[ecrea] Conference : ‘Writing Against the Grain: Dissent, Minorities and the Press in History’.

   The Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland (NPHFI) will
   hold its fifth annual conference at Kingston University, London on
   16-17 November 2012.
   The Conference theme is: ‘Writing Against the Grain: Dissent,
   Minorities and the Press in History’.
   Key note speakers:
   Fiona Ross, Director, National Library of Ireland.
   ‘Uncovering the NLI Newspapers and Journals Collection: Access &
   Digitization’.
   Laurel Brake, Professor Emerita of Literature and Print Culture,
   Birkbeck, University of London.
   'Sensation in the Reviews in the 1860s and 1870s'.
   Panel themes will include: Minorities and the Press; Labour,
   Politics and the Press; and Dissent and the Press.
   Registration:
   1 day: €40/£30 (waged); €20/£15 (student/unwaged)
   2 day: €60/£50 (waged); €30/£25 (student/unwaged)
   To register or for further information please see
   www.newspapersperiodicals.org
   <http://www.newspapersperiodicals.org/> Or contact:
   Dr Mark O’Brien, School of Communications, Dublin City University,
   Dublin 9 ((mark.obrien /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(mark.obrien /at/ dcu.ie)>)