[ecrea] CFP: MeCCSA 2011 Conference

>Call for Submissions
>
>MeCCSA 2011 Conference - 
><http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk>http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk
>
>12-14 January 2011  The Lowry, Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester
>
>The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies 
>Association (MeCCSA) is the UK subject 
>association for those researching and teaching 
>in the area, whether in arts, humanities or social sciences departments.
>
>In 2011 the conference will be hosted by the 
>Communication, Cultural and Media Studies 
>Research Centre which is situated within the 
>School of Media, Music and Performance at the University of Salford.
>
>The conference is to be held at the 
>award-winning theatre and arts complex The 
>Lowry, at Salford Quays in the city of Salford. 
>This is adjacent to MediaCityUK, where the BBC, 
>the University of Salford, and other media and 
>creative organisations have new facilities and buildings.
>
>As is usual, the conference will include papers, 
>presentations of practice, posters and panels 
>across the range of interests represented by the 
>Association and its networks. Papers, posters 
>and panels will cover all areas of media, communication and cultural studies.
>
>Instructions for Authors:
>Abstracts of papers, presentations of practice 
>and posters, no longer than 250 words, should be 
>submitted at 
><http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk>http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk 
>by 22 September in order for peer review to take place.
>
>For panels, we require 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 please ensure that you send DVD 
>preview material (not the whole item) with the 
>abstract via post (details to be provided on the 
>conference website).  Alternatively, include in 
>your abstract a URL which points us to somewhere 
>on the web where we can see preview material.
>
>Poster Competition
>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 space set 
>aside at the 2011 conference for this activity. 
>An online tutorial on how to design a poster is 
>available here: <http://tinyurl.com/6xn9om>http://tinyurl.com/6xn9om
>
>Important Dates:
>Submission of Abstracts, Posters and Panels: 22 September 2010
>Notification of acceptance: 4 October 2010
>
>Whats Next?
>In the next few weeks we will be announcing our 
>Plenary and Keynote speakers.  In the meantime, 
>get your submissions ready and do sign up for 
>news via our RSS feed.  You'll also be able to 
>follow the conference on Twitter.  Ben Light 
>will be tweeting updates as we go along - his 
>username is doggyb and the conference hashtag is #meccsa2011
>
>For further information please contact Deborah 
>Woodman  
><mailto:(d.woodman /at/ salford.ac.uk)>(d.woodman /at/ salford.ac.uk) or indeed myself.
>
>Very best wishes,
>
>Ben.
>On Behalf of the MeCCSA 2011 Organising Team
>
>--
>Ben Light
>Professor of Digital Media
>Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Research Centre
>Associate Head of School - Research and Innovation
>School of Media, Music and Performance
>University of Salford
>Adelphi House
>SALFORD
>M3 6EN
>
>Tel. +44 (0)161 295 5443
>
><http://www.benlight.org>www.benlight.org
>www.smmp.salford.ac.uk

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