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Reflections on The Cultures of Early Television Conference (University of Westminster, 2-3 July 2026)

Reflections on The Cultures of Early Television Conference (University of Westminster, 2-3 July 2026)

Conference Report: AI and the Creative Media, Heritage, Production Distribution and Reception (2026)

Conference Report: AI and the Creative Media, Heritage, Production Distribution and Reception (2026)

IAMHIST Conference Report 2: Decentering Media, Connecting Histories, Sharing Futures

IAMHIST Conference Report 2: Decentering Media, Connecting Histories, Sharing Futures

IAMHIST Conference Report 1: Decentering Media Histories & Practices (July 2025)

IAMHIST Conference Report 1: Decentering Media Histories & Practices (July 2025)

Overview of The Media Ecology Project at Dartmouth College (Supervisors: Mark Williams and John Bell)

Overview of The Media Ecology Project at Dartmouth College (Supervisors: Mark Williams and John Bell)

Alice Hyde: the ‘First Miss World’

Alice Hyde: the ‘First Miss World’

Sirochkin of Kadiköy: A cinema manager in the years of occupation in Istanbul

Sirochkin of Kadiköy: A cinema manager in the years of occupation in Istanbul

Bringing Women into Focus in Film & Media Archives

Bringing Women into Focus in Film & Media Archives

A Day at the Archives… East Anglian Film Archive

A Day at the Archives… East Anglian Film Archive

Making History: the story of the British Video History Trust Collection

Making History: the story of the British Video History Trust Collection

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (2024): Community perceptions

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (2024): Community perceptions

Report: ‘Hidden Archives: Marginalised and Alternative Collections and Practices’, IAMHIST Symposium, Irish Film Institute (Dublin), Tuesday 30th January 2024

Report: ‘Hidden Archives: Marginalised and Alternative Collections and Practices’, IAMHIST Symposium, Irish Film Institute (Dublin), Tuesday 30th January 2024

Figure 1: The Golders Green Hippodrome
‘A Curious Death’: Going on an archival quest

‘A Curious Death’: Going on an archival quest

Image of Roy’ Fowler’s biography of Orson Welles, published in 1946.
The British Entertainment History Project (BEHP): Its history, content, and a call for volunteers

The British Entertainment History Project (BEHP): Its history, content, and a call for volunteers

Review, Tomb Raider I: Tomb Raider I – III Remastered, 2024, Aspyr/Crystal Dynamics/Saber Games, RRP: £24.99 (Steam/PC version)

Review, Tomb Raider I: Tomb Raider I – III Remastered, 2024, Aspyr/Crystal Dynamics/Saber Games, RRP: £24.99 (Steam/PC version)

“Researching Cinema in the First World War” Workshop Report, 25 August 2023, Maynooth University, Ireland

“Researching Cinema in the First World War” Workshop Report, 25 August 2023, Maynooth University, Ireland

New Year Films in Spring Festival: Documenting and Reviewing Life

New Year Films in Spring Festival: Documenting and Reviewing Life

Film Review: Hole in the Head (Dean Kavanagh, 2022)

Film Review: Hole in the Head (Dean Kavanagh, 2022)

From Russian Film Pioneers of the 1920s to German Post-war Newsreels and Television

From Russian Film Pioneers of the 1920s to German Post-war Newsreels and Television

Completing a PhD by Published Works

Completing a PhD by Published Works

New Book from Jerry Kuehl: Help Wanted!

New Book from Jerry Kuehl: Help Wanted!

