Welcome
My name is Luke McKernan - I'm a film historian, amongst other things. Here you will find a guide to my publications, presentations, research work, and personal interests.
News
I shall be giving a talk at the British Film Institute on 23 June as one of its 'Researcher's Tales' series. My subject will be opportunities for publishing research on early cinema history online. More information from the BFI website.
My interests include
Early and silent cinema ... the non-fiction film ... film as historical evidence ... moving image archiving ... early cinema audiences ... Antarctic exploration and film ... Kent County Cricket Club ... Renaissance drama ... Karel Capek ... the sociology of cinema ... newsreels ... cinemagazines ... First World War and film ... chess ... literary filmography ... Shakespeare on film, television and radio ... London ... Olympic Games history (especially the 1908 Games) ... sports history ... the development of communications media late 19th/early 20th century ... family history ... Anglo-American relations pre-First World War ... the history of educational film ... Charles Urban ... colour film systems, especially Kinemacolor ... Humphrey Jennings ... James Joyce and the Volta Cinematograph ... Victorian cinema ... the science and theory of memory ... 16th/17th English poetry ... military history ... databases ... multimedia and the Internet ... psychogeography ... modern jazz ... historiography ... making lists of things ...
Links
There are links throughout this site, given on the right-hand column of each page. Each points to a favourite site, an interest of mine, or something associated with the text on that page. They are given as pictures only, so just click on those that intrigue and see where they take you. All external links open in another window.
Web design
This site uses an open source web design by Andreas Viklund, and I'm very grateful to him.
