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Centre for Media History, Macquarie University

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9850 2180

Address: Macquarie University 2109 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres-groups-and-facilities/resilient-societies/centres/centre-for-media-history

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25.01.2022 In this interview by Henry Jenkins with Doron Galili on the publication of his compelling new book, Seeing by Electricity: The Emergence of Television, 1878-1939, we get a glimpse of this significant new contribution to media history, which takes a "deep historical dive into how television took shape as a concept in the late 19th century and the complex ways that television intercepts other communication systems, not just radio or cinema but also the telegraph and the telepho...ne." Did you realize experimental television broadcasts were being trialed as early as 1928? Can we consider Zoom as a platform coming close to the original conception of television? These and other questions are considered in this Jenkins 'Confessions of an Aca-Fan' blog. Part 2 of this interview available on the site. Doron Galili is Researcher in the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University. He is the author of Seeing by Electricity: The Emergence of Television, 1878-1939 (Duke University Press, 2020) and coeditor of Corporeality in Early Cinema: Viscera, Skin, and Physical Form (Indiana University Press, 2018). http://henryjenkins.org///3/an-interview-with-doron-galili

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Macquarie University CMH member Dr Karen Pearlman who has recently taken away another Best Director award for her 2019 film, ‘I want to make a film about women’. She won the award for Short Documentary at the 2020 Australian Screen Directors Guild Awards. Other awards for the film and Karen include, Best Director at the inaugural CinefestOz Short Film Awards (2020), Award for Creative Achievement at the Brisbane International Film Festival, Special Mention at the 2020 Sydney Film Festival’s Dendy Awards for the film's ‘ambitious and masterful mix of forms.’ It also won Best Documentary at the St Kilda Film Festival (Victoria), qualifying the film for an Academy Award nomination. Here's a taste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUyOpWBwjU

16.01.2022 New article on history of women photographers from AWARE: Since its creation in 2014, AWARE has worked to make women artists of the 20th century visible, producing and posting free bilingual (French/English) content about their work on its website. Biographies are published online & largely originate from the Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (Universal dictionary of female creators), published in 2013 thanks to a partnership with the Éditions des Femmes Antoinette Fouque. This directory has no limitations on medium or country. Lots more on this site in English and French. AWARE = Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions (established 2014) https://awarewomenartists.com//la-photographie-une-histoi/

12.01.2022 The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) exists at the intersection between culture, creative industries and the media. Three sectors that have been buffeted by the winds of change, as well as tectonic shifts to the digital landscape. Since 2015 the NFSA has hosted symposia exploring issues and opportunities facing digital cultural collections. In 2020 this event is going online. The Digital Directions Virtual Conference is a boutique offering of six sessions over two days, bringing practical case studies of digital transformation and adaptation in the cultural economy. 2627 November. https://www.nfsa.gov.au//digital-d/digital-directions-2020

08.01.2022 Australian Historical Society Special Event Day Lecture, 1-2pm, Wednesday 21 October Suburban Noir... Peter Doyle More information:https://bit.ly/3lXBrlL