No Time to Say Goodbye to Bond

No Time to Say Goodbye to Bond

The film raw stock shortage in the British zone of occupied Germany and its impact on the film industry after 1945

The film raw stock shortage in the British zone of occupied Germany and its impact on the film industry after 1945

In Search of the Text

In Search of the Text

Masks, Mirrors and Paper trails: Anton Walbrook and the archive

Masks, Mirrors and Paper trails: Anton Walbrook and the archive

Investigating Press Books at the British Film Institute Reuben Library

Investigating Press Books at the British Film Institute Reuben Library

A Day at the Archives… Media Archive for Central England (MACE)

A Day at the Archives… Media Archive for Central England (MACE)

Meet, understand, collaborate: A plea to enhance the relations between media archivists and media historians

Meet, understand, collaborate: A plea to enhance the relations between media archivists and media historians

The World Assembly of Youth and Archival Serendipity

The World Assembly of Youth and Archival Serendipity

Ambitious Amateurs – European Amateur Film Clubs in the long 1960s

Ambitious Amateurs – European Amateur Film Clubs in the long 1960s

A Day at the Archives: BBC Written Archives Centre

A Day at the Archives: BBC Written Archives Centre

Citizen science. “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 3)

Citizen science. “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 3)

Citizen science. “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 2)

Citizen science. “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 2)

Citizen Science: “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 1)

Citizen Science: “Try again. Fail again. Fail better” (Part 1)

Loopline Collection: Irish Film Institute (IFI) Archive

Loopline Collection: Irish Film Institute (IFI) Archive

Asian archives and archivists: travels and revelations

Asian archives and archivists: travels and revelations

“Certainly No Clark Gable” – Reflections on the Journalistic Discourse about Hollywood Character Actors, ca. 1915-1949

“Certainly No Clark Gable” – Reflections on the Journalistic Discourse about Hollywood Character Actors, ca. 1915-1949

Working in and with German Archives on German-German Media History

Working in and with German Archives on German-German Media History

Glamour: The Influence of Vivien Leigh’s Film Costumes on Dressmaking Patterns of the 1930s and 1940s

Glamour: The Influence of Vivien Leigh’s Film Costumes on Dressmaking Patterns of the 1930s and 1940s

‘Stardom and the Archive’ symposium, University of Exeter, 8-9 February 2020: Report

‘Stardom and the Archive’ symposium, University of Exeter, 8-9 February 2020: Report

A Day at the Archives… Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter

A Day at the Archives… Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter

Views on Colour: finding the filmmakers, technicians and archivists

Views on Colour: finding the filmmakers, technicians and archivists

Looking for Diana Pine

Looking for Diana Pine

A day at the archives… Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir

A day at the archives… Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir

Producing a binaural radio play for telling the history of 3D sound recording

Producing a binaural radio play for telling the history of 3D sound recording

Report: IAMHIST Master Class, January 2018, National WWII Museum, New Orleans

Report: IAMHIST Master Class, January 2018, National WWII Museum, New Orleans

Pride and Prejudice in the Archives: issues with representation and access

Pride and Prejudice in the Archives: issues with representation and access

Report: IAMHIST Conference, ‘Power and the Media’, 16-18 July 2019, Northumbria University

Report: IAMHIST Conference, ‘Power and the Media’, 16-18 July 2019, Northumbria University

Working with Oral Sources in media history: A personal view

Working with Oral Sources in media history: A personal view

Jill Craigie and her suffragette film

Jill Craigie and her suffragette film

Report: British Life on Film: History and the Film Archive Symposium, 11 May 2019, King’s College London

Report: British Life on Film: History and the Film Archive Symposium, 11 May 2019, King’s College London

A Day at the Archives …. The Times (News UK Archives)

A Day at the Archives …. The Times (News UK Archives)

A Day at the Archives…. National University of Ireland, Galway

A Day at the Archives…. National University of Ireland, Galway

Report: British Women Documentary Filmmakers, 1930 – 1955 Symposium, 5 April 2019, London School of Economics (LSE)

Report: British Women Documentary Filmmakers, 1930 – 1955 Symposium, 5 April 2019, London School of Economics (LSE)

A Day at the Archives … William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

A Day at the Archives … William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

A Cockney Coster and His Asinine Companion

A Cockney Coster and His Asinine Companion

Hands On TV History

Hands On TV History

Technology in the Archives: Some Principles

Technology in the Archives: Some Principles

A Day at the Archives… Film & Diplomacy in Rome’s State Archives (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Central State Archives)

A Day at the Archives… Film & Diplomacy in Rome’s State Archives (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Central State Archives)

