[ecrea] IAMHIST conference 2009: Social Fears and Moral Panics - Aberystwyth, 8-11 July 2009

> The Registration Deadline for this Conference has been extended to 
> 10th May 2009.
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> IAMHIST conference 2009: Social Fears and Moral Panics
> Aberystwyth, 8-11 July 2009
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> The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is 
> pleased to announce its XXIII biennial conference, incorporating the 
> 3rd Gregynog Media History Conference, on the theme Social Fears and 
> Moral Panics, to be held at Aberystwyth University Wed 8-Sat 11 July 2009.
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> The conference will explore the role of the media in addressing, 
> highlighting or perpetuating social fears, and the mass media itself 
> as a perceived moral agent and/or threat.  Topics to be addressed 
> during the conference include crime; censorship; government and 
> media; women and moral panics; the underclass; race; empire; 
> disease; the environment; cultural fears; 'enemies within'; Cold War 
> fears; audiences and moral panic; new media; and social fears and 
> financial crisis.
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> Confirmed speakers include Martin Barker, Virginia Berridge, James 
> Chapman, Steve Chibnall, Chas Crichter, Nicholas Cull, Mark Glancy, 
> David Hendy, Michele Hilmes, Aled Jones, Merfyn Jones (former BBC 
> Governor for Wales), Jason McElligott, Edward Mirzeoff, Julian 
> Petley, Laurence Rees (Timewatch; The Nazis: A Warning From 
> History), Sir Quentin Thomas (President, British Board of Film 
> Classification), Will Wyatt.
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> The conference is being organised by IAMHIST, in association with 
> the Centre for Media History and Departments of History and Welsh 
> History, and Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University, 
> the Department of Media and Communications, Swansea University, and 
> the journals Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and 
> Media History, with the support of the National Screen and Sound 
> Archive of Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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> Provisional programme and booking form are at
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> <http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistory-IAMHIST2009.html>http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistory-IAMHIST2009.html

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