[Commlist] Conference CFP "Histories, Presents and Futures of Media and Communication", University of Westminster, central London, 22-23 May 2025

*Conference call for papers — Histories, Presents and Futures of Media 
and Communication*

*CAMRI, University of Westminster (Regent Street), 22-23 May 2025*

In 1975 the first undergraduate Media degree in the UK was launched at 
the Polytechnic of Central London, now the University of Westminster. To 
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this foundational moment, 
Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) invites 
proposals for presentations at a two-day conference in central London on 
22 and 23 May 2025. We invite papers and panels that reflect upon 
aspects of the histories, presents, or futures of the field of Media and 
Communication. What lessons can we learn from the emergence, shaping and 
development of this field? Where are we now and how do we matter? And 
how can we respond as a field to those future challenges — political, 
social, cultural, environmental, technological — that we can anticipate?

Papers may address developments in the subject area over the past 
half-century, or assess present conditions and states-of-the-art, or 
engage with coming challenges. They may also consider key developments, 
events or moments within media industries and cultural practices in 
those fifty years that have been important in how the academic field has 
taken shape and in how it has influenced societies. And while the 
conference is prompted by the anniversary of the institutionalisation of 
this subject within universities in the UK, and the opportunity for 
reflection that this offers, global perspectives and contributions are 
both vital and very welcome.

*Confirmed keynote speakers*

Professor Payal Arora, University of Utrecht

Professor Nick Couldry, London School of Economics

Professor Lina Dencik, Goldsmiths, University of London

Professor Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania

*Submission details*

Proposals should be 200-word abstracts that outline the aims, methods, 
findings and conclusions of the 15-minute paper. Abstracts should 
include five keywords and a one-paragraph bio. Keywords, bio, and any 
references are not included in the word count.

Proposals for pre-constituted panels of four papers should include 
individual abstracts for each paper as well as an additional 200-word 
rationale for the overall panel. If a pre-constituted panel is accepted, 
then all presenters must register by the 30 April 2025 deadline.

Full written papers are not required. This event is in-person only.

Cost: £200 for two days, including lunches, refreshments, and drinks 
reception on first night. Current PhD students £80.

We are unable to offer registration for a single day only.

Proposals should be sent to (50years /at/ westminster.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(50years /at/ westminster.ac.uk)> by 17:00 UK time, Friday 29 November 
2024.

*Timeline*

Abstract submission deadline: 29 November 2024

Notification of acceptances: 17 January 2025

Registration opens 31 January 2025, closes 30 April 2025

Event: 22-23 May 2025

Venue: University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2HW


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