Dear all,Jennifer Voss writes on her experience of the Warner Bros. Archive in the latest instalment of the 'A Day at the Archives...' series published in the IAMHIST Blog:http://iamhist.org/2018/04/day-archives-warner-bros-archive/[https://i1.wp.com/iamhist.org/wp-content/upload … | Continue reading
Given the recent investigations by Carole Cadwalladr and colleagues from the Guardian and Channel 4 etc re Cambridge Analytica and other organisations, we are extending the cfp deadline for the Institute of Communication Ethics conference until the end of May. We appreciate that … | Continue reading
Dear Colleagues,You are invited to attend the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (Birmingham City University) guest talk "Sting and the Gravitational Pull of Newcastle" by Paul Carr, Professor of Popular Music Analysis (University of South Wales).The talk will take … | Continue reading
Dear All,Join us for 'Pushing Boarders' - the first international skateboarding in academia conference, which takes place from 1-3rd June 2018 at the Bartlett School of Architecture and House of Vans, London.The conference brings together academics, NGOs, community groups and pro … | Continue reading
*Apologies for cross-posting*Cathie Marsh Institute Short Courses:"Introduction to STATA" & "Introduction to STATA"Introduction to STATA - 9th May 2018The course provides an introductory training in Stata, a statistical package increasingly used for social research data analysis. … | Continue reading
*Assistant Professor in Media Studies (1 fte)*Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of GroningenFor more informatie:https://www.academictransfer.com/en/46626/assistant-professor-media-studies-10-fte/
*Assistant Professor in Media and Digital Culture (1 fte)*Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of GroningenFor more informatie:https://www.academictransfer.com/en/46624/assistant-professor-media-and-digital-culture-10-fte/Deadline for applications: May 3, 2018.Exce … | Continue reading
Dear Friends and ColleaguesCREATIVE PRACTICE RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF NEO LIBERAL HOPELESSNESSAs you know, our practice research conference is taking place on 10-12th May 2018 focusing on the importance of practice research in generating knowledge. The draft programme will be on ou … | Continue reading
Dear all,CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies invites you to the latest in their series of salons:Culture on the Fringe: Making-Up and Managing the Arts FestivalWednesday 25th April, 2018 5:30-7:00pmVenue: LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1REWhat i … | Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERSDIGICOM 2018 – 2nd International Conference on Design and Digital Communication9-10 November 2018, Teatro Gil Vicente, Barcelos, PortugalCall for papers: until May 31, 2018The organizing committee of DIGICOM invites all designers, researchers, scholars and students … | Continue reading
Human Resources: Whither the Human?Affect • Bio-information • Body-Based Performative Praxis • Compassion Deficit • Critical Data Studies • Emotional Capitalism • Empathy Fatigue • Expiration • Francis Galton • Happiness • Health & Wellbeing • Hope • Museums, Galleries, Archives, … | Continue reading
Hi everyone, (apologies for cross-posting)I am writing to let you know about upcoming training workshops onevaluation methods that could be useful for arts, museum, culture andheritage professionals interested in learning creative and effectivetechniques for understanding audienc … | Continue reading
University of BrightonSchool of Media3rd Film & Screen Studies Annual SymposiumScreening SoundFriday 27 April 2018, 0930-1630Room G4, Grand Parade building0930-1000Refreshments1000-1030Jean Martin, ‘There is no Soundtrack: Towards an Audio-Visual Aesthetic of Film’1030-1130Panel … | Continue reading
*Apologies for cross posting*This week, for our "Asian Animation" theme, we have a post by Pamela O'Brien addressing Princess Iron Fan (1941), the first Asian, full-length animated feature. You can read her post here: https://blog.animationstudies.org/?p=2423Please feel free to j … | Continue reading
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Dear all,With the usual apologies for cross posting, please the below.Best wishesRichardDr Richard DanburyAssociate Professor,Channel 4 MA in Investigative JournalismDe Montfort University, LeicesterNicole Stremlau of the Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford U … | Continue reading
Apologies for cross postingDear colleagues,I’m emailing to announce a new report from the AHRC funded Who is missing from the picture? The problem of inequality in the creative economy and what we can do about it project. The report summarises several research papers looking at d … | Continue reading
