"film" blog posts
Chile in/en Liverpool - Music & Memories
Three IPM researchers, Lisa Shaw, Sara Cohen and Jacky Waldock, have been awarded a seed fund grant by the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR) for the project “Co-curation and reminiscence as pathways to wellbeing: a pilot research project involving the University of Liverpool’s Popular Music Archive and Chilean exiles who moved to Liverpool during the Pinochet dictatorship”.
Posted on: 17 August 2020
Department of Music Filmmaker Shortlisted for Prestigious National Award
A film made by Dr. Chen-Yu Lin from the Department of Music and Charlotte Sawyer has made the shortlist for the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s prestigious 2018 Research in Film Award. Their film,‘George Harrison, The Story of the Beatles and Indian Music Performance Teaser', will, therefore, be a contender for the Social Media Short Award.
Posted on: 25 September 2018
Cinema, Music, Memory and Wellbeing
In September 2017 Julia Hallam (Communications and Media), Lisa Shaw (Modern Languages and Cultures) and Sara Cohen (IPM, Music) joined forces for three Cinema, Music, Memory and Wellbeing events, which were held at the Middleton Court day centre in Speke, Liverpool, and attended by a total of 60 older people.
Posted on: 12 February 2018
Chen-Yu Lin is Shortlisted for a Prestigious National Award
A film made by Chen-Yu Lin, a PhD student affiliated to the Institute of Popular Music, has made the shortlist for the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s prestigious 2016 Research in Film Awards.
Posted on: 3 November 2016
When Rock ‘n’ Roll came to Liverpool 60 Years Ago
RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SEMINAR YANNIS TZIOUMAKIS (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL) Wednesday 28 September 5pm, School of Arts Library, 19 Abercromby Square
Posted on: 1 October 2016
The Beatles Eight Days a Week – 50 years later
Last night I had the privilege of attending the premiere, in Liverpool, of Ron Howard’s film on the Beatles, Eight Days a Week: the Touring Years. The ‘privilege’ arose because I helped produce a report , commissioned by Liverpool City Council, on the economic value of the Beatles to the Liverpool economy.
Posted on: 1 October 2016
"Chasing the China Wind: A Musical Journey," by Chen-Yu Lin
The first event funded by the Postgraduate Research Development Fund is a premiere screening by Chen-Yu Lin, postgraduate researcher in the Department of Music, of her short documentary ‘Chasing the China Wind: A Musical Journey’; exploring recent Chinese popular music from the perspectives of post-1990’s generations across Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Liverpool. This exciting event is now taking place at on 9 June, 20.00 in Frederiks. Entry is free and there is no need to book, just come along!
Posted on: 4 June 2016