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ZeMKI member Vesi Vuković recently published an article in “Iluminace – The Journal of Film Theory, History, and Aesthetics” titled „Yugoslav (Trans)national Memory on Rural Spaces: Short Documentary Films Girls Without Boy(friend)s Girls Without Boy(friend)s (1963) and The Best Husband The Best Husband (1968) by Woman Filmmaker Vera Jocić“.

On the afternoon of 8 July 2026, members of ZeMKI gathered at Linzer Straße 4 for the ZeMKI Research Day 2026. This internal event format provides a forum for presenting ongoing projects from the eleven ZeMKI Labs, discussing methodological issues and bringing together perspectives across the boundaries of the individual Labs.

On 8 July 2026, the ZeMKI Research Day at the Linzer Straße 4 site segued directly into the ZeMKI Summer Party. Following the day’s academic programme, the discussions moved outdoors and continued there in an informal setting.

ZeMKI is taking part in the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026 today. Under the motto ‘Opening up worlds – sharing knowledge’, the university is offering insights into research, study programmes and academic projects on campus.

For 2026, the ZeMKI Steering Committee has selected seven international visiting scholars as part of the Visiting Research Fellowship program. Each fellow will spend at least four weeks collaborating with selected ZeMKI Labs.

ZeMKI members Dr. Tatiana Astafeva and PD Dr. Rasmus Greiner will present at the SCMS Annual Conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) in Chicago on March 26, 2026.

A new workshop which is organized by ZeMKI members Dr. Vesi Vuković and Prof. Dr. Winfried Pauleit and also Prof. Dr. Sanja Bahn from the University of Essex focuses on Yugoslav women film workers, who are largely overlooked in the historical accounts of the cinema of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (approximately from 1947 to 1991). It examines the work behind the camera, for instance of film directors, editors, and screenwriters. 

The research project “Films by Yugoslav Women Filmmakers: Image, Sonic Icons, Lack of Digitization, and Gender,” led by ZeMKI member Dr. Vesi Vuković, sheds light on the mostly overlooked Yugoslav women filmmakers and other often neglected roles of women in film, such as editors and screenwriters.

ZeMKI member Rasmus Greiner was a guest on the podcast “Moving Histories” and discussed the film “Godzilla Minus One” with the hosts.

Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI.

Another year is coming to an end and we would like to say 'thank you'!

On November 20, 2024, the research colloquium by Prof. Dr. Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed on "Research challenges and innovation in audiovisual archives: case studies from Colombia and Wales" will take place at the ZeMKI.