Video Presentation: Frank Kessler and Sabine Lenk: The Voice of the Lecturer. Image-Word Relations in Optical Lantern and Early Film Performances When the new medium of film emerged in the 1890s, it was often seen as an addition to already existing screen practices, as is witnessed by, among others, the change of title of one … Read more

Video Presentation: Nico de Klerk: Lantern Readings. What do they do? In my brief paper I raise a few questions regarding lantern readings, the printed brochures that were to a greater or lesser extent the basis of the spoken element of photographically illustrated lectures and provided continuity and coherence to a sequence of projected lantern … Read more

Article (in Dutch), written by Eleá de la Porte and published in Geschiedenis Magazine. The article features an interview with Frank Kessler and Klaas de Zwaan in which they discuss their research on the magic lantern between the 1830s and World War II, from entertainment to propaganda and education. Van aanstormende spoken tot levende vissen … Read more

Presentation of Working Paper: Jamilla Notebaard: The ‘Art’ of the Projected Image. The role of the optical lantern in the establishment of art history as an academic discipline at Dutch universities.

Presentation of Working Paper: Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves: The Dutch ‘Polytechnic’: the Illustrated Public Lectures of L. K. Maju (1823-1886) Detail of visualization: spatial distribution of Maju’s performances.  

Article (in Dutch), written by Marjolein Overmeer. This article features an interview with Frank Kessler and focuses on the use of the magic lantern for knowledge communication. Lantaarn was het eerste visuele massamedium Hoe de ‘Laterna Magica’ de collegezalen veroverde in de negentiende eeuw The article can be found here.

Paper Presentation Jamilla Notebaard: Possibilities and limitations of academic illustrated teaching practices through re-enactment. Symposium organized by Projecting Knowledge in cooperation with Teylers Museum and B-Magic. The full program can be accessed here. Abstract: In the context of valorization, this presentation was about the possibilities of re-enacting the academic illustrated lecture at Dutch universities between … Read more

Paper Presentation: Frank Kessler and Sabine Lenk Teaching Faith with the Lantern – Multimodal Performances by the Clergy (c. 1900 – c.1920s) Conference organized by Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University The full program can be accessed here. Abstract: The Catholic Church has a long “performative” tradition, even if the Church itself may not … Read more

Paper Presentation: Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves: L. K. Maju (1823-1886): A Dutch Multimedia Entrepreneur Conference organized by Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University The full program can be accessed here. Abstract: « Maandag 27 September komt MAJU. » For the readers of the newspaper De Dordrechtsche Courant from September 24, 1880, the concise advertisement … Read more

Poster Presentation: Jamilla Notebaard: Visual Instruction – research presentation Title Summer School: Challenging the Sites of Knowledge: Media land pluri-medial configurations and transformations. Date: 3-7 September 2019. Location: Murten, Switzerland. Organizer: Graduate School of Humanities, Bern University Partner: International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture, GCSC Giessen University