NECS conference 2012
From 21. June – 23. June, 2012 the Network of European Cinema Studies (NECS) conference took place in Lisbon, hosted by the New University of Lisbon and the University of Coimbra. This year’s theme: “Time Networks: Screen Media and Memory”….
Home movies Prince Charles
In a tribute by the Prince of Wales to his mother, never-before-seen footage of the British Royal family was disclosed. The footage, including home movies of and by the Queen herself, has been used for a BBC documentary celebrating Queen…
Time-lapse home movies
On April 16th, 2012 the Dutch filmmaker Frans Hofmeester uploaded his time-lapse clips in which he portrays his children Lotte (12) and Vince (9) in their growing up process. These films, which may also be labeled ‘time-lapse home movies’, immediately…
RMeS Winter School: Media/History
From January 30th to Friday 3rd, 2012 the RMeS Winter School took place at Utrecht University. Theme: Media/History. “The RMeS Winter School 2012 will discuss issues in Media History and Media Historiography in a series of seminars and workshop sessions…
Kick-off: home movies project
On the 24th of February 2012 a ‘kick-off’-meeting of the NWO-funded research project “Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Practices: The Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies” took place in the Limburgs Museum in Venlo, the Netherlands. The meeting brought together project members,…
