The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will present an event titled “Animating the War: The First World War and the History of Animation,” led by Donna Kornhaber, assistant professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Charlie Chaplin, Director.
This lecture will take place Thursday, Feb. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall 206, and is part of the Baker-Nord Center’s World War One Centennial Series.
In her talk, Kornhaber will explore the history of animation dating back to the 1890s. With the advent of World War I, the mobilization of animation studios for the war effort played an important role in influencing the direction animation evolved in subject matter, style, humor and relationship to violence. Kornhaber will illustrate these changes with animated shorts of the pre-war period, wartime-animated films, and cartoon serials of the 1920s and 1930s.
Registration is recommended for each by visiting humanities.case.edu. For information, contact Maggie Kaminski at 216.368.2242 or at bakernord@case.edu.The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will present an event titled “Animating the War: The First World War and the History of Animation,” led by Donna Kornhaber, assistant professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Charlie Chaplin, Director.
This lecture will take place Thursday, Feb. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall 206, and is part of the Baker-Nord Center’s World War One Centennial Series.
In her talk, Kornhaber will explore the history of animation dating back to the 1890s. With the advent of World War I, the mobilization of animation studios for the war effort played an important role in influencing the direction animation evolved in subject matter, style, humor and relationship to violence. Kornhaber will illustrate these changes with animated shorts of the pre-war period, wartime-animated films, and cartoon serials of the 1920s and 1930s.
Registration is recommended for each by visiting humanities.case.edu. For information, contact Maggie Kaminski at 216.368.2242 or at bakernord@case.edu.
