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[ecrea] Film, History and the Second World War

Tue Sep 28 14:53:49 GMT 2010




Register online for IHR’s Winter Conference on Going to War, 1939-45: Film, History and the Second World War

22nd and 23rd October 2010

 

 

Register online for this year’s IHR Winter Conference taking place on 22nd October (at the Imperial War Museum) and on the 23rd October (at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Gower Street). Hosted by both the IHR and the Imperial War Museum, this year’s Winter Conference has assembled a distinguished cast of film directors and film historians to discuss, debate and view the war on screen.

 

The conference will feature lectures from Mark Glancy (Queen Mary, University of London) and Penny Summerfield (Manchester) and many other renowned academics speaking on a range of cultural, political and social issues sur­rounding British film history.

 

Film directors Kevin Brownlow and John Boorman will take part in a roundtable discussion on the first day of the conference. Chaired by Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary, University of London), the discussion will be centred around Film, Memory and the Second World War.

 

Attendees will be shown rare footage from the IWM, Scottish Screen Archive, North West Film Archive and other recognised film organisations, presented and interpreted by speakers such as Toby Haggith, Paul Sargent and Janet McBain.

 

Registration fees are competitive and spaces are limited. To register, please visit www.history.ac.uk/film2010/registration. Delegates are also invited to an evening reception at the IWM, where speakers and all other participants will be in attendance.

 

For further information on the Winter Conference, please contact Manjeet K Sambi at (IHR.Events /at/ sas.ac.uk) or on 0207 862 8756. To view the conference programme, please visit www.history.ac.uk/film2010.

 

Best wishes

 

Manjeet K Sambi

Events and Publicity Officer

Institute of Historical Research

University of London

Senate House

Malet Street

LONDON  WC1E 7HU

t: +44 (0)20 7862 8756

f: +44 (0)20 7862 8811

e: (manjeet.sambi /at/ sas.ac.uk)

 

Web: www.history.ac.uk

 



 

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