FILM & HISTORY SESSION AT AHA

       As episodes of CNN's series COLD WAR were broadcast, Film & History
provided evaluations from observers and experts.  (Some of these responses are
still on the Film & History web site: www.filmandhistory.org   ;  check them
out.)

       The Boston session by Film & History will take place on Saturday night,
January 6th, beginning at 7:30pm in the Sheraton Boston Hotel, in the
Constitution Ballroom B.  Here is the program entry (page 50 of the official
program):

       Title of Session:  CNN's COLD WAR SERIES: IDEOLOGY OR HISTORY?

       Introduction:  Peter C. Rollins, Film & History

       Comments:
                   Richard Pipes, Harvard University
                   Richard Raack,  California State University at Hayward
                   Gabriel Schoenfeld, Commentary Magazine

       Response:
                   John O'Connor, Founder, Film & History

       Comments:  This session will examine CNN's multi-episode "history"
             of the Cold War which has been airing on the network for several
             years.  In time, the series may find its way into public schools
and
             libraries, supplanting other views of the struggle.  Is the COLD
WAR
             a valid history of the conflict or is it an ideological
statement?

       The book CNN's COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY: ISSUES AND
             CONTROVERS, edited by Arnold Beichman (Hoover Institution
             Press, 2000) will be available at the session and at Film &
             History's Booth 109 at the book display.

For previous evaluations of the series, check out the Film & History web
             site:  www.filmandhistory.org

All are welcomed and registration at the meeting is not required for this
       evening session.  Students, in particular, are welcomed....Please
       contact me if you have questions.

Peter Rollins

Peter C. Rollins, Editor
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and TV Studies
(Web site: http://h-net.msu.edu/~filmhis)  Also, www.filmandhistory.org
RR 3  Box 80
Cleveland, OK 74020
(918)243-7637 and fax 5995
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Comments:  Individual subscription information on the web site
as well as information and FAQ's about the CD-ROMs.  There are
also discussion items and essays on Saving Private Ryan, Amistad,
CNN's Cold War, and a host of other topics.  The Table of Contents
for the last thirty years is there as well.  Lastest issues deal with
Television as Historian and edited by Gary Edgerton (Old Dominion U).
The next two issues will focus on THE COLD WAR IN FILM AND TV
with senior scholar Phil Landon (UMBC) as guest editor.

Recent conference was in November, 2000 on The Presidency in Film
at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California
(45 mins. north of LAX).  Information and registration details are on
the web site!  This conference is co-sponsored by California State
University-Northridge, a neighbor to the Presidential Library and the
conference hotel. (Three hours of History credit are available through
the College of Extended Learning.)

         www.filmandhistory.org

Next conference will be in the fall of 2002 and will focus on the topic of
THE AMERICAN WEST(S) IN FILM, TELEVISION, AND HISTORY.  The
event will be held in Kansas City, one of the great gateways to the West.
Please start planning your paper!

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