> Call for
> contributors
>
> Title: Irish
> Journalism: A Historical Anthology
>
> Editor: Kevin Rafter
>
> Submissions are
> invited for a new edited publication from Manchester University Press which
> will provide a historical perspective on Irish journalism up to 1921. The
> book
> will be a forum for scholarly work of both breadth and depth in the area
> of
> Irish journalism history which has long been
a neglected subject of inquiry.
>
> The book will
> focus on the period up to 1921 and proposals are welcomed for chapters
> in areas
> not exclusively confined to the following:
those which shed light on journalism
> practice; those which focus on the business of journalism, those which
> deal
> with regional journalism or niche newspapers and other publications; and
> those
> which examine the lives and work of Irish journalists based at home or
> abroadÂ
>
> The book will be
> edited by Kevin Rafter and will be published by Manchester University Press
> in
> hardback and paperback format in 2010.
>
> Proposals to
> include an abstract of approximately 250
words should be sent by email. Please
> submit
> chapter proposals to:
>
> Dr Kevin Rafter
>
> National Film
> School, IADT, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
>
> Email: (Kevin.rafter /at/ ireland.com)
>
> Deadline for
> submissions: 22 September 2009
>
