The University of Brighton & Research

Screen Archive South East’s collection is an important academic resource, especially for the University of Brighton. In collaboration with its colleague archive at the University, the
Design Archives, it participates actively in an archive-based ‘research culture’. Archive staff contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to Victorian history, film history, cultural studies, information studies, art & design history, art & design education and visual culture.

The archive’s screen collection presents a history of material for projection as produced by amateurs and professionals in an English. region. As such, It can inform research in film and media studies but it also has the potential to act as a inter-disciplinary bridge into many histories that are important to the study of the century - such as popular culture, material culture, work, technology, leisure, tourism, identity, commemoration, art & design and urban & rural development.

Given the archive’s home within a Faculty of Arts, The Screen Archive promotes the collection as a creative resource for use by contemporary artists and film-makers. As such, it is hoped that the collection will inspire the production of new work.