[ecrea] Call for Papers/Travel Grants: “Media and the Cold War, 1975-1991"

Call for Papers/Travel Grants: “Media and the Cold War, 1975-1991”
International conference at Volda University College, Norway

Supported by The Freedom of Expression Foundation, Norway, and “The 
Nuclear Crisis” Research Project (www.nuclearcrisis.org)


Conveners:      Rolf Werenskjold, Henrik G. Bastiansen (Volda University 
College); Martin
                        Klimke (New York University Abu Dhabi)

Location:        Faculty of Media and Journalism, Volda University 
College, Norway

Date:               November 20-21, 2014





Keynote speakers include:

    * Daniel C. Hallin, UC San Diego, “Media Systems and the Cold War, 
1975-1991”
    * Odd Arne Westad, London School of Economics (LSE): 
“Historiographical Approaches to the Cold War of the 1970/80s”

In recent years, the major economic, political, and cultural changes in 
societies during the last two decades of the Cold War have come into 
greater focus for academics from a variety of disciplines. This 
conference examines the role of the media during the period from the 
Helsinki Conference in 1975 until the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 
collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-91. It explores the engagement of 
various forms of media with the Cold War on a global scale, including 
alternative media representations, performances, and cultures during 
this time.

The conference also seeks to analyze media actors and networks, evolving 
theories about the social responsibility of media, as well as narrative 
and visual frames on a local and (trans-) national level. The purpose is 
to illuminate the complex interrelations between the media—both as a 
dependent and independent variable—and competing political, economic and 
cultural elites, as well as explain the role of grassroots politics in 
the formation of public opinion.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

    * print media and literary representations of the Cold War and 
international relations
    * audio-visual depictions (e.g., television, movies, documentaries, 
animated films, cartoons)
    * Cold War imagery, iconography, and symbolism
    * (pop-)cultural and artistic manifestations
    * narrative frames, discourses, and language
    * political communication
    * journalism, media structures, and organizations
    * foreign news coverage and framing
    * alternative media and popular culture
    * official and grassroots media strategies
    * public/cultural diplomacy
    * freedom of speech

The conference will feature workshops with leading media scholars and 
historians as well as panel discussions comprising 
trans-/interdisciplinary approaches, with the goal of generating fresh 
perspectives that will promote future scholarly teamwork across 
national, cultural, and regional borders.

Applications are especially encouraged from postgraduate students, 
early-stage researchers (Ph.D.-students), postdocs, and young scholars 
from all disciplinary and national backgrounds.

Successful applicants will be provided with an allowance that should 
cover all necessary expenses during the conference. The organizers will 
also provide a limited travel grant.



The conference language will be English.



Deadline for applications and abstracts: March 1, 2014

Selections will be made by: April 15, 2014.

The conference will focus on the discussion of 5,000–6,000-word, 
pre-circulated papers (due October 1, 2014).

Please upload your application materials, which should include

    * a paper proposal (500-1,000 words, in English)
    * a brief CV / biographical statement

at: http://www.hivolda.no/mcw

For further questions or suggestions, please contact Rolf Werenskjold 
((rof /at/ hivolda.no)).













Dr. Rolf Werenskjold

Førsteamanuensis/Associate Professor

Faculty of Media and Journalism

Volda University College, Norway

Phone: 47-70075071 Cell-phone: 47-98672859  E-mail: (rof /at/ hivolda.no)



NEW BOOK - Release February 2014:

Media and Revolt. Strategies and performances from the 1960s to the present.

Edited by: Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Erling Sivertsen and Rolf Werenskjold

See: Berghahn Books, New York/Oxford





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