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
