POSTGRADUATE TRAINING DAY and THE WORLD IN 1900 STUDY DAY
24
January 2003, Birkbeck, University of London and
25 January 2003, National Film Theatre, London
Postgraduate
Research Training Day
This training day
was designed for research students (MPhil/PhD) with an interest in either film
and television studies or an aspect of the relationship between the moving image
and other subjects. It provided an opportunity for students to present their projects,
meet academics attached to the Centre and contribute to a discussion on research
methods and tools. During the day the Centre's various strands of activity were
outlined (archives, the British avant-garde, television in the 1960s, early cinema
and pre-cinema, television in the regions, film and television policy), with particular
emphasis placed on the use of archives in research.
The World in 1900
is a journey around the world with films made between 1894 and 1900. It features
work by many of the greatest film pioneers (Lumière, Méliès,
Paul, Dickson, Smith, Williamson) and provides a unique introduction to the beginnings
of the moving image and its representation of the world at the end of the Victorian
era. The show was presented by Frank Gray and Luke McKernan with music by Neil
Brand. This special screening was accompanied by a study day on pre-cinema, early
cinema and the use of archive material, designed for postgraduate students but
open to all with an interest in this subject. The day focused on the use of sources
and archives and address such issues as historiography, film exhibition in the
pre-cinema period and the representations of class, race, empire and travel in
the late Victorian world.
The AHRB Centre for
British Film & Television Studies organised two events for UK-based research
students in late January in London.
Birkbeck, University of London, 12-4pm, Friday 24 January 2003
The day was chaired by the Centre's Principal Associate Director, Professor Sylvia
Harvey of Sheffield Hallam University.
Also contributing:
The World in 1900 study day
A BFI/AHRB Centre for British Film & Television Studies Special Event
National Film Theatre, London, 11-5pm, Saturday 25 January 2003
The day consisted of individual sessions on: