MEDIA & LINKS

With historical films leading the Oscars, filmmakers are drawing on the past
- The Current

Podcast | Duration 14:00

Films about historical events — like Maestro, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon — are leading the pack at the Academy Awards. Kim Nelson, an associate professor of cinema and author of Making History Move, shares with guest host Duncan McCue why filmmakers are drawing from the past — and what we take from it.

The New American War Film
- University of Minnesota Press

Podcast | Duration 57:31

Unfolding amid an atmosphere of profound anxiety and disillusionment, The New American War Film by film scholar Robert Burgoyne demonstrates a breakdown of the prevailing cultural narratives that had come to characterize conflict in the previous century. In discussion with Kim Nelson, author Robert Burgoyne explains how in the wake of 9/11, both the nature of military conflict and the symbolic frameworks that surround it have been dramatically reshaped.   

They Shall Not Grow Old
- Oh! What a lovely podcast

Podcast | Duration 51:00

What should we take from a First World War documentary?

Following our adventure to Canada for the International Society for First World War Studies conference, we welcome Prof Robert Burgoyne to discuss his keynote paper on the Peter Jackson film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018).

Along the way, we explore the ways in which war films can quote from each other, differences in structure to the film 1917, and the importance of audience expectations when creating a historical piece.

Picturing the Past: History Movies
- CBC

Radio | Duration 53:59

History films get the most awards at the Oscars. But they’re more than just entertainment. They colour our understanding of the past, and sometimes discolour it. Film scholar Kim Nelson explores the complex power of how history films shape our sense of who we are.

RELEVANT LINKS

  • Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal

    Film & History, which is a non-profit, peer-reviewed journal affiliated with the American Historical Association and has been published continuously since 1971, is published twice each year, in the summer and the winter.

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  • Research in Film & History: A Peer-Reviewed Online Journal

    Research in Film and History offers an international platform for cutting-edge debate, new approaches, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersection between film and history. The journal seeks submissions that explore thematic or methodological connections between the two disciplines through a theoretical, practical, or historical lens.

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  • The International Association for Media and History

    The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is a scholarly organization that brings together archivists, historians, scholars and professionals with an interest in media history. Founded in the summer of 1977, it organizes biennial conferences, awards several prizes and publishes the historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television and the IAMHIST blog. IAMHIST supports a broad range of academic projects on media history, welcomes international perspectives and is devoted to promoting early-career scholars and their research.

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