A pop-up exhibition, telling the story of the movie magazine from its beginnings in 1911 to its absorption into the celebrity magazine in the 1970s. 14 April – 4 May 2020, Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for updates. https://twitter.com/design_desire https://www.instagram.com/design_desire2020/
CfP for HoMER Conference 2020
We are very pleased to be able to share, unfortunately a little belatedly, the CfP for the History of Moviegoing, Exhibition and Reception (HoMER) Network’s 2020 conference. This exciting event will take place in Dublin from the 25th to the 27th of May 2020. The deadline for proposals has been extended until the 29th of November, so there’s still time…
The National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Doncaster 1914-1918 Project
Dave, one of the speakers at our ‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ launch, has kindly sent a link to the wonderful Museum Crush website: https://museumcrush.org/ Among the blog posts on various aspects of museums, we were especially struck by a blog post connected to the Museum of Doncaster. This was about Freda Hooper, a child entertainer and fundraiser during World War…
Tea Dance Launch Summary
I thought I’d mark the end of our Digitizing The War Illustrated project by writing a little about the launch of our digitized archive of this World War I era magazine. Thanks to the generosity of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and of National Lottery players, these magazines are now available for all, for free, forever via the Internet Archive.…
Parking Information for our Free WWI Tea Dance on the 7th of September, 2-5pm, Jarman Building
Just a quick, and hopefully helpful, post about parking for the World War I Tea Dance on the 7th of September. This event will take place from 2-5pm in the Jarman Building at the University of Kent. Parking on campus is free in Pay and Display car parks on weekends, and you can see a map of the Jarman Building…
‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ Progress Day Roundup
Our Progress Day gave previous participants the chance to extend their research, as well as a few newcomers the opportunity to explore the archive of The War Illustrated. An entirely new topic explored was a popular myth. Very early in the war, in August of 1914, the Battle of Mons occurred. While British troops were outnumbered by German soldiers at…
Introducing… “Star Attractions: Twentieth-Century Movie Magazines and Global Fandom”!
As you may recall, kind reader, NoRMMA members Tamar Jeffers McDonald and Lies Lanckman (me!) have been working on an edited collection based on a number of papers presented at the 2015 “Turning the Page” conference, to be published with the University of Iowa Press. We’re currently finishing work on this book, and can, at this stage, reveal the cover!…
Third ‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ Workshop Roundup
While our third workshop covered various areas, I’d like to focus on one specific aspect – our researching of Noel Whittles. We were very pleased that news of our project prompted Noel’s grandson, David Burrows, to contact us. David told us that Noel, who was also an artist, served in the army during World War I. David was interested to…
LOC seeks volunteers to transcribe Women’s Suffrage material
‘Digitizing The War Illustrated’ workshop participant Lisa has very kindly brought NoRMMA’s attention to a brilliant campaign which may be of interest. The United States’ Library of Congress (LOC) is asking for volunteers to transcribe, and review others’ transcriptions of, written material relating to women’s suffrage in the United States. Our workshops have shown us that while OCR is very…
TWI Tea Dance Launch on 7 September!
We are very excited to announce the date of the official tea-dance themed launch of the digitized The War Illustrated archive. The free launch will take place on Saturday the 7th of September, 2-5pm, in the accessible Jarman building on the University of Kent campus, in Canterbury. Find a map here: https://www.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury/canterbury-campus/building/jarman-building/jarman-stud-1 Parking in Pay and Display car parks on…