‘I don’t suppose you’ve read my monograph on cigars and cigar ash?’ A Rough Guide to Academic Publishing for Early Career Researchers in Film and Media Studies

‘I don’t suppose you’ve read my monograph on cigars and cigar ash?’ A Rough Guide to Academic Publishing for Early Career Researchers in Film and Media Studies

‘Our Day Out’ – Memories from the Keith Medley Archive

‘Our Day Out’ – Memories from the Keith Medley Archive

A Day at the Archives… The IFI Irish Film Archive, Dublin

A Day at the Archives… The IFI Irish Film Archive, Dublin

Why the British elites were determined to suppress ‘pirate’ radio

Why the British elites were determined to suppress ‘pirate’ radio

A Day at the Archives… The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University

A Day at the Archives… The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University

The Office Cat swipes its final paw(s)…

The Office Cat swipes its final paw(s)…

They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson, 2018) and the Elephant in the Room

They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson, 2018) and the Elephant in the Room

A day at the archives… The Kirk Douglas Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society

A day at the archives… The Kirk Douglas Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society

A Day at the Archives… Centre National De L’Audiovisuel (CNA)

A Day at the Archives… Centre National De L’Audiovisuel (CNA)

American movie-maker Harold Shaw as an agent of British Influence 1916-1920

American movie-maker Harold Shaw as an agent of British Influence 1916-1920

Three Archives in two Weeks: Where is Digitisation?

Three Archives in two Weeks: Where is Digitisation?

Cinemas and Soldiers, 1914-1918: Reflections upon my doctoral research during the final year of centenary commemorations for the First World War

Cinemas and Soldiers, 1914-1918: Reflections upon my doctoral research during the final year of centenary commemorations for the First World War

How to prepare for your viva: 8 useful tips

How to prepare for your viva: 8 useful tips

‘A Day at the Archives…’: Life Writing in the Swedish Film Institute Archive

‘A Day at the Archives…’: Life Writing in the Swedish Film Institute Archive

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Television Crusade

Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Television Crusade

Did Britain Really Invent Film Sound?

Did Britain Really Invent Film Sound?

Researching the History of Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast

Researching the History of Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast

Beyond the ‘1945 divide’: Reassembling radio histories in Wrocław, formerly Breslau

Beyond the ‘1945 divide’: Reassembling radio histories in Wrocław, formerly Breslau

Korea, the Cold War and the end of American journalism’s ‘golden age’

Korea, the Cold War and the end of American journalism’s ‘golden age’

A Day at the Archives… the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles

A Day at the Archives… the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles

A Day at the Archives… Warner Bros. Archive

A Day at the Archives… Warner Bros. Archive

Lois Weber’s Shoes (1916)

Lois Weber’s Shoes (1916)

Trans, Inter, Hybrid, or Entangled? – The Multifold Concepts of Interlaced Media in History

Trans, Inter, Hybrid, or Entangled? – The Multifold Concepts of Interlaced Media in History

Love and revenge in The Eagle (1925)

Love and revenge in The Eagle (1925)

A day, well two days, at the archives… Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Toronto Public Library

A day, well two days, at the archives… Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Toronto Public Library

Christmas on the Radio

Christmas on the Radio

The City Archive: Expect the unexpected

The City Archive: Expect the unexpected

A day at the archives… The Stanley Kubrick Archives, University of Arts London (UAL)

A day at the archives… The Stanley Kubrick Archives, University of Arts London (UAL)

Researching World War I On Film

Researching World War I On Film

‘Does it have Hitler in the title?’: Broadcasting History on Television

‘Does it have Hitler in the title?’: Broadcasting History on Television

A day at the archives… The National Archives at Kew (UK)

A day at the archives… The National Archives at Kew (UK)

Happy Halloween: Monsters, Final Girls and Gay Fans

Happy Halloween: Monsters, Final Girls and Gay Fans

Zarah Leander and the Dream of a (Nazi) European Cinema

Zarah Leander and the Dream of a (Nazi) European Cinema

‘I want to tell the world!’ The Soho Fair, Belinda Lee and Miracle in Soho (Julian Amyes, 1957)

