As part of the EMHIS 1 Seminar (13th – 15th November 2013 in Hamburg), I was given the opportunity of a slightly extended stay in order to work on research elements which form part of my MPhil / PhD work.
I was very pleased to be given the opportunity to step off the merry-go-round, given my “day job” as a Senior Lecturer in Sound and Editing at Bournemouth University’s Media School. The library at the Hans Bredow Institut was a wonderful environment in which to work, and the staff there were extremely helpful and supportive. Thank you to Nina Golon and Christiane Matzen for making me feel so welcome!
In addition to Dr Hans-Ulrich Wagner’s support in helping to make the visit possible in the first place, I am also very grateful to Alina Laura Tiews role in introducing me to the Cinegraph Archive, where I spent two happy days scrolling through vast amounts of microfilm material. All in all I spent two fruitful weeks in Germany, which also included an archive visit to the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. I really appreciate the support of the Swedish government in funding this STINT project and now look forward to analysing all the research finds that my visit to Germany has yielded.
//Maike Helmers