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February 24 - February 26, 2011

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February 24 - February 26, 2011

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Interdisciplinary, International Conference - Cinema Across Media: The 1920s L’Inhumaine Marcel L’Herbier (1924) Screening at the Pacific Film Archive, Thurs, Feb 24 7:00
UC BERKELEY'S NEW DEPARTMENT OF FILM & MEDIA Presents Major Interdisciplinary, International Conference—"Cinema Across Media: The 1920s" The Department of Film & Media at the University of California, Berkeley, presents “Cinema Across Media: The 1920s” (February 24–26, 2011, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive), a major two-and-a-half-day conference that will assemble scholars, archivists, and students from across the humanities writing on international cinema from the 1920s. The conference will feature scholars from Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, and Mexico, who work in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, literature, art history, and theater, as well as leading film archivists and curators from institutes worldwide. The conference includes five plenary speeches, two roundtables, eight concurrent panels, and a weeklong series of silent film screenings with live musical accompaniment at the Pacific Film Archive. There will also be a special panel in honor of film scholar Miriam Bratu Hansen (1949–2011). Plenary Speakers: Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam Tom Gunning, University of Chicago Gertrud Koch, Free University of Berlin Paolo Cherchi Usai, Haghefilm Foundation Anthony Vidler, Cooper Union With the exception of film screenings, which are subject to the Pacific Film Archive’s regular admission rates, all conference events are free and open to the public. Locations: Berkeley Art Museum Theater 2621 Durant Avenue Pacific Film Archive Theater 2575 Bancroft Way