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
Pola Negri and the Vicissitudes of Stardom FINA International Conference Filmoteka Narodowa-Instytut Audiowizualny, Warsaw 19-20 April 2018 Languages: Polish, English Call for papers detail Deadline for submissions: 15 February 2018
Dear Domitorians, Given the history of productive exchanges between the Domitor and Visible Evidence communities, please take note of the CFP for Visible Evidence 25 below. yrs., Oliver Gaycken ————————————- Hey everyone, I’m really pleased to be able announce the Call for Papers for Visible Evidence 25 and the launch of…
Archives and Pedagogy Themed Issue of: The Moving Image Proposal deadline: 20 October 2017 Detail
Cinema, dream and hallucination from the origins to the early twenties (1895-1925) Themed Issue of: Immagine – Note di Storia del Cinema Proposal deadline: 30 November 2017 Detail
The Actress-Manager and Early Film Special Issue of: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film Deadline: 29 January 2018 Detail
Announcement by François Amy de la Bretèque / Avis de François Amy de la Bretèque Dear domitorians, I have just received the notice of death (August 2) from our friend Henri Bousquet that the oldest of us have known well. He was a loyal follower of the…
Love The 11th Orphan Film Symposium April 11-14, 2018 Museum of the Moving Image, New York Deadline to submit one-page proposals for presentations (15 to 30 minutes) that include the screening of seldom-seen material: August 28, 2017 Scholars, archivists, curators, media artists, preservationists, collectors, and other enthusiasts are invited to come…
