Unmade Film and Television is a new book series that explores unmade, unseen and unreleased film and television from across the globe and from all time periods.
The study of unmade film and television remains neglected and fragmented within scholarly discourse. As such, this series invites contributions (edited collections, monographs etc) on all aspects of unmade, unseen and unreleased film and television from across film and media history. The key aim of the series will be to offer explanations as to why so many projects are left unmade or unreleased, with a focus on the social, political, cultural, industrial, and economic contexts, both at a regional and international level. It is hoped such an approach will allow for insights into the logic of creative failure within the film and television industries.
Ideas may range from individual case studies of directors, producers, writers, genres, studios, and production companies, to wholescale studies of national industries. It may be that the focus is on structural issues (women filmmakers, censorship etc.) or on concepts of the unmade, such as creative failure, archival methods, or creative practice. Contributions are also welcomed on the way audiences and fans interact with the unmade and unreleased, from the social media ‘afterlife’ of unmade films, through to innovative practices of bringing to life unmade projects for new audiences and in the process reimaging cinema history.
If you have a potential project, please contact the series editor, James Fenwick ([email protected]) in the first instance, providing details of proposed author/s, a short biography, book title, and short synopsis.
Editorial Board
Kieran Foster (De Montfort University, UK)
Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)
Peter Kunze (Eckerd College, USA)
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Deakin University, Australia)
Alison Peirse (University of Leeds, UK)
Alix Beeston (Cardiff University)
Stefan Solomon (Macquarie University, Australia)

Urban Music Studies aims at an inter- and trans-disciplinary exchange between researchers working on the relationship between the music and the city. The series covers a broad range of topics and musical practices, current as well as historical. With its cross cultural point of departure and the focus on countries and geographical regions which are normally excluded from the scientific discourse (such as Global South), this series will bring fresh perspectives on the role of music in the accelerated urbanisation processes.
We welcome proposals for monographs, readers and edited collections.
The theoretical model of Urban Music Studies is based on the assumptions that

• there is a vital exchange between the music and the city
• music is a part of the intrinsic logic of cities
• music contributes to the image design of a city
• music is an important part of the economy of cities and urban regeneration
• music can become an issue of urban politics and policies
• music is an essential component of the cultural heritage of cities
• music is a pivotal part of urban culture and the Creative Industries

If you have potential book projects in mind, please contact the series editor Alenka Barber-Kersovan ([email protected]) or Jelena Stanovnik at Intellect ([email protected]). Please include author/editor name, title, and a brief synopsis for each volume. We are looking forward for your submission.
Editorial board
Andy Bennett, Griffith University Brisbane
Giacomo Bottá, University of Helsinki
Martin Cloonan, University of Glasgow
Pranoo Deshraju, University of Hyderabad
Murray Forman, Northeastern University Boston
Paula Guerra, Universidade do Porto
Fabian Holt, Roskilde University
Luciana Mendonça, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Rosa Reitsamer, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Daniel Silver, University of Toronto
Will Straw, McGill University Montreal
Susana Zapke, Musik und Kunst, Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien