[Commlist] Belfast conference: the press and divided societies

*NEWSPAPER & PERIODICAL HISTORY FORUM OF IRELAND*

http://www.newspapersperiodicals.org/


*Call for Papers – 2019 *

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*THE PRESS & DIVIDED SOCIETIES*


Print media have played a significant role in the social and cultural 
life of every society and while they may not tell us what to think on 
any issue, they undoubtedly shape the environment in which we do that 
thinking. Throughout history the press has helped to shape how readers 
related to their world, sometimes by stressing commonalities in terms of 
national identity building, and other times by highlighting and/or 
stressing divisions in society.


The Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland (NPHFI) invites 
papers that examine *the press and divided societies* from a range of 
disciplinary perspectives. The 2019 conference will take place at the 
Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast on Friday and 
Saturday November 8^th and 9^th 2019.


The focus of this year’s conference is on how print media reported, 
represented, alleviated or perpetuated division in societies. We welcome 
papers that address such a focus via any aspect of print media history – 
journalistic biography and practice, reportage, features, comment and 
opinion, advertising, supplements, photography, illustrations, cartoons 
and technology.


Papers are not required to specifically address Ireland and may address 
any historical period. However, the focus of papers must be on print 
media and / or its intersection and interaction with other forms of 
media insofar as they relate to the history of print media.


*Topics that might be examined include, but are not limited to: *

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  * The press and politics in divided societies


  * The press and economic and/or social divisions


  * The press and cultural divisions / identity politics


  * The press and religious divisions / ecumenism


  * The press and ethnic and/or linguistic divisions


  * The press and gender / sexual divisions


  * The press and rights campaigns in historical context


  * The press and ‘othering’ processes in historical context


To submit a proposal please email an abstract of no more than 250 words 
and a 100 word biographical note to the NPHFI secretary Ray Burke at 
*(nphficonference /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(nphficonference /at/ gmail.com)>*


Abstracts must contain a clear title and present clearly the main thesis 
/ argument proposed and must also include name(s), affiliation, 
institutional address and email address(es) of the author(s). Deadline 
for submission of abstracts: *7 June 2019.*



*The Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland seeks to achieve 
gender balance on its conference panels and welcomes proposals from 
researchers of all career stages working in academia, media, and in 
professional or voluntary organisations.*


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