{"id":2511,"date":"2025-01-13T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/digitalhumanities\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:12:05","slug":"congratulations-to-our-video-essayists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/digitalhumanities\/congratulations-to-our-video-essayists\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our video essayists"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2570\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2570 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/digitalhumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2025\/01\/The-City-of-Tomorrow-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"A cinema screen reads 'Urban Futures at the New York World's Fair of 1939 by Mara Oliva University of Reading'\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/digitalhumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2025\/01\/The-City-of-Tomorrow-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/digitalhumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2025\/01\/The-City-of-Tomorrow.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screening of Mara Oliva\u2019s \u201cThe City of Tomorrow\u201d video essay at MOMI NYC in Jan 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Congratulations to our Reading researchers who exhibited video essays at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">The series <em><a href=\"https:\/\/movingimage.org\/series\/expanded-screens-the-video-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Expanded Screens: The Video Essay<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was programmed by Professor John Gibbs (Film, Theatre &amp; Television) and Dr Mara Oliva (History) in partnership with other video essay experts and practitioners. It presents a selection of work that explores the possibilities of the medium, featuring pieces from both co-curators as well as Dr\u00a0Adam O&#8217;Brien (Film, Theatre &amp; Television).<\/p>\n<p>Professor Gibbs and Dr Oliva also attended the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/event\/2025-aha-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Historical Association Annual Meeting<\/a>, where they participated in a panel titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aha.confex.com\/aha\/2025\/webprogram\/Session26085.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Visualizing the Past: Exploring the Video Essay as a Dynamic Historical Methodology<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/news\/2025\/Research-News\/Reading-researchers-exhibit-video-essays-in-New-York\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading researchers exhibit video essays in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2025\/02\/26\/beyond-the-written-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the written word: how the video essay transformed my engagement with history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our Reading researchers who exhibited video essays at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City earlier this year. 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