[Reader-list] Media in the expanded Europe -- Final Call

[Jason Wilson]

Dear Reader List

See final CFP for a major international conference on European media  
below, and see the list of accepted abstracts at http:// 
www.luton.ac.uk/research/rimad/conference/ (apologies for x-posting)


MEDIA IN THE ENLARGED EUROPE
UNIVERSITY OF LUTON
LUTON, UK
5TH-6TH MAY, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS


Spring 2006 will mark the second anniversary of the European Union's  
latest, greatest enlargement.

With a host of further countries lining up to join the EU, there is a  
need for critical debate and reflection upon the cultural industries,  
policies and identities of an enlarged Europe, a transnational bloc  
in which local, regional and global interests cooperate and compete,  
and in which diverse nations and cultures are discovering the costs  
and benefits of Continental partnership.

The Research Institute of Media, Art and Design at the University of  
Luton invites papers, presentations and artworks that offer original  
perspectives on Europe's changing mediascapes.

Topics may include:
European markets and audiences
European media policy
Media politics: Neoliberalism, the Third Way & the European Social Model
European media industries
Competition within & beyond Europe
Images of the "new" Europe: national & regional representations
Ideologies of Europe & Europeanness: Europe vs. the EU?
European media value chains
European distribution networks
Representations of non-European ethnicities within the EU
European English and the languages of media texts
European media studies; European media pedagogy
Christian Europe?: religious identities in the European media
Cinema, television, music, art & literature: Europe, America & the  
rest of the world
Screenings, readings, exhibitions & performances of new creative &  
documentary works
We anticipate presentations which embrace a wide range of approaches  
and methodologies: from media economics and policy studies to textual  
analyses and new cinematic works.

We are particularly keen to welcome presentations whose focus is on  
the EU's new and prospective member states and their early  
experiences of EU membership.

An international selection of papers will be included in the  
conference proceedings.

Proposals
Proposals should be abstracts of no more than 500 words plus bio, and  
should arrive  by 14th February, 2006.

These and all other queries should be directed to

Jason Wilson  jason.wilson at luton.ac.uk.

Alec Charles alec.charles at luton.ac.uk

T +44 (0)1582489144.

M +44 (0)7886508141 .

Research Institute for Media, Art and Design
University of Luton
Park Square
Luton
UK
LU1 3JU

The registration fee for this two-day conference is £40. The  
concession fee (including for members of Mediacentric) is £20. There  
is no registration fee for conference speakers, or for staff and  
students of the University of Luton or our partner colleges.

Delegates to the conference are eligible for a special discounted  
rate (single room: £55.00 per night; double room: £75 per night) at  
the Thistle Hotel in Luton. To book, please contact Jacquie Hammond  
on (+44) 1582 444662, e-mail: reservations.luton at thistle.co.uk.

See you in May!


Jason Wilson
School of Media, Art and Design
University of Luton
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU
United Kingdom

T +44 (0)1582 489114
F +44 (0)1582 489212
M  07886508141
jason.wilson at luton.ac.uk



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