[ecrea] cfp tracing entanglements in media history

CALL FOR PAPERS

Tracing entanglements in media history
A conference at The Old Bishop’s House, Lund University, Sweden, May 
17–19, 2017

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin, USA
Simo Mikkonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Since its commencement in 2013, the Entangled Media Histories (EMHIS) 
research and teaching network has worked to create an arena for 
international dialogue on the historical dimensions of transborder and 
transmedial flows by means of the concept entangled history. Our main 
academic aim has been to challenge the traditional blind spots in 
perspective and common methodological nationalism of media historical 
scholarship. With some important exceptions (such as for example Hilmes 
2012; Fickers & Johnson 2012; Ribeiro & Seul 2016), media history has 
thus far often tended to be discussed within national contexts (which 
also includes most 'comparative' studies) and from a mono-medial 
perspective, focussing exclusively on one medium at a time such as for 
example the press, radio or television. The fact that there are – and 
always have been – manifold cross-border and cross-medial interrelations 
has not always been properly highlighted.

With this conference we would like to further explore the theoretical 
and methodological implications of such a plea for integrated media 
history together with other researchers working in the field. We invite 
scholars from different disciplines across the humanities and 
interpretive social sciences, who have already dealt with similar issues 
or wish to explore them further. We also encourage open discussions on 
sources and methodologies in media historical research, including 
aspects on media archives and the challenges and opportunities 
surrounding digitized media material.

We especially invite papers relating to the following main themes:
1.	Entangled agents, including transnational/transmedial connections, 
encounters, collaborations and networks
2.	Entangled products/materialities, including the transfer, flow or 
circulation of media formats, content or objects
3.	Entangled practices, including aspects of media production, 
dissemination, and use
4.	Entangled frameworks, including transnational/transmedial aspects of 
media politics, legislation, and economy 5.	Entangled arenas, including 
perspectives on public spheres and communicative configurations 
reflecting specific political, social, cultural or geographic conditions

Submission guidelines and practical information
The conference language is English and the number of participants is 
limited to 65. For individual paper proposals (20 mins including 
discussion), please submit an abstract (300 words) plus short bio by Dec 
1, 2016. Abstracts can only be submitted through the conference website 
http://emhis.blogg.lu.se/tracing-entanglements/ . Notification of 
acceptance of abstract will be given in the beginning of January 2017. 
Extended abstracts (600–800 words) are required and will be published in 
a pre-circulated PDF book. Deadline for extended abstracts is Apr 1, 2017.

The conference will begin with registration and dinner on May 17th and 
end with a dinner banquet on May 19th. The paper sessions are held at 
The Old Bishop’s House and the open keynote sessions are held in the 
auditorium at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Helgonabacken 1, 
Lund. A conference fee of 100 € is required and will include all meals 
and conference material.

Following the conference, a selection of the papers presented will be 
invited to participate with a chapter in an edited book volume.

The conference is organised by the Media History Unit at Lund 
University, Sweden, in co-operation with the Research Centre for Media 
History at the Hans Bredow Institute/Hamburg University, Germany, and 
the Centre for Media History at Bournemouth University, UK. It is hosted 
by the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University, with 
financial support from The Swedish Foundation for International 
Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT).
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