Frank Kessler
Department of Media and Culture Studies - Media and Performa
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Prof. dr. Frank Kessler is professor in media history. His teaching includes the course "Film and Television in transition" in the MA Film and Television Studies. He also teaches courses and tutorials in the Research MA Media and Performance Studies. His research activities concern mainly the field of early cinema, in particular early non-fiction, the genre of féerie as well as film acting. His research program 'The Nationa and Its Other' was successfuly completed in 2014. Since June 2015 he leads the European project "A Million Pictures: Magic Lantern Slide Heritage as Artefacts in the Common European History of Learning".
Research Interest
Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights
Publications
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F.E. Kessler (10.02.2017) Remédiation et dispositif
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Kessler, F.E. & Lenk, S. (09.02.2017). Une 'collection virtuelle': les plaques de projection pour l’enseignement de la société Ed. Liesegang en Allemagne avant 1914. Transbordeur, 1 (1), (pp. 96-105) (10 p.).
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Kessler, F.E. & Lenk, S. (2017). Dans les coulisses des usines Pathé frères en 1906. In Stéphanie Salmon & Jacques Malthête (Eds.), Recherches et innovations dans l'industrie du cinéma. Les cahiers des ingénieurs Pathé (1906-1927) (pp. 26-49) (24 p.). Paris: Fondation Jerôme Seydoux-Pathé.
