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What happens when history narratives are produced not for library bookshelves but for a mass audience? Does popularisation of history automatically mean dumbing down? Who are the people who make history for the public sphere, and what are their motivations and priorities? The Public & Popular History seminar series brings them together, film makers, journalists, professional historians and museum curators. Through talks, multi-media presentations, panel discussions, and debates the seminar explores the practices and characteristics of public and popular history in the contemporary world.

Public and Popular History

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Eric Holt-Gimenez: The Global Food System

Speaker(s): Christopher Schroeder | The west has one narrative around the Middle East based on political instability and sectarian unrest.  In parallel, and little understood, a new generation has come of age in the region, as around the globe, never knowing a world without technology.  While these tools of connection, collaboration and innovation have changed the political dynamics on the ground, a second revolution is happening in parallel.   Young entrepreneurs are starting companies by the thousands, creating solutions to local and regional problems, and building world-class competitive products and services.  They are, in fact, taking control of their economic futures from the bottom up.  Schroeder will share the stories of some of these startups, and describe the broader ecosystem challenges and opportunities changing in the Middle East.  And he will show that as we move to a world -- within a decade -- of five billion people accessing broadband, the Middle East is a lens into a massive shift we should all be engaging in now. Wed, 2 Oct 2013 18:00:00 GMT

Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East [Audio]

Panel discussion with

Jane Ellison (Commissioning Editor, Radio 4, BBC),

Matthew Cock (Head of Web, British Museum),

Bill Thompson (Technology writer and Head of Partnership Development, BBC Archive Development) 

History on the Internet

Hamish Mykura, Head of global development, National Geographic Channels International

Until recently, the biggest development in the making of television history programmes was the use reconstruction. However, the advent of user-generated content has not only made a huge impact on the presentation of contemporary history, but it has also altered the role of the broadcaster and audience expectations.

New technology and editorial control in Documentary, History and News programmes

Talk by Patrick Russell (Senior Curator, British Film Institute)

The Elephant Will Never Forget? Film archiving, archaeology and historiography

Panel discussion with Tim Boon (Chief Curator, Science Museum, London),

John Lynch (CEO of TV production company Words Make Pictures Ltd, former Head of Science at BBC Television 2001-2010; & Chairman of World Congress of Science and Factual Producers),

Simon Schaffer (Professor in History & Philosophy of Science, Cambridge)

Presenting The History Of Science & Technology

Panel discussion with Chris Skidmore (MP, Cons) & Gregg McClymont (MP, Lab)

The Uses of History in Politics

Speaker(s): Dr Heba Raouf Ezzat, Professor Marlies Glasius, Dr Armine Ishkanian | The speakers shall examine the recent pro-democracy and anti-austerity movements which have become sites for political action, resistance, and solidarity. They shall consider the transnational diffusion, local specificities, and the wider impact of protests on political and policy developments. Marlies Glasius is professor of international relations at the Department of Politics, University of Amsterdam. Heba Raouf Ezzat is assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Cairo University. Armine Ishkanian is lecturer in NGOs and development at the Department of Social Policy, LSE. Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Reclaiming Democracy in the Square? Interpreting the Anti-Austerity and Pro-Democracy Movements [Audio]

Speaker(s): Professor Philip Kasinitz, Professor Michael Keith, Rob Berkeley, Tim Finch, Professor Sharon Zukin | Increasingly, a strand of political conservatism depicts migration in terms of depleting assets. This event brings together leading experts to explore more productive avenues for engaging with global urbanisation and migration. Philip Kasinitz is professor of sociology at City University, New York. Michael Keith is director of the Centre of Migration, Policy and Social Change at the University of Oxford. Rob Berkeley is director of the Runnymede Trust. Tim Finch is director of communications at IPPR. Sharon Zukin is professor of sociology at City University, New York; she and Philip Kasinitz lead the Transnational Streets project. Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Global Migration and Urban Renewal [Audio]

Rabbi David Ingber's weekly Tuesday Kabbalah Café. Find out more and join in on http://romemu.org

Kabbalah Café: Shabbat, Class 2

Talk by Charles Cecil MBE, video game designer (Broken Sword series) & Director of Revolution Software, at the Public and Popular History Seminar.

Charles Cecil, video game industry legend and creator of the Broken Sword series discusses the uses of historical narratives in video games, and the link to different media like film. In fact, the video game industry has been a bigger industry than film for some years now, and millions of users have their most intensive encounters with representations of the past in front of a computer screen. Just what this means when historical narratives have to be moulded to fit the entertainment objectives of the video game producer is the subject of this multi-media talk by one of the most successful designers in the industry.

Moulding history for a video game story

Morning Prayers service with speaker W.E. Douglas Bond, Jr. on Saturday, March 29, 2014.

W.E. Douglas Bond, Jr. — Saturday, March 29, 2014 | Morning Prayers

Jim Rothman, cell biologist and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sits down with @YaleLive to answer questions.

Ask the Nobelist: Question & Answer with Jim Rothman

LOL et JLB  composent dans une très large palette de genres et de styles pour divers supports et medias : musiques de génériques TV, habillages Radio, films documentaires, films, téléfilms et courts-métrages.


Funky Day

William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (Onur Engin Edit)

http://discofutura.com/2011/11/15/wu/

William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (Onur Engin Edit)

14.07.24 Streaming Release (Spotify, Apple Music, etc)

Herr Vogel - Sexy and I know it (Edit)

Premier single extrait de l'album "LATITUDE" déjà disponible en digital [http://bit.ly/12rWpf0]
Sortie en CD / LP le 3 juin 2013

Pour télécharger le single : http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/megalomania/id624381698?i=624381833

Pour regarder le clip de "MEGALOMANIA" : http://youtu.be/llIo5Mvubwc

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The Uses of History in Politics

University of Cambridge