Science on Screen and Paper: Media Cultures and Knowledge Production in Cold War Europe

During the Cold War, scientific discoveries were adapted and critiqued in many different forms of media across a divided Europe. Now, more than 30 years since the end of the Cold War, Science on Screen and Paper explores the intersections between scientific research and media by drawing from media history, film studies, and the history of science. From public relations material to educational and science films, from children’s magazines to television broadcasts, the contributions in this collected volume seek to embrace medial differences and focus on intersectional themes and strategies for the representation of science.

Juliane Scholz is a postdoctoral researcher and graduate coordinator at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam, Germany. She has served as a senior lecturer and researcher at the University of Leipzig and a research scholar on the history of the Max Planck Society. Her publications have addressed the professionalization of creative and scientific occupations, as well as the exile and migration of filmmakers and intellectuals.