Remapping Early British Cinema

Birkbeck, University of London

Remapping Early British Cinema
26-27 May 2021
A Symposium
hosted by Birkbeck, University of London

<p>A series of major publications in recent years have shed fresh light on the early British film business, from the 19th century pioneers up to the boom in cinema building before the First World War. Do these require revision of the standard histories by Rachael Low and John Barnes, which were pioneering in their time? And how are new historical insights best distributed, accessed, and debated in the digital era?</p><p>Speakers at this two-day symposium will include Barry Anthony, Tim Boon, Stephen Bottomore, Simon Brown, Zoë Viney Burgess, Jon Burrows, Ian Christie, Malcolm Cook, Bryony Dixon, Peter Domankiewicz, Frank Gray, Grazia Ingravalle, Luke McKernan, Lawrence Napper, Simon Popple, Laraine Porter, Deac Rossell, Vanessa Toulmin</p><p>The symposium will run between 14.00-18.00 over two days on Microsoft Teams hosted by Birkbeck. </p><p>Please register via Eventbrite to receive timetable and access information.</p><p>Organisers: Ian Christie and Malcolm Cook</p><p>Contact i.christie@bbk.ac.uk or m.cook@soton.ac.uk for any queries.</p><p></p><h1>Re-Mapping Early British Cinema		      Draft Programme</h1><p>Organised by Ian Christie (Birkbeck, University of London) and Malcolm Cook (University of Southampton)</p><h2>Wednesday 26 May Day 1 </h2><h2>14.00 – 18.00    BST  UTC+1</h2><p></p><h3>Introduction	 Ian Christie - &#x27;Where we came in&#x27; 14:00-14:20</h3><p></p><h3>Panel 1	Founders 14:20-15:40</h3><p></p><p>Frank Gray – &#x27;The Brightonians: their Ciné-Ecosystem&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Barry Anthony – &#x27;Fresh Insights into British Biograph&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Simon Brown – Hepworth</p><p></p><h3>BREAK</h3><p></p><h3>Panel 2  Before 1895…  15:50-17:10</h3><p></p><p>Deac Rossell – &#x27;&quot;The cherubs between the pediments”: Curtis H. Veeder, the Electrical 	Wonder Company, Thomas Henry Blair, Max Gliewe&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Stephen Herbert – &#x27;Muybridge, Donisthorpe and 1894&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Peter Domankiewicz – &#x27;The Dangers of Dogma: Untangling William Friese-Greene&#x27;</p><p></p><h3>Discussion - What have we learned since Low and Barnes? 17:10-18:00</h3><p></p><p>Discussants: Vanessa Toulmin     Stephen Bottomore</p><p></p><h2>Thursday 27 May Day 2 </h2><h2>14.00 – 19.00    BST  UTC+1</h2><p></p><h3>Panel 1	What was overlooked? 14:00-15:50</h3><p></p><p>Tim Boon  – &#x27;Science and other contexts&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Malcolm Cook – &#x27;Animation: Performance and Artists’ Film&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Luke McKernan – &#x27;Charles Urban’s World&#x27;</p><p></p><p>Zoë Viney Burgess	– &#x27;&quot;Untrammelled by commercial traditions”: defining the amateur in the 	context of a regional film archive&#x27;</p><p></p><h3>BREAK</h3><p></p><h3>Panel 2	Exhibition and regional variations 16:00-17:20</h3><p></p><p>Jon Burrows – The British cinema building boom</p><p></p><p>Simon Popple – The view from Leeds</p><p></p><p>Grazia Ingravalle - &#x27;Early Cinema, the Empire and the Archive&#x27;</p><p></p><h3>Tributes to Richard Brown and Roland-Francois Lack 17:20-17:30</h3><h3>BREAK</h3><h3>Discussion – What kinds of history do we want? 17:40-Close</h3><p></p><p>Discussants: Laraine Porter, Bryony Dixon, Lawrence Napper</p><p></p>

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