Memorial note by Matthew Solomon, on behalf of Domitor: It is with great sadness that we share with you the news that Madeleine Malthête-Méliès died in her sleep on July 8, 2018 at the age of 95. Madame Malthête-Méliès was the granddaughter of Georges Méliès, and…
Positions in Utrecht, the Netherlands: Two 4-year PhD fellowships in the research project titled “Projecting Knowledge – The Magic Lantern as a Tool for Mediated Science Communication in the Netherlands, 1880-1940” Application deadline: August 24, 2018 Detailed offer in English and Dutch
Launch of the new research platform eLaterna created by the Trier Center of Digital Humanities and the Department of Media Studies at the University of Trier to provide a major basis to understand the history of the magic lantern, the screen and the art of…
At the Ambler Theater’s First Annual 35mm Film Festival in Pennsylvania, in April 2018, Lou DiCrescenzo and Jesse Crooks demonstrated an 1897 Edison Projection Kinetoscope, which was one of many vintage projectors in Lou’s collection. The performance was documented by Peter Flynn and is
New Approaches to Silent Film Historiography: Technology, Spectatorship and the Archive Silent Film Historiography Conference 2018 University of Leeds, UK September 18-19, 2018 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: August 10, 2018
Writing Film History with the Amateur: Techniques and the Archives International Conference University of Lausanne & Cinémathèque suisse, national film archive November 28-30, 2018 Language: English & French Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: May 15, 2018
Last November 1st, Domitor co-founder and first elected President André Gaudreault was awarded the prix Léon-Gérin, the highest distinction awarded by the Quebec government to a researcher, for life-time achievement in the field of humanities or social sciences. The Deputy Premier of Québec, Mrs.…
Materiality, Aesthetics and The History of Technology. The François Lemai Collection as Laboratory International Conference Université Laval, Québec 29 October – 2 November 2018 Language: English & French Call for papers detail in English / Collection to be examined The deadline has been extended to April 24 ! Deadline for…
Job in Marburg, Germany: Three-year PhD fellowship in research project on Asta Nielsen Application deadline: March 9, 2018 Detailed PDF of the job offer in English Detailed PDF of the job offer in German
Rethinking the Attractions‒Narrative Dialectics: New Approaches to Early Cinema Early Cinema Conference Ghent University, Belgium November 9-10, 2018 Language: English call-for-papers detail Deadline for submissions: April 27, 2018
“Documents de cinéma” : domitorian files online Message from our member Roland Cosandey (Roland.Cosandey@unil.ch): The editorial board of Documents de cinéma is happy to announce that the complete 1906 Charles Urban Trading Company Catalogue (200p.) is online, via the following link: We Put…
From our member François Amy de la Bretèque (francois.amy-de-la-breteque@univ-montp3.fr): Dear friends of Domitor, Jacques Richard has died. Early cinema historians will not forget that he was, with Jacques Deslandes, author of the book l’Histoire comparée du cinéma published in 1968 by Casterman (he co-wrote the second…
Flemish and French-speaking universities join forces for large-scale research into history of magic lantern in Belgium Domitor is pleased to circulate this press-release of January 18, 2018, and congratulates all the researchers leading this outstanding project, including our members Frank Kessler, Sabine Lenk, Philippe Marion and…
The Cinema Museum London is threatened A petition has been started in Autumn 2017 to save this priceless institution. All the Domitorians are called to sign it. If you haven’t already: sign here Read the article by Lynsay Ford detailing the situation on January 23th, 2018: “Can London’s…
ITALIAN MELODRAMAS AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE ARTS Silent films series with live musical accompaniment and workshops February 1-17, 2018 The Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation and the Labex Arts-H2H of Université Paris 8, in partnership with the Université Paris Lumières, get together to present an exceptional program of silent…
Literature and Curiosity Shows CNRS THALIM/ARIAS Labex TransferS Research Seminar 2017-2018 Salle Fabri de Peiresc, INHA, Paris Dir. by Patrick Désile & Valérie Pozner Sessions: November 8, 2017, 5-7pm Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan « Marcel Proust, les spectacles de curiosité et le cinématographe » December 13, 2017, 5-7pm Corinne Legoy « Sur les traces du…
Symbiotic Cinema: Confluences between Film and Other Media 24th SERCIA Conference Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies, Sweden 6-8 September 2018 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for submissions: February 13, 2018
Media History from the Margins CSF Summer Seminar including a Graduate Students Symposium Monte Verità, Switzerland August 19-24, 2018 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2018
