| Description | Correspondence and planning towards film screenings of films with a psychological theme during the BPS British Psychology Society Centenary year.
The initial idea included screenings at the National Film Theatre. After no response from the NFT, the idea resulted in two films being screened at the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester, around the time of the actual BPS Centenary, in October.
The films shown were:
5 October 2001: 'Regeneration', [based on the novel by Pat Barker about the First World War including how it relates to the work of pioneering psychologist and founding member of the British Psychological Society, W.H.R. Rivers].
2 November 2001: 'Memento' looking at aspects of memory through its story of a man with short-term amnesia.
Included are programmes from the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester from this time. |
| AdminHistory | The Psychological Society was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London. Its aim was 'to advance scientific psychological research, and to further the co-operation of investigators in the various branches of Psychology.' It changed its name to 'The British Psychological Society' in 1906, to avoid confusion with another society.
A large amount of coordinated activity was planned to celebrate the Centenary of BPS in 2001. This included film screenings of psychology related films. |
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