Call for Papers
Civic Cultures
International Conference, Communication and
Media Department, Lund University, Sweden, March
31st 2011. Organisers Professor Annette Hill,
Michael Rübsamen and Tina Askanias.
The idea of civic cultures encapsulates our
engagement with the political and non-political
in social and cultural life. This conference is
a unique opportunity for leading scholars from
around the world to present their work on
citizenship, public spheres, political
communication, political economy, media and
democracy, audiences, new media and society.
Such a multidisciplinary approach from
sociology, politics, media, communication and
cultural studies, offers a wide perspective on political engagement today.
The conference will be organised thematically,
focusing on the integrated circuits of civic
cultures located around ideas of knowledge,
values, trust, spaces, practices and identities.
We welcome research that explores themes of
media and public spheres, political
communication, citizens and citizenship. Papers
should address one or more of the following
research questions - how is the political
embedded within culture and society? In what
ways can cultural and social practices open up
understanding of political engagement and
disengagement? How does the idea of civic
cultures connect with critical social and
cultural theory? The objective of the conference
is to learn more about how social and cultural
practices shape and are shaped by the political in people?s lives.
The schedule includes a combination of keynote
addresses, pre-constituted panels, and open
panels. Confirmed keynote speakers include John
Corner and Stephen Coleman (Leeds University,
UK), Peter Dahlgren (Lund University, Sweden)
and Liesbet Van Zoonen (Loughborough University,
UK. Other invited speakers include Maria
Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, Canada),
Göran Bolin (Södertörn University, Sweden), Bart
Cammaerts (LSE, UK), Nico Carpentier (Free
University, Belgium), Christian Christensen
(Uppsala University, Sweden), Mats Ekström
(Örebro University, Sweden), Tobias Olsson (Jönköping University, Sweden).
For full details see conference website
<http://www.kom.lu.se/index.php?id=2178>http://www.kom.lu.se/index.php?id=2178
Please submit abstracts of 300 words in English
to Michael Rübsamen
(<mailto:(michael.rubsamen /at/ kom.lu.se)>(michael.rubsamen /at/ kom.lu.se))
by December 7th 2010. There is a registration
fee of 450 SEK (50 Euros) that covers food and
drink for the day and an evening buffet.
