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National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) «Mediality: Historical Perspectives»

The NCCR Mediality is an interdisciplinary research cooperation located at UZH. The project focuses on the historicity of media.

Current Film Studies projects within the NCCR:

The following projects at the Department of Film Studies were completed in section C.8: Dynamics of Cinematic Display, as part of the NCCR’s second phase from 2009 to 2013.

  • Dr. des. Daniel Wiegand
    «Living Pictures»: Transitions from Standstill to Motion in Tableaux Vivants and Early Cinema (supervised by Prof. Jörg Schweinitz, completed in fall 2014)
  • Dr. Guido Kirsten
    Theory and History of Cinematic Realism as a Mode of Ostentation (supervised by Prof. Margrit Tröhler, completed in fall 2012)
  • Dr. des. Mattia Lento
    Discovering the Film Actor in Europe: Actoriality and Filmic Experience during the 1910s (supervised by Prof. Margrit Tröhler, completed in spring 2014)

 

Additional Information

For further information on this National Centre of Competence in Research see the website of the NCCR Mediality.