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BFI Online Course about Victorian Film
The British Film Institute has created an online course looking in detail at the birth of cinema in late Victorian times 1895-1901. Their expert guides (Bryony Dixon, Mark Reid, Gemma Starkey) will make you: Investigate the late Victorian period in Britain. Unravel and discuss common myths about…
Tribute to Joseph Halachmi by Doron Galili
Message by Doron Galili: Dear friends of Domitor, I am deeply saddened to inform you that last week, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, Israeli early cinema historian Joseph (Yossi) Halachmi passed away at the age of 86. A long-time member and avid supporter of Domitor,…
Celebration of the distinguished career of one of the founders of Domitor: Tom Gunning
Exhibition on early cinema and science of animal locomotion
Tracing Movement: Locomotion Study, Photography and the Emergence of Cinema An exhibition curated by Michael Cowan Presented at the Byre Theatre, within the 2019 St Andrews Photography Festival October 4-31, 2019 Drawing on materials from St Andrews’ Special Collections, this exhibition examines how the science of animal locomotion helped…
Tony Fletcher’s display of sound films before 1930
THE MUSICAL ORPHANAGE A two-parts programme of British “Silent” Films with their original synchronized music, curated by Tony Fletcher with John Sweeney at the Piano. I. Sound film before 1930 In this programme presented by Tony Fletcher, British films predating the widespread adoption of sound-on-film are exceptionnally presented…
Exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of Robert Paul’s birth
Animatograph! How Cinema Was Born in Haringey Bruce Castle Museum presents an exhibition dedicated to British film pioneer Robert W. Paul, who founded an innovative studio on Muswell Hill in the late 19th century. Celebrating Paul’s 150th anniversary, the show includes fascinating early cinema technology, historical…
Call for papers for a conference about marginalized female audiences
Audience Lost: Minority Women and Spectatorship International Conference Ghent University, Belgium November 22-23, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail
Call for proposals for themed issue on innovative methods to teach early film and media history
Experimental Media Archaeology in the Classroom Themed issue of: Early Popular Visual Culture special issue Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2018 Call for proposals detail
Call for papers for a conference about neglected films related to diverse forms of radical style, practice, and politics
RADICALS 2019 NYU Orphan Film Symposium Austrian Film Museum, Vienna June 7-8, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2018
Call for papers for a conference about Sisters in Silent Cinema
SISTERS The 10th Women and the Silent Screen Conference hosted by the 5th Eye International Conference Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam May 25-28, 2019 Language: English Conference detail Deadline for proposals: November 30, 2019
Call for papers for a conference about the presence and depiction of women in early cinema
THE VISIBLE WOMAN: ON-SCREEN PRESENCES OF FEMININITY (1895-1920) 12th International Seminar on the History and Origins of Cinema EspaiCaixa, Girona March 28-29, 2019 Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: November 4, 2018 extended until November, 11!
Pordenone Pre-Release of the new Domitor Volume about Corporeality
We are thrilled to invite you to the pre-release of the new Domitor Volume, the 2016 Stockholm Conference Proceedings on Corporeality. The launch will take place in Pordenone, at the Film Fair, 2nd floor of the Teatro Verdi, on Tuesday, October 9, at 6pm. On behalf…
Don Crafton’s “Winsor and Gertie” in Pordenone!
l Going to Pordenone? Then save the date, Sunday, October 7 at 3:45pm, for the world premier of Don Crafton’s play, “Winsor and Gertie” at Le Giornate del cinema muto. The highlight is its inclusion of the live performance of the brand new reconstruction of…
Tribute to Madeleine Malthête-Méliès
l Memorial note by Matthew Solomon, on behalf of Domitor: l 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…
2 PhD positions in Utrecht, the Netherlands
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
eLaterna Launch & Workshop
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…
Gresham College Public Lecture on Early Cinema by Ian Christie
Demonstration of an 1897 Edison Projecting Kinetoscope
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
Call for papers for a conference about silent film historiography
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