Call for Papers: The Youthification of Television and Screen Culture Biannual Conference of the Television Studies Section of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)  24-25 October 2019, University of Groningen, NL   Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Jeanette Steemers (King’s College London) Dr. Vilde Schanke Sundet (Inland Norway University, Lillehammer)

4th INTH Network Conference Call for papers The International Network for Theory of History (INTH) is pleased to announce that its fourth network conference will take place in Puebla, Mexico on 6, 7 and 8 May, 2020 at Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities ‘Alfonso Vélez Pliego’, Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP). Histories are not […]

An international conference organized by the Speculative Texts and Media Research Group, American Studies Center, University of Warsaw December 5-7, 2019 American Studies Center, University of Warsaw, Poland For most of its history, or at least since the late 19th century, the core conversations of science fiction (SF) have not been kind to the senses.

For the general conference cfp, see: https://www.luc.edu/mmla/convention/callforpapers/ For this particular special section call, see https://www.luc.edu/mmla/convention/permanentsectioncallforpapers/ at “Marxist Literary Group” This permanent section of the Midwestern Modern Languages Association organized by the Marxist Literary Group seeks to examine the economics, politics, and aesthetics of remakes, reboots, and

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Sherryl Vint (UC Riverside, USA) Sara Wasson (Lancaster, UK)   ‘Fantastika’ is an umbrella term that embraces the genres of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror but can also include Alternate History, Gothic, Steampunk or any other radically imaginative narrative space. The sixth annual Fantastika conference will aim to define, challenge and debate conceptualisations of embodiment.

The media coverage of the Brexit Referendum in 2016 focused disproportionately upon the notion that Britain close its borders and reduce immigration if the country left European Union.  Media discourse on the issues of immigration, race and ethnicity are best described as negative, whilst Government policies on immigration, appear to promote a hostile environment in order to deter potential immigrants.

Sponsored by the Charles University in Prague, the Media Industries and Cultural Production Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), and the Czech Society of Film Studies The Eighth Annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Conference (SIECE) is following up with the previous year’s topic by providing a forum for discussing the […]

Call for Presentations: Horror, Cult and Exploitation Media III: A Research Workshop for PhDs and Early Career Researchers Friday 3 May 2019, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Cinema and Television History Institute (CATHI), De Montfort University, Leicester. Keynote speaker: Dr. Shelley Cobb (Associate Professor of Film, University of Southampton). £5 conference free: to be paid in cash upon registration MA travel bursaries available – email cath.postgrad@gmail.com for more information.

Keynote Speakers Christopher Breward, National Galleries of Scotland Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts Shaun Cole, Winchester School of Art, University of Southhampton Andrew Reilly, University of Hawaii Convenor Vicki Karaminas, Massey University, New Zealand