Conferences & Workshops
“The Clash of Civilizations Hypothesis: A Reassessment,” Groupe d'études politiques sur l'Afrique du Nord Contemporaine (GEPANC), RC-51 of the International Political Science Association, at Rabat, Morocco, June 14 - 16, 2002. The conference will ask whether Huntingdon's hypothesis on the relationship between the West and Islam will be refined or rebuilt after the events since September 11. Send an abstract, bibliography, and CV to Lise Garon, Département d'information et de communication, Faculté des lettres, 5419 - Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4. For information, call her at (418) 656-2131 ext. 7709, fax (418) 656-7807, or send e-mail Lise.Garon@com.ulaval.ca
November 30. Workshop on "Globalization of Political Communication Issues," organized by the Political Communication Research Committee, International Political Science Association, at a mountain resort in northern Italy, near Milan, August 25 - 28, 2002. Theoretical, practical, and comparative papers are welcome. For more information or the full call for papers, write to Research Committee Chair Philippe J. Maarek. Send a 1500-word abstract and a half-page by e-mail maarek@Univ-paris12.fr or, if e-mail is not available, by fax 33.1.423.59.57.03.
December 7. New England Political Science Association, in Portland, Maine, May 3 - 4, 2002. Write to Program Chair Giulio Gallarotti, Department of Government, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459-0519; call (860) 685-2496; or send e-mail: ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu
December 13. “Strengthening Our Community,” American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), 57th Annual Conference, in conjunction with the World Association (WAPOR), at the TradeWinds Beach Resort, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, May 16 - 19, 2002. Proposals must include the type of presentation, title, keywords, abstract of up to 300 words, and audio-visual request. Submit paper, poster, panel, and roundtable proposals electronically through the AAPOR Web site: http://www.aapor.org/conference/call.html For more information, write to Richard A. Kulka, Research Triangle Institute, P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, call (919) 541-7008; fax 919.541.7004, or send e-mail: rak@rti.org
January 10. “Allocation Processes and Ascription,” American Sociological Association, 97th Annual Meeting, in Chicago, at the Hilton and Palmer House hotels, August 16 - 19, 2002. Relevant sections include Political Economy of the World System, Political Sociology, and Sociology of Culture. Consult the conference Web site http://www.asanet.org/convention/2002/call/index.html
January 16. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, June 11 - 15, 2002. Areas invited include Area Studies, Communication, International Relations, Journalism, Political Science, and Women's Studies. Submit electronically via e-mail social@hcsocial.org or by post. For more information see the Web site: http://hcsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm
January 31. "Theorizing the Media's 'Place' in Globalization," Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference, in Tampere, Finland, June 29 - July 2, with David Morley, discussant. Papers (to be completed several weeks in advance of the event) should examine how the media fuse the global with the local and how people experience media reordering of space and place. Send a 150-word abstract to Deborah Kaplan, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Campus Box 3365, Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3365, by e-mail: dkaplan@email.unc.edu For more information, see the Web site: http://www.crossroads2002.com
February 1. “Communication in Action,” National Communication Association, 88th Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, at the Marriott and Sheraton, November 21 - 24, 2002. Submit four copies of papers to the Political Communication Division to J. Gregory Payne, Director, Center for Ethics in Political and Health Communication, Emerson College, 120 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116; call (617) 824-8493; fax 617.824.8749; or send e-mail: zulene@aol.com
February 15. "Intercultural Communication," IAMCR/AIECS/AIERI International Association for Media and Communication Research, in Barcelona, July 21 - 26, 2002. Sections include Political Economy, Psychology and Public Opinion, and Political Communication Research, among others. Submit abstracts to the sections or working groups listed on the conference Web site: http://www.barcelona2002.org/ or by post to Ole Prehn, Faculty of Humanities, Aalborg University, Frederick Bajersvej 7F, P.O. Box 159, DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark.
March 31. "Cultural Returns: Assessing the Place of Culture in Social Thought," Pavis Centre for Social & Cultural Research, Open University, at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, September 18 - 20, 2002. Submissions are invited related to culture, an important force in political change, which has become increasingly central to academic disciplines including media studies, politics, and communication. Themes of the conference include culture and governance and the relationships among activism, citizenship, and power. Submit 250-word abstracts by e-mail socsci-pavis@open.ac.uk Updated details can be found on the conference Web site: http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/pavis
December 1. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Special issue on the Mythological Role of Journalism to explore political and other connections between news and myth. Topics include myth, ritual, and political news coverage, among others. Send manuscripts conforming to J&MCQ guidelines to Linda Steiner, Journalism & Media Studies Dept., Rutgers University, 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903. For information, call (732) 932-8567 or send e-mail: lsteiner@scils.rutgers.edu
February 15. “Communication and Empowerment,” Communication Yearbook 27. Up-to-date reviews, using narrative or meta-analytic techniques, of the literature in an area of communication study, should comment on how research expands understanding of empowerment. Send four copies of extended abstracts or complete papers to Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3904, Laramie, Wyo. 82071-3904. For more information, call (307) 766-3846, fax 307.766.5676, or send e-mail: Yearbook@uwyo.edu
Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest. This forum for academic debate and analysis of extra-parliamentary political, cultural, and social movements throughout the world will be launched in 2002. Areas of interest include forms of communication, media, and representation engaged with social change, including the Internet and cyber cultures. Write to the editors at Social Movement Studies, C/-Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, or send e-mail: social-movement-studies@open.ac.uk For U.S. submissions, write to Ann Mische, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, N.J. 08854, USA or mische@rci.rutgers.edu. For further details consult the Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/14742837.html
New E - Journal Announced: Media in the Global South
Media in the Global South
is dedicated to increasing the flow of media studies information, research,
and ideas between Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia, as well as
between the global South and North. The interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal,
dedicated to creating a space for work from emerging scholars (graduate students
and recent Ph.D. recipients, as well as media practitioners and public policy
researchers and analysts), will be hosted on line at the Web site of the Centre
for Cultural and Media Studies (CMS) at the University of Natal Durban.
Original manuscripts are welcome on all topics, including those that are time
sensitive, and should include a brief (300 words or less) abstract and a short
biography (100 words or less) with author’s full name, title, current affiliation,
and a brief description of recent work. Submit papers via e-mail:
tintinyana@hotmail.com
The staff is comprised of younger scholars and graduate students. Editors include
Gibson Boloka, University of the North (South Africa); Sean Jacobs, University
of London (South Africa); and Ron Krabill, New School for Social Research (United
States). Other members of the editorial board include Oscar Espinosa, Catholic
University (Peru); Tanya Campbell; Roukaya Kassenally, University of Mauritius
(Mauritius); Kristen Skare Orgeret, University of Oslo (Norway); Heloisa Paitt
(Brazil); and Herman Wasserman (South Africa). Also on the board is Jennifer
Steverson, New School for Social Research, who is editorial assistant.
The international advisory
board includes Keyan Tomaselli, University of Natal Durban (South Africa); Helge
Ronning, University of Oslo (Norway); Paolo Carpignano, New School for Social
Research (United States); Eronini Megwa, Peninsula Technikon (South Africa);
Anthony Olorunnisola, Pennsylvania State University (United States); Tawane
Kupe, Rhodes University (South Africa); and Francis Kasoma (Zambia).
For more information call Sean Jacobs,
+27-21-4612559, or send a fax +27-21-4612589 or e-mail: sean@idasact.org.za.
Details are also on a Web
site: http://www.und.ac.za/ccms/mediaglobal_default.htm