Learning on ScreenNews Archive for May, 2014
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New entries on the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 30 May 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,550 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ AskHistorians podcast This podcast was created by the moderators of the largest online history forum, askhistorians.reddit.com […]
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British Council Film Collection Competition
Published: 29 May 2014During the 1940s, the British Council was charged to promote an idea of ‘Britain and British-ness’ by becoming an enthusiastic commissioner of over 120 documentary films designed to showcase Britain to the rest of the world. Seen at the time by millions of people worldwide, the films give a fascinating snapshot of Britain at the time, […]
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Cosmographies Conference – 24 to 25 July 2014
Published: 29 May 2014Cosmographies Conference 24-25th July 2014 Falmouth University, Penryn Campus http://cosmographies.co.uk/ The Cosmographies Conference will bring together scholars from the arts, humanities and space studies, to explore representations of ‘outer space’ in textual and visual culture. Keynote speakers include Professor Chris Welch (International Space University) and Professor Philip Gross author of Deep Field (University of South […]
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Preservathon: 25 to 26 June 2014
Published: 27 May 2014Preservathon: Audiovisual Preservation Storage Solutions 25 to 26 June 2014 Turin, Italy Rai Museo della Radio www.prestocentre.org/events/preservathon/storage-2014 The PrestoCentre Preservathons are two-day hands-on events developed around main themes and challenges in audiovisual digitisation, preservation and long-term access. During the first day, attendees will work together in small groups. Activities include workshops, roleplaying, demonstrations, presentations, writing […]
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Take our survey on audiovisual content in HE
Published: 27 May 2014As part of Project Enriched Playlists, a new project funded by Jisc, we are running a short survey to find out how audio-visual collections in Jisc MediaHub might be developed for higher education into ‘enriched playlists’. Complete the survey here – please complete by Friday 13 June. We are really interested to hear the views of the […]
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Shakespeare and Bollywood conference
Published: 27 May 2014Shakespeare and Bollywood 27 June 2014 Senate House, Malet Street, London To mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, Royal Holloway and the Shakespeare Institute will host a one-day graduate conference on Shakespeare in Bollywood on 27 June 2014 with the renowned critic Dr.Poonam Trivedi of Delhi University as keynote speaker. With speakers from India, […]
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Summer edition of Viewfinder now available
Published: 22 May 2014
Viewfinder 95 includes articles on the British Library Newsroon, community filmmaking, 4K digital in education and much more. -
Moving Image Gateway: Recent additions
Published: 22 May 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,550 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ GEOSET The Global Educational Outreach for Science, Engineering and Technology (GEOSET) searchable internet gateway is a […]
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Latest entries on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway
Published: 12 May 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,550 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ ArtBabble This stylish site features high quality, art-related video content from over fifty galleries, museums and […]
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Media Screen Roundup – April 2014
Published: 9 May 2014The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. A bit of a testosterone feel to this month’s Roundup with sport and masculinity to the fore. The International Journal of the History of Sport has a special issue on […]
