Very few historians actually produce (documentary) films. Producing documentary films provides students – all historians – with skills to engage and communicate with different publics.
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Learning History through Television Serials
An increasing number of television serials about Turkish history such as “Payitaht Abdülhamid” or “Resurrection Ertugrul” have been produced in Turkey in the second decade of the 2000s…
The Force of Fiction
…to understand the past differently: These are some of the forces of fiction. It also reminds us that reality never speaks for itself; the narrative choices and the language used are not neutral.
Reenactment special: Enterprise Reichspark
With “Enterprise Reichspark”, a famous youngish German comedian has once again triggered a debate about fake or reality. Is the project of a historical theme park on National Socialism possible or is it even real?
The Cold War: Memory and Forgetfulness
Thus, the Russian authorities are trying to build a patriotic collective memory and identity on the basis of the history of the Great Patriotic War. The Cold War is on the path to oblivion.
Antiques Shows on TV – History as a Commodity
Television antiques shows in which individuals have historical objects that they own examined and valued by experts in order to subsequently put them up for sale are currently a big tren …
Game of Thrones and Leviathan
“Game of Thrones” is set somewhere in the Middle Ages. The plot, characters and places are fictional. On the Island of Westeros, which resembles Europe and is the main setting of the story… / “Game of Thrones” spielt irgendwie im Mittelalter. Die Handlung, die Personen und Orte sind fiktiv. Auf der Europa ähnlichen Insel Westeros…
The Irony of Family History as a Source of Identity
Family history research is experiencing an unprecedented surge of interest, facilitated by the vast array of archives now accessible on the Internet, including social media style family tree websites such as ancestry.com that allow family historians to share their research.