[ecrea] CFP - Communicating War in the Media and Arts

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>A reminder of the below Call for Papers
>
>Communicating War in the Media and Arts, 28 January 2011
>Abstract deadline: 15 November 2010
>
>Organised by the Media and Politics Research group, Department of Communica=
>tion & Media, University of Liverpool
>=20
>This one-day conference aims to bring together a range of academic research=
>ers from the fields of media and communication, international relations, li=
>terary and visual culture to discuss the ways in which the causes and conse=
>quences of war are portrayed through diverse texts, artwork and media.
>The conference aims to investigate how various representations, with their =
>proffered definitions, repetitions and archetypes, become the dominant narr=
>atives of conflict; or, alternatively, are effectively contested and resist=
>ed. To what extent do representations of contemporary warfare sustain or di=
>srupt collective understandings of conflict? How do different voices get he=
>ard in debates over war and the management of its consequences? We are part=
>icularly interested in encouraging a conversation across disciplines on the=
>  varied depictions of war and conflict.
>
>Keynote Speaker: Dr Piers Robinson, University of Manchester
>
>Possible themes include (but are not limited to):
>-       Mediatised war
>-       Media influence and foreign policy
>-       Visualising conflict
>-       NGOs, human rights and war
>-       Reportage and literary journalism
>-       Social media and conflict
>-       Protest and dissent
>-       From the =91war on terror=92 to the =91long war=92
>
>The conference will be followed by an informal book launch for =91Pockets o=
>f Resistance: British News Media, War and Theory in the 2003 Invasion of Ir=
>aq=92 by Piers Robinson, Peter Goddard, Katy Parry, Craig Murray and Philip=
>  Taylor.
>
>Potential contributors are invited to submit a 200-300 word abstract (with =
>title) to (communicatingwar /at/ gmail.com) by 15 November 2010. Please include fu=
>ll contact details: title and name, institutional affiliation and preferred=
>  email address. If you have any queries please contact us via the email add=
>ress above or via the organisers=92 direct email addresses: Dr Katia Balaba=
>nova ((katiab /at/ liv.ac.uk)) or Dr Katy Parry ((katy.parry /at/ liv.ac.uk)).
>
>Important dates:
>Abstract deadline: 15 November 2010
>Acceptance notification (by e-mail): 1 December 2010
>Registration deadline: 18 December 2010 (registration after this date will =
>incur a higher fee)
>Conference date: 28 January 2011
>
>Registration:
>Conference fee: =A340, with reduced rates for University of Liverpool staff=
>  (=A335), and postgraduate students/unwaged (=A320). The fee includes acces=
>s to all talks, buffet lunch and tea/coffee breaks during the day. Registra=
>tion instructions and the provisional programme will be emailed to speakers=
>  and posted on our website (http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/co=
>mmwar.htm) as soon as the details are available.
>
>
>
>*************************************
>Dr Katia Balabanova
>Lecturer in Political Communication
>Department of Communication and Media
>Roxby Building
>University of Liverpool
>Liverpool
>L69 7ZT
>UK
>tel +44 151 794 2656
>fax +44 151 794 3948
>e-mail: (e.balabanova /at/ liv.ac.uk)
>www.liverpool.ac.uk/communication-and-media=

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