News Archive for September, 2014
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The Autumn Viewfinder is here
Published: 30 September 2014Viewfinder 96 includes articles on new copyright exceptions, women’s contrubutions to British film & TV, the Anti-Apartheid Archives, the new ‘Earth in Vision’ project, early bible cinema and much more.
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EUScreen XL at Riga conference
Published: 24 September 2014Last week was the Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council Conference in Riga. For the first time, the EUscreenXL team presented a sneak peak of their new portal. Read the EUscreen blog post below, or take a look at the original version. The Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council (BAAC) is a non-profit organisation that aims to foster cooperation […]
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BBC radio drama listening events
Published: 24 September 2014The British Library is hosting a short series of classic BBC radio drama listening events, in partnership with listening event specialists In the Dark and Bournemouth University’s Centre for Media History. At these free events, held at the British Library’s Foyle Suite, listeners can enjoy some outstanding archival recordings in a group setting, including Dylan […]
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New on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway
Published: 22 September 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 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/ Harry Ransom Center Multimedia Page The Harry Ransom Center is a library, archive and museum based […]
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New course date confirmed: Think visual
Published: 22 September 2014Presented by: Catherine Chambers, Senior Producer, Open University Next course date: Thursday 20 November 2014. Book now The BUFVC’s new one-day course on the teaching role of video is essential for anyone interested in using video in a teaching environment. The course will aim to show participants how video can enhance the learning experience, when you might […]
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CFP: Science and Television
Published: 17 September 2014Call For Papers: Science and Television Co-Editors: Steven Gil and Bill Lott Proposal Abstract due 30 November 2014 Full Articles due 31 March 2015 Publication 2016 Contributions are now invited for a special issue of the Journal of Popular Television which seeks to analyse the presence, representation, and role of science in television. As science […]
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Media Screen Roundup – August 2014
Published: 10 September 2014The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. From Beowulf to Hugo Chávez, this month’s Roundup shows the range of film and television research. The epic Anglo-Saxon poem is featured in a number of articles and book chapters. […]
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Recent additions to the Moving Image Gateway
Published: 10 September 2014The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 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/ Global Queer Cinema This site is one of the outcomes of a research project led by […]
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Symposium – Oral History, Narrative Interviewing and the Self
Published: 5 September 2014Oral History, Narrative Interviewing and the Self 24 October 2014 Newcastle University http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/ A half-day symposium organised by the Research Centre for Film and Digital Media and the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University. This half-day event is aimed at postgraduate students, early career and established researchers in the Humanities and Social […]
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Symposium – Re-imaging Regional Television Drama: Women as Agents of Cultural Change
Published: 5 September 2014Re-imaging Regional Television Drama: Women as Agents of Cultural Change 11 September 2014 Edge Hill University www.edgehill.ac.uk/media/research/re-imaging-regional-television-drama-women-agents-cultural-change/ In recent years, female writers, producers and directors have emerged as central innovators of television fictions. Dramas and dramadocs by Kay Mellor, Sally Wainwright and Heidi Thomas belong to some of the most-watched programmes on British screens, and […]