The book Virtual Worlds in Early Cinema: Devices, Aesthetics and Audiences [Mons virtuals en el cinema dels orígens: dispositius, estètiques i públics] was just published in September 2022 by the Museu del Cinema | Col·leccio Tomas Mallol, together with the Municipality of Girona and the University of Girona. This book on early media research includes three chapters authored by Curiositas research team members: Célia Cuenca, Victor Flores & Susana Martins and Howard Gil.
Be Curious! Research project Curiositas receives the highest evaluation from FCT
The research project Curiositas, focused on cosmorama exhibitions in Portugal and Spain during the nineteenth century, received the highest rating (Excellent) from the evaluation panel of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The FCT-funded...
Curiositas’ database on Cosmoramas enters the DARIAH ecosystem
The database on nineteenth-century cosmoramas developed within the framework of the Curiositas project was introduced into the DARIAH–EU digital humanities platform. The entries for the mapped historical cosmoramas were added to the ROSSIO archive, the Portuguese node...
Final Three Episodes Released: “What Is a Cosmorama?” Interview Series
The final three episodes of the interview series “What is a Cosmorama?” have now been released. The series consists of six thematic videos dedicated to the Cosmorama, a largely forgotten media device that nevertheless played a fundamental role in nineteenth-century...