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Lab Audio-Visual Media and Historiography

This Lab investigates audio-visual media – particularly film and television – as historical sources and documents of the history of modernity. Central to this is the role of these media for memory and the construction of historical processes. Therefore, the Lab takes the increased importance of audio-visual media throughout the 20th and 21st centuries seriously: the expansion of the film and television industry and the growing availability of audio-visual media have led to a strong shaping of collective memory and a lasting impact – if not determination – by film and television on notions of historical processes. Therefore, historical archives include also films of all kinds, sound recordings and an extensive collection of photos; such archives must be systematically made accessible for historical research. Empirical and theoretical approaches that had been developed for textual sources can hardly be transferred to audio-visual sources, resulting in a serious methodological problem for the study of history. The lab will therefore both contribute to the discussion of methodology and the importance of audio-visual media as well, such as the relevance of movies and pictures for historical research. It currently focuses on the fields of Latin American population and development policy after 1945 as well the role of the moving image in creating historic memory of Latin American military dictatorships and overcomimg them.

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9th ZeMKI Research Day
  • Datum: 24. January 2025
  • Location: ZeMKI

The ZeMKI Research Day will take place on January 24. At the internal event, current projects will be presented and discussed, overarching research perspectives will be developed at thematic tables and current questions from the ZeMKI doctoral program and from the group of postdocs will be discussed. The Research Day is taking place for the (…)

14. January 2025

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Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025
Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI.

7. January 2025

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ZeMKI steering committee meets for annual retreat

For two days, the Bredbeck Estate in the district of Osterholz was dedicated to the further development of the research strategy of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen. On September 3 and 4, 2024, a total of 14 members of the ZeMKI Steering Committee discussed medium-term goals (…)

4. September 2024

ZeMKI Fellows 2024

ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellows 2024

This year, the ZeMKI welcomes a total of four Visiting Research Fellows as part of its Visiting Researcher Program. From over 85 applications, the steering committee of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen selected five researchers who will work together with two ZeMKI labs in interdisciplinary research for (…)

12. April 2024

Research in Film and History

Research in Film and History

General Editor: Rasmus Greiner, Tatiana Astefeva Managing Editors: Delia González de Reufels, Winfried Pauleit Editors: Mara Fritzsche, Delia González de Reufels, Rasmus Greiner, Winfried Pauleit, Christine Rüffert, Alina Fischer Editorial Assistants: Lukas Holländer Sprache: Englisch ISSN 2627-5848 Research in Film and History is a peer-reviewed online journal. The journal offers an international forum for current (…)

19. February 2024

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Open Call for ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellows, 2024
Come and work with us!  Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI.

8. February 2024