Visual Depictions of the American West How the West Was Drawn and What It Showed Us Nov 16, 2020, 12:00 PM CET – Nov 20, 2020, 12:00 PM CET University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Calle San Bernardo, 3199, 30123 Venice VE, Italy The American West has been depicted for decades through comic books and graphic novels, including by many authors living outside the U.S. Some of the most famous titles and artists are the Tex Willer series (Tex) by Giovanni
ESA RN-18 mid-term conference, Turin, Italy, 10-12/9/2020 We live in times of deepening economic, political, social, ideological and ecological crises that are expressed in widespread precarious labour, the commodification of (almost) everything, the rise of new nationalism, populism and authoritarian forms of capitalism, and ecological destruction.
Cultures of Authenticity: A two-day interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC), Loughborough University, 6 th -7 th May 2020
Ecstatic Truth V: The Age of the Absurd 27-28th April 2020 (in conjunction with Under_the_Radar, Vienna) plus 29th April – Under_the_Radar symposium, Vienna Call for papers deadline: 16th February 2020 Ecstatic Truth is an annual symposium that explores issues arising from the interface between animation (in all its forms) and documentary (conceptualised very broadly as […]
New Directions in Media and Sociology Research (NDiMS) conference 2020 Gender, Equality and Voice 20 March 2020 | School of Media, Communication & Sociology (University of Leicester). Keynote speakers (confirmed): Dr. Ruth Lewis (University of Northumbria), Dr. Jilly Kay (University of Leicester) Despite decades of social change, the challenge for gender equality remains extremely topical.
Where to, Television Studies? What directions are there to investigate? What are the themes that are important as the medium morphs and changes? What methodological challenges do these changes pose to Television Studies and what place does television history continue to hold within our discipline? This conference will be a space where we can come together to set the agenda for television research and education.
CFP for conference and edited collection, hosted by Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway Sept 4-5 2020 Film and Visual Cultures [TV; advertising; photography; media] are instrumental not only in reflecting but in constructing and reinforcing popular images and narratives of ageing.
CFP: ‘Queer Representation: Pasts, Presents, Futures’ When: May 21st – 22nd 2020 The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh Futures Institute and genderED, University of Edinburgh Keynote Speakers: Prof Richard Dyer (King’s College London) and Dr Abigail De Kosnik (UC Berkeley) This conference aims to examine how LGBTQ representation has changed
Earth Day first celebrated in the United States on April 22, 1970 by millions of people and now mobilizing citizens and communities worldwide, represented the first massive expression of public concern with the ecological sustainability of our planet, launching the modern global environmentalist movement.
