The article Science between the fairground and the academy: The case of Dutch science popularizer L. K. Maju (1823–1886), by Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves and published in the journal Public Understanding of Science, has been included in the section 19th Century > Science and Society, General Works of the Isis Current Bibliography 2022, published for…

Presentation of Working Paper: Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves: The lantern and the audience: instruction and attraction. In this paper I examine the changing role of the lantern in illustrated public lectures in the Netherlands, from its emergence in the late nineteenth century through its institutionalization as a common, accepted and expected practice in the late…

On Wednesday, 30 november 2022, Frank Kessler gives a lecture entitled « L’Art des projections: les conférences de science illustrée au 19e siècle » at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris. The lecture is part of the seminar series “Culture spectaculakire et premier cinéma” organised by the research group “Théorie et histoire des arts…

Interview (in Dutch) with Frank Kessler, by Michiel Bakker and published in Science Guide. It discusses how science communication is not a recent practice and how lantern slide projection was used in academic and public lectures, namely by Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), chemistry professor at Utrecht University. Wetenschapscommunicatie, niets nieuws onder de zon.      

Paper Presentation: Jamilla Notebaard & Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves: Projecting knowledge: the role of the lantern slide in academic and public lectures in the Netherlands 1900-1940. Conference organized by Europa-Universität Flensburg. The full program can be accessed here. Abstract: At the turn of the nineteenth century, the optical lantern was becoming more and more an…

Paper Presentation: Frank Kessler: Prospects for a History of Media Dispositifs How can we make the concept of “dispositif” productive for media historiographies? What perspectives does such an approach open up, compared to traditional media histories? How do we need to conceive of media dispositifs to be able to study their multiple histories? These are…

Paper Presentation: Frank Kessler and Sabine Lenk: “La multi-modalité de la lanterne optique et ses reflets dans le cinéma des années 1910 en France.” France is a country with a long tradition of lantern projections, which also had an impact on the emerging medium of cinema. Non-fiction film, in particular has many links with the…

Presentation of Working Paper: Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves: The lantern lecture season: Haarlem 1925-1926. By the mid-1920s lantern projection was starting to become a commonly available technology across the Netherlands and the public lantern lecture became an important staple of the Dutch social event calendar during the winter months. This case study aims to reconstruct…

Panel Presentation: The Emergence of the “Knowledge Populariser” between the Fairground and the Lecture Hall (1820s – 1890s) Contributions by Sabine Lenk (Antwerp University): The Ellemberg family and the transfer of knowledge Dulce da Rocha Gonçalves (Utrecht University): From Professor of Magic to Science Popularizer: Mapping the performances of L.K. Maju between 1850 and 1886…

Video Presentation: Frank Kessler and Sabine Lenk: The Voice of the Lecturer. Image-Word Relations in Optical Lantern and Early Film Performances When the new medium of film emerged in the 1890s, it was often seen as an addition to already existing screen practices, as is witnessed by, among others, the change of title of one…