This module examines the role of moving images in documenting and re-imagining a number of British cities. After an initial two-week block devoted to London on...

This module examines the role of moving images in documenting and re-imagining a number of British cities. After an initial two-week block devoted to London on screen, each weekly seminar will focus on a different British city across the four regions of the UK, for example, Belfast, Brighton, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Norwich, and ‘new towns’. Case studies will draw on feature films as well as documentary, television programming, amateur film, local film archives, tourist films, industrial or informational films, and of course the city symphony genre, always paying attention to the voices and perspectives of diverse urban communities. We will make use of online resources provided by regional and municipal film archives, and take into account the role of local film policies, institutions and incentives, as well as the historical role of cinemas in city life. We will consider a range of relevant historical and critical-theoretical approaches to cities on screen, including theories of space and place, cultural geography, psychogeography, multisensory and

Module Content and Indicative Topics 

This module will ask questions such as: What are the key transformative moments of cinema and media history? How did...

Early Modern History|European History|Modern History

POLISH HISTORY|POLAND|EUROPEAN HISTORY|EARLY MODERN HISTORY|MODERN HISTORY

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0474, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

Poland and Lithuania Transformed, 1569-1923 (HIST0475)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0474, for the full module description.
Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).
If you require any further information, please contact the History Taught Programmes Team.