Alongside the already existing thematic collections, the ARH-ERHFA-Online-Portal newly published chronological collections on five time periods of the 20th century (1920s and 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s).
The ERHFA presented its activities at the FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2023 in Locarno (Switzerland).
The ERHFA organised meetings and a workshop on the occasion of the Rural History Conference 2023 in Cluj (Romania).
Two new contributions to the series Video Essays in Rural History have been published.
Several ERHFA members organise panels and present papers with a reference to rural films. Furthermore, the ERHFA will hold its general meeting as well as a meeting of the management committee and organise the workshop "Rural Films in Central and Eastern Europe".
The ERHFA and the Archives of Rural History (ARH) could present their joint activities at the marketplace of the ESEH conference 2023 and the ARH co-organised a film evening.
The Archives of Rural History (ARH) and the European Rural History Film Association (ERHFA) are expanding their activities in central and eastern Europe. For representatives of institutions interested in participating in this process we are organizing a workshop subsequent to the Rural History 2023 Conference in Cluj.
We are happy to welcome two new contributing institutions to our online portal.
Sven Lefèvre (CAG Leuven) wrote a short report on the workshop "Rural Films" which took place in the Archives of Rural History in Bern on 16 and 17 November 2022. Click to read the report.
The authors of the Rural History Yearbook 2024 are meeting for a workshop on 16 and 17 November 2022 in Bern. The thematic scope of the Workshop and the Yearbook is “Rural films – Filme in der ländlichen Gesellschaft.”