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:Media Practice and EducationandMeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium2018‘CONTEXTS OF FILM PRACTICE’Hosted by:LINCOLN SCHOOL OF FILM & MEDIA, UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLNOne day Symposium: Friday 15th June 2018Confirmed Keynote Speakers:Professor Brian Winston, Linc … | Continue reading
Dear membersProposals are invited for a symposium at Birmingham City University, Birmingham, to explore questions of cultural translation in contemporary Media, Communication and Cultural Studies research. The one-day event will be held on Thursday 21 June 2018 and will be an opp … | Continue reading
Full message available at: Call for articles - African Journalism Studies' Special Annual Issue (African Digital Media Review) | Continue reading
Date: 21 June 2018Venue: Birmingham City UniversityTitle: Postgraduate Symposium on Cultural TranslationProposals are invited for a symposium at Birmingham City University, Birmingham, to explore questions of cultural translation in contemporary Media, Communication and Cultural … | Continue reading
Dear members,With the usual apologies, I am requesting your help in identifying any current research with a focus on the experience of reading fragments of text online (newspaper comments, tweets etc) or that may be applying audience analysis - type approaches to reading/consumin … | Continue reading
Thanks to the generosity of the *British Association for American Studies*,we are delighted to offer a number of bursaries to subsidize the cost ofregistration for those who are on a low income, unwaged, or disadvantaged.The fund is limited and distribution to individuals is at t … | Continue reading
Book launch: 'Race and the Cultural Industries’ featuring Sir Lenny HenryTo mark the publication of 'Race and the Cultural Industries' by Dr Anamik Saha (Goldsmiths, University of London), the author will be in conversation with comedian, actor, writer and activist Sir Lenny Henr … | Continue reading
Name: Ashley P. JonesEmail: ajones306@student.gsu.eduCategory: Announcements and QueriesSubject Line: In Media Res – Paul Thomas AndersonThis week's In Media Res theme focus is Paul Thomas Anderson (4/16/18-4/120/18)Here is the lineup: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/ … | Continue reading
Dear MECCSA members,we are pleased to announce that registration for the Contemporary Director's Symposium on the films of Sofia Coppola is now open. A schedule of the day, which includes keynote addresses from Dr Fiona Handyside (Exeter) and Dr Anna Backman Rogers (Gothenburg), … | Continue reading
We wish to remind you about the following book project and workshop, whichincludes modest travel funds for contributors. Abstracts are due at the endof next week (April 27th)Call for abstracts: Vigilant Audiences: Understanding Scrutiny,Denunciations, and Shaming in Digital Media … | Continue reading
Radical Open Access II – The Ethics of CareTwo days of critical discussion about creating a more diverse and equitable future for open accessThe Post OfficeCoventry UniversityJune 26-27 2018Organised by Coventry University’s postdigital arts and humanities research centre The Pos … | Continue reading
Dear All,This is a reminder that abstracts for Death and Celebrity are due on 30thApril.Our two keynote speakers are Drs Penfold-Mounce and Matthews and Prof BlakeMorrison will be discussing his latest novel, *The Executor*, followed by areading and signing.We look forward to hea … | Continue reading
[Khasnabish at Goldsmiths_Event Poster.pdf]Natalie FentonProfessor of Media and CommunicationsDepartment of Media and CommunicationsCo-Director Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research CentreCo-Director Centre for the Study of Global Media and DemocracyGoldsmiths, University of Londo … | Continue reading
Dear MeCCSA Subscribers,We would like to announce a new publication from University Of Minnesota Press, which we hope will be of interest.Archaeologies of TouchInterfacing with Haptics from Electricity to ComputingDavid Parisihttp://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/archaeologies-of-tou … | Continue reading
Please see change of date for this event and change for submission deadline.MeCCSA - Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial NetworkCall for PapersSelf-Representation and representation of Muslim women in digital media and on-screenWednesday 27th June 2018 - University of East London, S … | Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERS (with apologies for cross-posting)Political Studies Association: Media & Politics Group Annual Conference 2018Political Reversals and RenewalsUniversity of Nottingham: 8-9th November 2018The theme for this year’s Political Studies Association Media and Politics Gr … | Continue reading
