As part of our conference, we are excited to include a watchalong of a relevant film. A Star is Born (1937) will be available to view, and comment on via Discord, between 5pm and 7pm GMT on Thursday the 11th of February. If you are unable to join us live, please do visit Discord after the live chat has ended…
Abstracts ‘Stars’
We have broadly split the papers into those dealing with magazines, and those addressing stars. The Stars papers LIVE Q and A will take place on Wednesday the 10th of February from 5-6pm GMT. Please see our conference schedule for more details of our events: Conference Schedule – NoRMMA (normmanetwork.com) To register for the conference, please email us on normma.network@gmail.com…
Abstracts ‘Magazines’
We have broadly split the papers into those dealing with magazines, and those addressing stars. The magazine papers LIVE Q and A will take place on Tuesday the 9th of February from 5-6pm GMT. Please see the conference schedule for more details of our events: Conference Schedule – NoRMMA (normmanetwork.com) To register for the conference, please email us on normma.network@gmail.com…
Conference Schedule
We are pleased to be able to publish the schedule for our ‘Returning to the Page: Visualising Design and Desire in Fan Magazines’ conference. Those who have received confirmation of registration have been sent a conference pack. Please note that registration is necessary to gain access to the conference, so do email us on normma.network@gmail.com if you have not already…
Conference Registration Open!
We are excited to announce that registration for our Returning to the Page: Visualising Design and Desire conference is now open. Just email us at normma.network@gmail.com to let us know that you wish to attend, and we will add you to our communication list for the conference. We look forward to seeing you virtually soon!
Extended Deadline: Returning to the Page
Many thanks to all of those who have submitted abstracts for our Return to the Page Conference, due to take place 8-13th February 2021. Don’t worry if you haven’t got in touch yet- we’ve extended the deadline to midnight (GMT) on 4th of December 2020. Authors will be notified of acceptance by the 18th of December. We look forward to…
Returning to the Page: Visualising Design and Desire in Fan Magazines
We are very exited about our upcoming conference and exhibition which will take place online from the 8-13th February 2021. While it was disappointing to have to postpone the exhibition from May 2020, it has given us the opportunity to organise a related conference. We are especially delighted that Sally Stein will be our keynote. Please see the CFP below…
Design and Desire: The Glamorous History of the Movie Magazine.
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. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for updates. https://twitter.com/design_desire https://www.instagram.com/design_desire2021/
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…