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SUMMARY:I\, the Presenter: The Making of TV History - Helen Castor &amp\; 
 David Heathcote
DTSTART:20121024T160000Z
DTEND:20121024T173000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Bernhard Fulda
DESCRIPTION:TV history attracts a lot of attention\, and the historians in
  front of the camera sometimes become household names. Yet what is the rol
 e of the presenter in the collective effort of producing TV history? How m
 uch authorial control does the presenter have over the narrative that is p
 roduced? How does the need to fit into a visual narrative affect the histo
 rian intent on communicating a particular idea? What are the advantages of
  presenter-led TV over other formats\, such as voice-over\, docu-drama\, o
 r talking heads? This session explores the practice of presenter-led TV hi
 story\, taking a look behind the scenes with two experienced history prese
 nters: \n\nHelen Castor studied for her BA and PhD at Gonville and Caius C
 ollege\, Cambridge\, and was elected to a Research Fellowship at Jesus Col
 lege\, Cambridge\, in 1993.  In the following year she was appointed Direc
 tor of Studies in History at Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge.  She remai
 ns a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College\, but since 2002 she has concentrated
  on writing history for a broader readership.  Her book Blood & Roses is a
  biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family\, whose remarkable lette
 rs are the earliest surviving collection of private correspondence in the 
 English language.  Blood & Roses was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Pri
 ze for Non-Fiction in 2005\, and was awarded the Beatrice White Prize (for
  outstanding scholarly work in the field of English Literature before 1590
 ) by the English Association in 2006.  Helen is a regular contributor to t
 he books pages of the Guardian\, Sunday Telegraph\, Sunday Times\, TLS and
  THE. She is also one of the presenters of Radio 4′s Making History\, br
 oadcast on Tuesdays at 3 pm. She has appeared on Radio 4′s The Long View
  and Woman’s Hour\, and in the United States on National Public Radio’
 s On Point. She made her debut as a presenter for BBC4 in August 2011 with
  a film entitled ‘A Renaissance Education: the schooling of Sir Thomas M
 ore’s Daughter’. This year\, she has been fronting ‘She-Wolves’\, 
 a three-part BBC4 documentary series (produced by the independent producer
  Matchlight) based on her book She-Wolves. The Women Who Ruled England Bef
 ore Elizabeth (Faber & Faber\, 2010). The book was  selected as one of the
  books of the year for 2010 in the Guardian\, Times\, Sunday Times\, Indep
 endent\, Financial Times and BBC History Magazine. \n\nDavid Heathcote is 
 a freelance historian. His film 'Components of the Scene' is currently sho
 wing at the Venice Biennale as did his earlier film Bothar Bui made for th
 e Irish pavilion. He has just been commissioned to write an architectural 
 guide to South Yorkshire. He has curated exhibitions about The Barbican "T
 his Was Tomorrow" at the Barbican art Galleries and The Shell County Guide
 s at The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture in London. He as writt
 en books on the Barbican\, 70s Houses\, 60s and 70s Interior design and\, 
 published this year\, The Shell County Guides. He has acted as historical 
 advisor for various television series about Design and has apppeared in hi
 s own programmes for the BBC about Guide Books and Art Deco ( last seen on
  Singapore Airlines!) He has worked occasionally as a style journalist (Wa
 llpaper) and  art critic ( Blueprint and Eye) and  recently has contribute
 d  chapters to two catalogues of John Piper's work and another on  sustain
 able design in Berlin. He is a part time lecturer at the V&A\, a tutor at 
 the RCA and Middlesex University. He is currently writing a book\, Autostr
 ada Interstate\, about the history of the Motorway for Thames and Hudson. 
 He is also hoping to curate an exhibition and soundscape about psychedic p
 osters for long forgotten bands at the Filmore East.
LOCATION:Knox Shaw Room\, Sidney Sussex College
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