Extended Call for Papers

XXVI Conference of the International Association for Media and History

“Media and History Revisited”

Special Area: Media Representation and Commemoration of the World Wars

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN, USA), 17-20 June 2015

Papers are invited for the special area ‘Media Representation and Commemoration of the World Wars’ at the XXVI IAMHIST (International Association of Media and History) Conference, to be held at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN, USA) on the theme of “Media and History Revisited.”

This area seeks paper and panel proposals on how audio-visual media were used during the world wars to various military, political, and social ends, as well as how media have retrospectively represented and commemorated various aspects of the world wars since 1919. We welcome proposals focusing on any audio-visual genre (feature films, newsreels, documentaries, television series, radio, video games, etc.), nationality, or time period.

Invited speakers for the IAMHIST conference include Robert Rosenstone (California Institute of Technology) and Gary Edgerton (Butler University). We also hope to have as a special guest Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls. The general call for papers for the conference, can be found here.

We welcome proposals either for individual papers or full panels of 3-4 papers. We anticipate sessions of 90 minutes, including questions/discussion. Abstract of no more than 300 words and a cover sheet with a brief biographical note, (including your institutional affiliation (where relevant) and your contact details) should be sent to Professor Brett Bowles (bowlesb@indiana.edu) before 1 March 2015.

You will be notified of the acceptance of your paper by 20 March 2015

It is expected that the conference fee will be approximately $150. Day rates and reduced rates for postgraduate students will be available. All participants are expected to be IAMHIST members. Membership includes several benefits, including a subscription to the Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television. For details about IAMHIST membership, visit: https://iamhist.net/membership-2/

Accommodations will be available at the Indiana University Memorial Union (single, en-suite hotel rooms) and in a nearby university dormitory at a discount rate.

For more information: https://iamhist.net/2014/10/cfp-xxvi-iamhist-conference-media-history-revisited/