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The Camera Never Lies

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Details

Film, images & historical interpretation in the 20th century for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events.

About the Course

This short history course is an introduction to use of images and other media as historical evidence in the twentieth century, issues of authenticity and manipulation, and the place of film and historical adoptions as public history.

Outline

Course Syllabus

Week 1: The Camera Never Lies - Introduction 
Week 2: Images and History in the Twentieth Century 
Week 3: The Air-Brushing of History: Stalin and Falsification 
Week 4: Photojournalism, Authenticity and Matters of Public Acceptability - The Battle of Mogadishu 
Week 5: The Power of the Image - Mount Suribachi, 1945 
Week 6: From Page to Screen - Film as Public History

Speaker/s

Dr Emmett Sullivan
Senior Tutor
History Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
University of London

Emmett Sullivan is the Senior Departmental Tutor in History at Royal Holloway, University of London.  He is responsible for the Department’s e-degree provision, undergraduate research methods and economic history courses.  Employed at Royal Holloway for the past 15 years, Emmett previously worked at VUW (New Zealand), La Trobe (Melbourne, Australia), the ANU (Canberra, Australia) and Leicester University, and holds a doctoral degree from the economics programme at the ANU.
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