On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 17:27:44 +0000 () Leo Enticknap=20 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At the request of my thesis supervisor, Dr. Duncan Petrie, I am posting= =20 > the following plug for our new course (apologies if text formatting is=20 > up the swanny; this was imported from a rather exotic wordprocessor=20 > format!). >=20 > Leo >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------ > THE BILL DOUGLAS CENTRE=20 > FOR THE HISTORY OF CINEMA AND POPULAR CULTURE > University of Exeter >=20 > NEW MA PROGRAMME=20 >=20 > THE HISTORY OF CINEMA AND POPULAR CULTURE >=20 > An Exciting New Initiative=20 >=20 > The taught component of this programme will examine the history and=20 > prehistory of cinema and related popular forms. The mode of analysis=20 > will be interdisciplinary, focusing on the interdependence of economic,= =20 > technological, ideological, political and aesthetic factors on the=20 > development of cinema at key historical moments of transition and=20 > crisis. >=20 > In addition to the taught modules students will research and write a=20 > dissertation of 20,000 words. Training in handling and interpretation=20 > of artefacts and other resources will form a further integral part of=20 > the programme. >=20 >=20 > A Unique Research Resource >=20 > The programme has been made possible by the massive potential of the=20 > Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection, comprising tens of thousands=20 > of books, periodicals, programmes, posters, sheet music, cigarette=20 > cards, toys and games relating to cinema, in addition to 19th-century=20 > pre-cinema artefacts such as zoetropes, magic lanterns, panoramas and=20 > other optical toys and devices.=20 >=20 > This is the second largest subject library in the country after=20 > the British Film Institute, and the third largest freely-accessible=20 > collection of artefacts and ephemera. A public museum displaying many=20 > of the Collection=92s treasures will open at the Centre in 1997. >=20 > Programme Director=09=09Dr Duncan Petrie, Director of the Centre > [log in to unmask] >=20 > Further Information From=09=09Postgraduate Secretary > =09=09=09=09=09School of English and American=20 > Studies=20 > =09=09=09=09=09University of Exeter > =09=09=09=09=09Queen=92s Building > =09=09=09=09=09Queen=92s Drive > =09=09=09=09=09EXETER EX4 4QH > =09=09=09=09=09U.K. >=20 > =09=09Telephone:=09++44 1392 264263=09 > =09=09Fax:=09=09=09++44 1392 264361 > [log in to unmask] > =09=09WWW: =09=09http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/ > =09 >=20 >=20 > ---------------------- > Leo Enticknap > PhD student, Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular=20 > Culture > *** look at our website on=20 > http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/ *** > University of Exeter, UK >=20 ---------------------- Leo Enticknap Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture *** look at our website on http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/ *** University of Exeter, UK ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]