Here’s a new and exciting network for those of us interested in American periodicals of all kinds! Thanks to a call for registration for their exciting upcoming symposium at the British Library, NoRMMA recently found out about NAPS, the Network of American Periodical Studies. Do have a look at their website, which can be found at https://periodicalstudies.wordpress.com/. For more information about…
Turning the Page: Digitalization, Movie Magazines, and Historical Audience Studies
With only four days to go until our conference in Ghent, Belgium, we just wanted to draw your attention once again to what we hope will be a phenomenal event. Do stop by if you happen to find yourself in the vicinity on Thursday, Friday or Saturday – the programme can be found here, and we’re very excited to be…
“Life and happiness wait upon its ring… and horror… and loneliness… and death…”: Sorry, Wrong Number (Litvak, 1948)
Our second joint screening with the Melodrama Research Group took place on Monday, and although we initially hoped to show Uncle Silas (Frank, 1947), we ended up watching Sorry, Wrong Number (Litvak, 1948) instead, due to some technical issues. This (glorious) film was originally based on a radio play by Lucille Fletcher and was, interestingly, also the subject of another radio version about a…
“Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?”: Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940)
Last Monday, we attended a screening organised by the Melodrama Research Group (also based at the University of Kent); the film in question was Rebecca (1940), and an excellent summary of the discussion afterward can be found here: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/melodramaresearchgroup/2015/10/27/summary-of-discussion-on-rebecca/ Since many of the core NoRMMA members at Kent are members of the Melodrama Research Group as well, we are aiming to provide a…
Final Programme for Turning The Page: Digitalization, movie magazines and historical audience studies, Ghent, November 2015
DAY 1 – 12 November 9.00 – 10.00 Registration Welcome note NoRMMA Welcome note DICIS Tamar Jeffers McDonald, University of Kent Daniël Biltereyst, Ghent University 10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Eric Hoyt, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Variety’s Transformations: Digitizing and Analyzing the First 35 Years of a Canonical Trade Paper 11.00 – 11.30 Break 11.30 – 1.00 PANEL 1: Digital Impacts…
Yarrrrrr, mateys!
Ahoy! As you can likely tell, we at NoRMMA decided that International Talk Like a Pirate Day – which has taken place on 19 September since 1995, apparently, which would make this year its 20th jubilee! – is indeed a holiday worthy of being observed. As such, for your enjoyment and education, we are proud to present some pirate-related fan magazine offerings… with a…
Update + “Pictorial Insight into Filmland”
Hi all, and welcome back after a little while of NoRMMA radio silence! We’ve been busy planning our conference, entitled “Turning The Page: Digitalization, movie magazines and historical audience studies”, which we are coorganising with the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies (CIMS) at the University of Ghent, Belgium. The event will take place in Ghent on 12-14 November, and we…
Screen Romances: 1935-1946
Thanks to a very generous friend, I recently came in the possession of seven issues of Screen Romances, ranging in publication date from April 1935 to January 1946. While various issues of the magazine are regularly on sale via eBay, it has not, as far as I know, been digitised just yet, so the opportunity to look through such a range…
Preliminary schedule for Performing Stardom: New Methods in Critical Star Studies
Hi all! Please find below our preliminary schedule for the Performing Stardom symposium, organised by NoRMMA, which will take place at the University of Kent on May 29th. Do let us know ASAP via normma.network@gmail.com if you wish to attend – registration is free. 9.00 – 9.30 Registration (Grimond Foyer) 9.30 – 9.40 Welcome (Aphra Theatre) Dr Tamar Jeffers-McDonald 9.40…
Free registration for our Stardom Symposium!
“Performing Stardom”: New Methods in Critical Star Studies Friday 29th May, 2015 NoRMMA (Network of Research: Movies, Magazines, Audiences), University of Kent, UK Free registration by Saturday 9th May, 2015. NoRMMA invites you to attend an interdisciplinary conference on non-traditional approaches to star studies research. The one-day event will be held at the University of Kent on May 29th,…