Conferences & Workshops
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. Submissions are invited related to culture, as a force in political change that has become central to media studies, politics, and communication. Conference themes 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
May 1. “Democratic Communications and Global Justice,” Union for Democratic Communications, at Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, October 10 – 13. Accepting papers and panel proposals with a critical take on existing media structures and practices. Travel Grants are available. For submissions, send three hard copies (no e-mail) to Ron Bettig, UDC, College of Communications, 123 Carnegie Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802. For more information send e-mail: rvb3@psu.edu
Journals
Social
Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest,
a forum for academic debate and analysis of extra-parliamentary political, cultural,
and social movements, launched in 2002, seeks submissions on forms of communication,
media, and representation engaged with social change, including the Internet
and cyber cultures. Write to the editors at 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 send e-mail:
mische@rci.rutgers.edu. For further details consult the Web
site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/14742837.html
Critical Arts: A Journal
for South-North Cultural and Media Studies, has issued a general call for
papers on south-north relations, cultural and media studies, visual anthropology,
African cinema, and similar topics. Accepted articles may appear in the journal
itself; in a book series; and on the Internet. Critical Arts remains
independent of multinational publishing companies (authors retain copyright
of their own work and may reprint them elsewhere with acknowledgment) but has
partnered with iAcademicBooks, an African-oriented publisher in Denver, Colorado,
to republish selected issues and articles in book form. Send articles to Keyan
Tomaselli, Editor-in-Chief, Critical Arts, Graduate Program in Cultural and
Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa. Further information
on the journal is available at the Web
site: http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/criticalarts/criticalarts.htm
Inquiries can be sent Send queries about editorial matters by e-mail:
tomasell@nu.ac.za Inquiries about subscription and purchase matters should
be sent also by e-mail: Govends@nu.ac.za
International Communication
On Line. The International Communication Section of the International Studies
Association announces the publication of an on-line working paper series as
an outlet for scholars to interact and exchange ideas. Topics include communication
issues in international relations, politics, economics, culture, or technology,
as well as the relationship between information and society. Submissions of
up to 8000 words will be reviewed by an editorial board based on topical relevance,
extent of research, and presentation quality. Accepted papers will be posted
on the section Web site, but the author will retain the copyright and may republish
the results elsewhere. Send submissions to Ken Rogerson, Research Director,
DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism, either as an attachment
(in either MSWord or WordPerfect) to e-mail:
rogerson@pps.duke.edu Via regular mail send submissions on disk to Box
90241, Duke University, Durham, NC 27709 USA
New Media & Society.
The editors are seeking topics for special issues and themed sections. Send
proposals by March 30 to one of the editors: Nicholas
W. Jankowski, N.Jankowski@maw.kun.nl Steve
Jones, sjones@uic.edu, Leah Liverouw,
llievrou@ucla.edu, or Roger
Sliverstone, r.silverstone@lse.ac.uk. After being notified by April
30, the selected guest editors will solicit and process article reviews and
recommend manuscripts for publication (the final decision rests with the editors).
The guest editor will also prepare an editorial introducing the themed section.
All manuscripts for the issues will be submitted for blind peer review by October
2002, and revised manuscripts enter production by mid-December 2002 for the
June 2003 issue and mid-March 2003 for the September 2003 issue.
Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education (SIMILE), a new peer-reviewed e-journal devoted to all aspects of information and media literacy, seeks articles at the intersection of education, communication theory, and media practices, including film, advertising, Web sites, and magazines. For more information visit the Web site: http://www.utpjournals.com/simile/