostalgia studies.
The Hollywood Memories team will take part in the annual meeting of the GAAS/DGfA.
This April 23rd marks the beginning of the “Original and Remake” film series as part of the collaboration between the Hollywood Memories project and KOKI.
Kathleen gave a talk at the annual SCMS conference in Chicago (April 2-6).
You can now watch both roundtable discussions that were part of our video essay screening.
You can now watch our video essay about memories of Disney movies.
On February 3rd, the video essay screening took place at the Koki community cinema. Here is a recap of what happened that day.
On February 3, 2025, there will be a screening of video essays at the Kommunales Kino (Koki) Hannover.
Kathleen was interviewed for the German BR24 about the return of streaming services to traditional forms of television.
This is a report on our trip to Nanjing, Beijing, and Shanghai in China.
Kathleen will be giving a guest lecture at King’s College London on December 4 on the subject of “Remaking the Past: Hollywood, Memory, and Movie Generations.”
Kathleen was interviewed about the new edition of “Cruel Intentions” on Deutschlandfunk.
Kathleen will present at a conference at Nanjing University Suzhou Campus, China on October 26 on the subject of “Rereading ‘Classics’ in the Cinema: The Film Remake as Archive”
Kathleen will give a keynote speech at Nanjing University, China on October 21 on the subject of “Film and Memory: Negotiating Past and Present.”
Kathleen will give a public lecture at Nanjing University, China on October 18 on the subject of “From Feuilleton to Forever Franchise: A History of Seriality and Adaptation in Popular Culture.”
Kathleen and Yining will visit China from October 12 to November 2, 2024 to launch the Chinese main study.
The Chinese main study is open on our platform from 7 October to 31 December, 2024.
Kathleen will give a guest lecture on “Understanding Film Remakes” at the university of Mannheim.
Kathleen Loock has been awarded the International Fellowship from Nanjing University (China) in the “Distinguished Scholar” category.
The New Books Network Podcast invited Kathleen to talk about her book “Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture”.
Kathleen Loock, Alejandra Bulla, Yining Zhang, and Stefan Dierkes will present at the HoMER conference July 10-12, 2024.
Kathleen Loock, Alejandra Bulla, Yining Zhang, and Stefan Dierkes were at the NECS conference at Izmir, Turkey, giving presentations on their research.
The workshop takes place from June 20-21, 2024, at Leibniz University Hannover.
The German newspaper Tagesspiegel asked Kathleen about her predictions for the future of STAR WARS.
Doug Hess talks in his podcast with Kathleen about her new book.
Kathleen’s new book “Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture” was showcased at the SCMS Book Exhibit 2024.
In a recent exclusive Q&A published on UC Press Blog, Prof. Kathleen Loock delves into the depths of her latest book, “Hollywood Remaking”.
The “Hollywood Memories” research project invites video essays that explore the multifaceted layers of memory that emerge from the practice of remaking.
We congratulate Brunella for her doctoral dissertation “Kill your Darlings: nostalgia autofágica en multiplicidades fílmicas y televisivas contemporáneas”
Kathleen’s book “Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture” now has a cover.
Our website is trilingual now! In 2024 we will start with the study on Hollywood memories in China.
Kathleen’s video essay has made it onto the Sight & Sounds Best of 2023!
Remakes and their original versions will be presented weekly on X and Instagram.
Kathleen Loock gives a guest lecture at the University of Bonn on November 28, 2023.
Yining Zhang starts her PhD in the HOLLYWOOD MEMORIES project, researching on Chinese audiences.
Kathleen Loock will give a talk on Netflix’ christmas movies at a workshop.
Kathleen and Stefan will give a lecture at the Historical Museum, Hannover, on October 24, 2023, at 7 p.m.
For the “International Symposium on Searching the New Forms and Methodologies in Academic Studies/Publishing” Kathleen Loock will give a keynote lecture on “Videographic Memory Work”.
The full program for the workshop on Friday, 14 July 2023, is now online.
Kathleen Loock, Alejandra Bulla, and Stefan Dierkes will be at the HoMER conference July 4-7, 2023, giving presentations on their research
The workshop takes place on Friday, 14 July 2023 in Hannover.
You can watch this video essay on childhood memories and movie generations now.
Yining Zhang’s visit has been very exciting for the Hollywood Memories team and we are already working on her arrival to the project.
We are already preparing for the visit to Hannover of Yining Zhang from Nanjing University, who will be a future member of the Hollywood Memories team.
On May 11 2023, Kathleen Loock will present the Hollywood Memories project at the “Citizen Science” Lecture Series at Leibniz University Hannover.
In this note we have reflected a little on our experience visiting the cities of Gudalajara and Mexico City.
From today, March 27 through May 15, the Mexican main study will take place.
The presentation given by Kathleen Loock at El Colegio de México will be kept for the Hollywood Memories archives, don’t miss it and take a look!
The Hollywood Memories project is now back in Germany to continue working on the Mexican case study. We are still looking for participants for our main study.
On 24 February 2023, the final guest lecture of our Mexico visit will be at at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
On 23 February 2023, Kathleen Loock will present the Hollywood Memories project at the Colegio de México.
Tecnológico de Monterrey CDMX opens a space for our project to be presented in one of its classes.
On 21 February 2023, Kathleen Loock will give the first in a series of guest lectures in Mexico City.
On 17 February 2023, we will present the Hollywood Memories project before REDIC and participants of the Mexican pilot study (conducted in November 2022).
Kathleen Loock and Alejandra Bulla travel to Guadalajara and Mexico City to present the project and recruit participants for the main study that will be launched in March 2023.
Hollywood Memories launched its own newsletter.
On 10 February 2023, Kathleen Loock will present the Hollywood Memories project at the DASI Shoptalk.
Kathleen Loock will give a guest lecture on Netflix and their current Holiday programming.
On 6 December 2022, Kathleen Loock will present the HOLLYWOOD MEMORIES project at the Audience Projects Seminar Series.
On 1 December 2022, Kathleen Loock will give a lecture onBLADE RUNNER 2049.
On 10 November 2022, Alejandra Bulla and Stefan Dierkes present their research at the University of Regensburg.
On 21 October 2022, Kathleen Loock and Stefan Dierkes presented their research in Aarhus, Denmark.
Kathleen Loock was a guest at “Breitband” for Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
On 28 September 2022, Kathleen Loock was part of the roundtable discussion of Laura Mee’s book.
New registrations for participation in the study are now no longer possible.
The guest lecture will be held on Monday, 11 July 2022, from 2-4 p.m.
The workshop will take place on Friday, 8 July 2022.
On 21 June 2022, Kathleen Loock will give a guest lecture at the German Studies research colloquium at LUH.
Brunella Tedesco-Barlocco (Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain) gives a guest lecture on reboots in the “Film Remakes and Franchises” class.
On 21 April 2022 at 6 p.m., Kathleen Loock gives an online talk in the “TV Thursday” series of the Atlantic Academy.
Alejandra Bulla starts her PhD in the HOLLYWOOD MEMORIES project, researching on Mexican audiences.
The research group HOLLYWOOD MEMORIES is now featured on social media with a Twitter account (@HollyMemories).
Interview with Kathleen Loock by Greg Carlson and his COLLECTING MOVIES series, about her first movie experience and research on remakes.
Ph.D. student and remaking scholar Brunella Tedesco-Barlocco visits the English Department of LUH for her research stay.
Stefan Dierkes starts his PhD in the HOLLYWOOD MEMORIES project, researching on German audiences.
You want to be part of the project and share your memories of Hollywood movies with us? Then register here to participate. We will let you know when the questionnaire is launched on our digital research platform.
