Daniel Biltereyst, (Ghent University, Belgium) será o orador convidado do seminário do Grupo de Investigação MEMHIS, a realizar no dia 26 de Março. O tema da sessão será Towards a Multiscalar Approach to Cinema: Methodological Reflections from New Cinema History, e Sofia Sampaio (ICS-ULisboa) será a discussant. A partir das 17.30h, na Sala 1 do ICS-ULisboa e online

Abstract: Over the past two decades, film history has undergone a substantial transformation through a heightened engagement with the social and cultural dimensions of cinema’s past. Often framed as a shift from analysing films as texts to studying cinema as a social and cultural institution, this development—now known as New Cinema History (NCH)—has reshaped the discipline in significant ways. It has introduced new conceptual frameworks, expanded the field’s epistemological foundations, and stimulated innovative empirical and methodological practices. This seminar examines how NCH has fostered interdisciplinarity, multimethod research, the use of digital tools, and a renewed collaborative ethos. Drawing on concrete examples from ongoing projects, it argues that the field must continue to pursue these ambitions by adopting explicitly multiscalar perspectives—where macro‑ and micro‑levels of analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods, and bottom‑up, top‑down, and mid‑level approaches intersect and mutually reinforce one another.

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Daniel Biltereyst is Full Professor of Film and Media Studies at Ghent University, Belgium, where he directs the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies (CIMS). An elected member of the Academia Europaea, he is also a founding member and coordinator of the HoMER (History of Moviegoing, Exhibition and Reception) network. His research focuses on media and cinema history, with a particular interest in historical audience studies, controversy, and screen censorship. Biltereyst played a key role in shaping New Cinema History and advancing new approaches to historical cinema audiences. He led major projects such as CINECOS, which produced the open-access platform Cinema Belgica, and the EU-funded Adana Cinema Heritage project. His publications include Routledge Companion to New Cinema History (2019), Mapping Movie Magazines (2020), New Perspectives in Early Cinema History (2022), Cinema in the Arab World (2023) and most recently The Screen Censorship Companion (2024). He also co-directed the documentary Ongezien/Invisible (2020).