Movements: Protest, Politics and Activism in the 21st CenturyNottingham Contemporary, 6th July 2018Deadlines for submission is THIS Friday 20 April 2018Movements is a one-day, interdisciplinary conference, which platforms academic and non-academic work on social and political mov … | Continue reading
GIG-ARTS 2018 - The Second European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies26-27 April 2018, CardiffOvercoming Inequalities in Internet Governance: framing digital policy capacity building strategiesOrganised by: … | Continue reading
Dear Colleagues,With apologies for cross-posting. I would like to invite you to this Keynote event taking place on Thursday 26 April 4-6pm in C281. Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy is among a group of five scholars visiting the Birmingham School of Media from University of Lagos, Nigeria, a … | Continue reading
Sport and Discrimination ConferenceOxford Brookes University, Tuesday 4th September 2018The third annual interdisciplinary Sport and Discrimination Conference explores the intersectional nature of discrimination within the sporting world. This one-day conference at Oxford Brookes … | Continue reading
Dear Colleagues,Psychoanalysis in Our Time is back for 2018. Please see below for details of our next event, on Psychoanalysis, Nationalism and Ideology, to be held in association with the University of Gdansk - and with the generous support of the British Association of Film, Te … | Continue reading
VIEW Journal Call for Papers on "Public Service Broadcasting In The DigitalAge"This special issue proposes a reexamination of public service broadcasting(PSB) in the light of the most recent technological, political and economicdevelopments. Traditional public service broadcaster … | Continue reading
(Apologies for the cross-posting)Dear Friends and Colleagues,Following some requests, we have extended to April 25 the deadline to sendproposals for the 2018 DiGRA Italia conference ‘Women, LGBTQI andAllies’, to be held in Palermo, 1 June.DiGRA Italia is also delighted to announc … | Continue reading
*REGISTRATION IS FREE*https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visualising-spatial-injustice-and-exploitation-tickets-44551396426An interdisciplinary symposium of scholars and media-makers exploring therole of moving image in countering spatial injustices.Keynotes: Miranda Pennell (Independe … | Continue reading
INTERMEDIALITY NOW: REMAPPING IN-BETWEENNESSinternational film and media studies conference organized by the Sapientia University Cluj (RO), 19-20 October 2018.Connected to our new exploratory research project “Rethinking Intermediality in Contemporary Cinema: Changing Forms of I … | Continue reading
*With apologies for cross posting*There are still spaces available for attendees at our symposium at theUniversity of Edinburgh.*Don’t Look: Representations of Horror in the 21st Century**One Day Symposium*28th April 2018University of EdinburghKeynote Speaker: Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlai … | Continue reading
Dear sound archives people,Please forward to anyone who may be interested. FYI I will be at ICASSPin Calgary next week in case anyone would like more details (includingchairing Session AASP-L6, Thursday, April 19, 13:30-15:30 in Macleod B).Best wishes, Mark Plumbley | Continue reading
Can anyone recommend a short video about magazine/newspaper typography that I could use with students to explain the 'personalities' of fonts, ones typically used in headlines and in text, serif, sans serif, house style and consistency, why not to use Comic Sans, etc?ThanksAndrew … | Continue reading
Thinking Through Film in an Age of Uncertainty: Cinema Curation as Practice and ResearchThu 19 April 2018, 14:00 – 16:00The University of Leeds, Baines Wing SR 2.10This panel discussion will see film programmers and industry professionals from across the UK explore strategies for … | Continue reading
**Apologies for cross posting**Dear list members,I am writing to draw your attention to the pre-conference PGR/ECR Student Masterclass aligned to the 'Still Images in War Conference since 1945' at Manchester Metropolitan University, May 23-25.Due to some travel difficulties, a ha … | Continue reading
The closing date for new roles within the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University is on Sunday. We are looking for lecturers across Media and Communication, Media Production and Journalism.http://www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/birmingham-city-university-school-o … | Continue reading