Prof. William Uricchio

January to May 2013
Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA and Professor of Comparative Media History at Universität Utrecht, Niederlande

Studied Philosophy, Cinema Studies in New York


Research Project
Television in Transition

Television is in a state of rapid change, and as radical as its transformations may seem, in fact it is but the latest turn in a history of ongoing reinvention. This project focuses on three periods:

• the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when television appeared as a fully formed set of expectations and protocols from technologies as disparate as the telephone and the image-telegraph, and when early patents (Nipkow’s disk) promised imminent results;


• the NS-period in Germany, when the medium enjoyed unparalleled conceptual and developmental pluriformity with the backing of competing governmental ministries and industry sectors;


• and in our own era, as the medium undergoes yet another significant
  makeover.