News and events
Blindian Project TV: Social Media and Representation
April 22
Join us for a conversation on Black British and British Asian on-screen representation. A specially commissioned vodcast on Black British and British Asian on-screen representation. Sponsored by: Birmingham City University // Diaspora Screen Media Network — Exploring Black British and British Asian Cinema & TV.
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Empty Talk Vodcast: Diversity on Screen
April 2022
In this episode of the Empty Talk video podcast, specially commissioned by the Diaspora Screen Media Network, Michael and Imeldha invite practitioners in the industry to discuss and explore the topic of diversity, what it means to them and how they can move forward and still create freely!
To listen to the discussion in audio format please click here.
Diaspora Screen Media Network Conference: Birmingham City University, 17th - 18th March 2022
1. March 17th: SESSION 1 - Opening Remarks: Janet Wilson, Rajinder Dudrah, and David Simmons: Queering Sexualities and Caricaturing Gender (Rahul Gairola, Swapna Gopinath & Rutuja Deshmukh, Priyam Sinha)
2. March 17th: SESSION 2 - Performative Ecologies (Damini Kulkarni, Debashrita Dey and Priyanka Tripathi)
3. March 17th: SESSION 3 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Anamik Saha: Glocal Imaginaries and Diverse Viewing Practices (Hannah Klein-Thomas, Dipali Das, Alex de Man).
4. March 18th: SESSION 4 - Roundtable Discussions and Presentations by Creative Funding Bid Award Recipients
Diaspora Cinema and Media: Globalising the Local conference
Now accepting abstracts 
This event will draw on earlier workshop presentations and findings while also allowing for new areas of related discussion and investigation to take place.
Funding opportunity for small creative projects 
The AHRC funded Diaspora Screen Media Network is offering awards of up to £300 for work on topics related to the network's interests in Black British and British Asian screen media.
Find out more about the opportunity and how to apply here.
New Screen Media/Social Media: The Digital Environment in a Post-Covid World - Workshop
This workshop, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), is set to take place on Tuesday 14 September.
The workshop aims to examine and discuss some of the exciting new viewing practices in relation to screen media and social networking apps in the field of Black British and British Asian diaspora screen media.
Find out more about the event here.
Minutes from the DSMN Online Interim Event - 9/12/20
The minutes from the Diaspora Screen Media Network online interim event, which took place on 9th December. This was a virtual meeting held via Collaborate.
Those who took part in the meeting were project leads Janet Wilson (PI), Rajinder Dudrah (Co-I), and David Simmons (Re-Co), as well as a number of other members.
Read the full minutes here.
Diaspora Screen Media Network Workshop 2020
Review of The Diaspora Screen Media Network First Symposium by Raveeta Banger
Feb 2020
In their first symposium hosted on 5 February 2020 at the University of Northampton, the DSMN welcomed discussions in an interactive roundtable with undergraduates and graduates, filmmakers and academics, new media content creators, media professionals and artists.Read the full review here.
Provocation talks from the first DSMN Symposium held at the University on 5 February 2020
Feb 2020
Find material from the symposium sessions below:
Listen in to BBC Radio Interviews about the AHRC DSMN Event - 5 February
An interview about the DSMN network and the forthcoming UN symposium on 5th February with SC members Janet Wilson and David Simmons and host Suki Somal will be aired across the BBC Radio Northampton network on Saturday 25th January on the Afternoon show with John Rose from 12-2pm and on Sunday 26th January 8-10pm in Mark Dean’s show for Northamptonshire’s African and Caribbean community. If you miss them when they go out all of these broadcasts can be listened to again on the BBC sounds page.
DSMN Symposium, University of Northampton, Morley Room (Senate), 5 February 2020
Jan 2020
Please see the attached document for more information on the upcoming DSMN Symposium taking place on 5 February 2020 at The University of Northampton.
Minutes from the Second DSMN Steering Committee Meeting
Nov 2019
Minutes from the second of our DSMN organizational meetings.
“This was a virtual meeting held via Zoom (with UN core members in person). Those who took part in the meeting were Janet Wilson (PI) Rajinder Dudrah (Co-I), David Simmons (Re-Co), Meriem Lamara, SC member Ian Sergeant, SC member Amy Smart, SC member Jade Turner.”
Bhaji on the Beach Screening
Jul 2019
Yesterday saw the first of our planned network Cinema screenings, Gurinder Chadha’s Bhaji on the Beach (1993).Written by Meera Syal, the film follows a group of British Asian women and charts the journey of self-discovery they go on when they take a trip to Blackpool Illuminations.
The screening was preceded by an introductory talk on the network and its aims by Professor Janet Wilson.