[ecrea] CFP: Conflict, Trauma and the Media Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conflict, Trauma and the Media Conference

Journalism Department, Liverpool Screen School.
Liverpool John Moores University.

March 31, 2016

Closing date for proposals: December 1, 2015

Papers are invited for a one-day conference on the theme of conflict, 
community and representation in the media. The conference is being held 
to herald the 75th anniversary of Liverpool’s May Blitz, when 1,800 
people were killed in one week of bombing. The conference intends to 
explore the consequences of such onslaughts and asks the question: what 
is the media’s role in times of conflict?

We welcome paper proposals on press, radio, television, film, and new 
media of all eras and nationalities, shedding new light on longstanding 
or recent topics. A selection of accepted papers will be considered for 
publication in either a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal or an 
edited book.

Themes to explore might include (but are not limited to):


•      Conflict and conflict reporting

•      Trauma narratives and representation

•      Propaganda

•      Censorship

•      Transnational collaboration and conflict

•      Media as political and social discourse

•      Genre-based inquiry

•      Media representation of terrorism

•      Production and Reception Histories

Proposals for papers should be sent to Dr Guy Hodgson
(g.r.hodgson /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)<mailto:(g.r.hodgson /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)>

Please include an abstract of no more than 300 words and a cover sheet 
with a brief biographical note, your institutional affiliation (where 
relevant) and your contact details (including your email address).

We anticipate sessions of 90 minutes (20 minutes per paper plus 30 
minutes of questions / discussion).

Closing date for proposals:  December 1, 2015. You will be notified of 
the acceptance of your paper by December 18, 2015.

In order to encourage a wide-range of papers, there will be no 
conference fee and lunch will be provided.
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