[ecrea] MeCCSA Conference 2009- Call For Papers

>MeCCSA 2009 Conference: Call For Papers
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>19 September Deadline
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>MeCCSA is the UK subject association for those teaching and researching in
>Media, Communication and Cultural Studies. The organisation holds its next
>conference from 14-16 January 2009, hosted by the School of Informatics,
>University of Bradford and held at The National Media Museum
>(http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk). It includes a reception and
>conference dinner at the museum in central Bradford.
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>We are inviting papers, presentations of practice, posters and panels across
>the range of interests represented by the Association and its networks (see
>www.MeCCSA.org.uk ). Some sessions we hope will weave together 'practice'
>and 'research' focused papers, and there will be separate screenings in full
>of material referred to in these. Proposals for papers and panels are
>welcome in all areas of media, communication and cultural studies. As MeCCSA
>joined with AMPE (the Association of Media Practitioners in Education) in
>2006 practice-based proposals are also very welcome.
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>Confirmed plenary speakers:
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>-              Laura Mulvey (Birkbeck University of London)
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>-              Diane Negra (University of East Anglia)
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>-              Shaun Moores  (University of Sunderland)
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>-              Dominique Pasquier (EHESS, Paris).
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>Poster Competition
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>There will be a poster competition with a prize of £100, to be judged by
>members of the MeCCSA Executive Committee. The academic poster is highly
>valued by MeCCSA as an indicator of current research and there will be a
>good space set aside at the 2009 conference for this activity.
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>For a definition of a poster see here: http://tinyurl.com/5buprz
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>An online tutorial on how to design a poster is available
>here:http://tinyurl.com/6xn9om
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>Competition for Best Paper
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>The Art Design Media - Higher Education Academy Subject Centre (ADM-HEA) are
>also offering a £500 prize, and publication, for the best paper analysing
>key issues impacting on media, communications and cultural studies in higher
>education. Submission details as for other papers etc. below.
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>Abstracts of papers, presentations of practice and posters, no longer than
>250 words, should be sent to (MeCCSA /at/ Bradford.ac.uk). by 19 September in order
>for peer review to take place.
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>For panels, let us have a short description and rationale for the whole (200
>words), abstracts for each of the papers (250 words each) and the name of
>the person chairing. For practice proposals make sure you send DVD or VHS
>preview material (not the whole item) with the abstract.
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>The pricing chart for the 2009 MeCCSA Conference in Bradford is as follows:
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>                3 day     1 day
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>MeCCSA Member Early   £170      £125
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>MeCCSA Member Standard           £190      £140
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>Non-Member Early          £200      £150
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>Non-Member Standard   £220      £170
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>Postgraduate Early           £100      -
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>Postgraduate Non-Early £120      -
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>For more information go to: http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/meccsa/
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