Thank you, folks, for the kind words about Screen-L and the impact it's had on your scholarship. I took pleasure in reading comments such as Jason Mittell's (below) as it confirmed for me that Screen-L had achieved some of my original goals for it.
But, truly, a discussion list is only as good as its subscribers and it's your participation that allowed Screen-L to flourish.
Now about that subscriber list...
Jason has suggested that the list might be migrated to another platform. I am amenable to that idea and I have a spreadsheet of subscribers' emails that could facilitate it. Of course, I would make sure this was done in a responsible way so that folks didn't feel like they were being spammed.
If you're interested in setting up and maintaining such a list, shoot me an email and let's discuss it.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:32:14 +0000
Subject: Re: The Beginning of the End for Screen-L
The end of Screen-L feels quite meaningful to me. I joined in 1994 when I was a brand-new graduate student, and it immediately made me feel like I was part of an academic community and ongoing conversation much broader than my program. On sites like this, hierarchies of rank and seniority disappeared behind usernames, and I can honestly say that this email list fostered my dedication to digital publishing spaces and alternate forms of academic discourse, a focus that has remained a central part of my academic career. Huge kudos and many thanks to Jeremy for sailing this ship for so many years!!
Although I agree with Jeremy that the list is no longer what it was, I will note that other listservs that want to remain active after their host institutions have withdrawn from this service have migrated to Google Groups rather seamlessly, maintaining their function to make announcements and occasionally host a conversation. If anyone feels so moved to take the reins (alas, I'm overwhelmed with my own digital projects), I encourage this option for Screen-L to sustain itself in a post-Alabama, post-Butler era.
-Jason
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Jeremy Butler, PhD
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Professor Emeritus of Film and TV Studies
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University of Alabama
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