‘I want to tell the world!’ The Soho Fair, Belinda Lee and Miracle in Soho (Julian Amyes, 1957)

A Day at the Archives… The German National Archive (Bundesarchiv) in Berlin

A Day at the Archives… The German National Archive (Bundesarchiv) in Berlin

Cinema City: A Medieval Movie House

Cinema City: A Medieval Movie House

Trouble at Sea: The perilous journey of The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)

Trouble at Sea: The perilous journey of The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)

Tracing German Post-war Newsreels in Archives

Tracing German Post-war Newsreels in Archives

‘Mr Bond, the Doctor will see you now …’ Applying for academic posts in film and media

‘Mr Bond, the Doctor will see you now …’ Applying for academic posts in film and media

‘I am sick of films’ – James Mason on the British Film Industry of the 1940s

‘I am sick of films’ – James Mason on the British Film Industry of the 1940s

NOT the British New Wave: 5 ‘kitchen sink’ dramas the critics never talk about

NOT the British New Wave: 5 ‘kitchen sink’ dramas the critics never talk about

How To Get Published In An Academic Journal

How To Get Published In An Academic Journal

IAMHIST Challenge Event – “Extras, bit-players, and historical consultants in media history”

IAMHIST Challenge Event – “Extras, bit-players, and historical consultants in media history”

The Boundaries of Genre: History, Impedance and Flow

The Boundaries of Genre: History, Impedance and Flow

Queen Victoria on Screen

Queen Victoria on Screen

Performing Historical Data

Performing Historical Data

Pedagogies of Re-Enactment: Bystanding and the Media of Re-Experiencing Violence

Pedagogies of Re-Enactment: Bystanding and the Media of Re-Experiencing Violence

Film Finances: Making Hollywood Happen

Film Finances: Making Hollywood Happen

To review or not to review…?

To review or not to review…?

Letters from Baghdad (Between the Rivers Ltd)

Letters from Baghdad (Between the Rivers Ltd)

Utilitarian Filmmaking

Utilitarian Filmmaking

The Big CON? How Theresa and ‘her team’ failed to mobilise the media of the age

The Big CON? How Theresa and ‘her team’ failed to mobilise the media of the age

The Hollywood Glamour Photograph

The Hollywood Glamour Photograph

Publish or Be Damned …

Publish or Be Damned …

Meeting Muffin & Friends – An afternoon with Will McNally

Meeting Muffin & Friends – An afternoon with Will McNally

What is Archiveology?

What is Archiveology?

Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President (Channel 4, UK)

Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President (Channel 4, UK)

Of Presidents and Impersonators

Of Presidents and Impersonators

Swingeing London 67 – fifty years on and still ‘We Love You’

Swingeing London 67 – fifty years on and still ‘We Love You’

I Read it for the Articles: James Bond and Playboy magazine

I Read it for the Articles: James Bond and Playboy magazine

Who Owns History? Notes on Cultural Appropriation, Authenticity and the Historical Film

Who Owns History? Notes on Cultural Appropriation, Authenticity and the Historical Film

iamhist blog submission guidelines

The following submission guidelines are to assist authors wishing to submit a piece for publication in the IAMHIST Blog. If you wish to submit a blog piece, then please email the IAMHIST Blog Editor, Llewella Chapman (llewella.chapman@gmail.com).

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Approximately 1000 words (this is not a strict word limit, but advisory).

Text:

You are free to write about a topic of your choice, but please keep your chosen topic relevant to film, television, radio or media history. References should use the end note format.

Blog pieces should be written in English, or with an English translation provided.

Please include hyperlinks and/or pictures and videos in the body of your text.

Images:

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If you wish to include images from archive sources please check with the relevant archive to ensure this is okay before including them.

Key Words:

Please include up to six key words/terms which highlight your research project/topic.

Author Biography:

Please include a short bibliography of no more than 100 words and your email address/website hyperlink. You may also include a website to your personal or project blog here if you wish.