*CFP* "HISTORIZING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION - INSTITUTIONS, PRACTICES, CHANGES", THEMATIC SECTION, STUDIES IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES JOURNAL

We are seeking contributions for a thematic section of Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) exploring international organizations and their communication from a historical perspective. SComS is a peer-reviewed journal of communication and media research with platinum open-access (no article processing charges).

To illuminate and discuss issues, research perspectives and the thematic spectrum of the history of international organizations and their communication, the guest editors request submissions which, using concrete international organizations as examples, address one or more of the problem areas and thematic focuses outlined below:

• Communication and communication management of international organizations

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, BLANQUERNA SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CONFERENCE

Blanquerna School of Communications and International Relations

Ramon Llull University, Barcelona

October 7, 8, and 9, 2021

 

With a global pandemic and a world unsettled by profound transformations, we currently live a time of uncertainty, doubts, and opportunities. This conference invites to rethink the role of communication in times of disruption. Civil society, the public sector, and businesses must all face new challenges and respond to unforeseen trials.

The conference welcomes papers dealing with new narratives, communication strategies, messages, storytelling, and publics as they relate to the current and past elements of social, political, and economic disruption: the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, globalization and business challenges, domestic terrorism, the rise of authoritarianism, political polarization, and widespread protest movements, and insurrections, included the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as current and historical protest/insurrection movements of the past in other parts of the world.

*CFP* "SDG18 - COMMUNICATION FOR ALL", BOOK CHAPTER

The 2030 agenda for development or what is known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is perhaps the most ambitious agenda collectively agreed by 193 countries in human history. In 2015, the UN Member States adopted the 17 SDGs as a framework that would help address the challenges being faced by humanity. From eradicating poverty, ending hunger, providing universal access to healthcare and education, addressing climate change; to the partnering of individuals, philanthropists and nation states to achieve the global goals. Yet, the framers of the 2030 agenda for development comprising key stakeholders from all sectors of all life forgot to dedicate one goal on the role of communication in achieving the SDGs. Such an oversight has attracted the attention of media and communication scholars alike, journalists and policy makers who understand that it is nearly impossible to achieve the SDGs without the articulation and embrace of the role of communication in development.

The COVID-19 pandemic which struck in 2019 has shown why communication is essential to human survival. The Pandemic which started as a health crisis and later metamorphosed into a full-blown economic crisis is now having a direct and indirect impact on the possibility of achieving each of the SDGs. The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021 says the global economy has experienced the worst recession in 90 years, with the most vulnerable segments of societies disproportionately affected. An estimated 114 million jobs have been lost, and about 120 million people have been plunged back into extreme poverty.

*CFP* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, CANCEL CULTURE AND CHARACTER ASSASSINATION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Cancel Culture and Character Assassination Conference

Virtual

September 24-26, 2021

 

While character assassination has taken a variety of forms throughout history, a particularly current and controversial practice of social ostracism has bred "cancel culture." Cancel culture refers to when a person, typically a public figure, is expelled from their social or professional circles as a result of offensive behavior, real or alleged. The expression is mostly used by those who feel they are being unfairly punished for minor transgressions. As a form of public shaming, those who are "canceled" may be scapegoated or stigmatized and exposed to the judgment and bullying of the public. Canceled individuals may, in perception or reality, find themselves silenced and unable to speak on their own behalf. While cancel culture is often linked to the rise of social media, practices of silencing and social exclusion have many historical antecedents, ranging from public scapegoating rituals to rebellious mobs tearing down the statues of disgraced individuals.

*CFP* "MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION", FALL 2021 SPECIAL EDITION, THE JOURNAL OF ROMANIAN STUDIES

The Journal of Romanian Studies, a refereed, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary publication of the Society for Romanian Studies (in collaboration with ibidem Press) is calling on academics from throughout the world to submit scholarly articles for its Fall 2021 special edition: Media and Communication

Submission can focus on any topic that touches on Romanian and/or Moldovan

• (traditional and/or digital) media, journalism, audiences, functions, roles and effects  
• press freedom 
• domestic or international disinformation, misinformation and propaganda 
• specialized media (sports, arts, entertainment, science, military, et al.) 
• (traditional and/or digital) media economics 
• (traditional and/or digital) media ethics 
• (traditional and/or digital) media and society 
• (traditional and/or digital) media and politics 
• (traditional and/or digital) media and international relations 
• public relations 
• advertising 
• comparative studies on any of the above themes

*CFP* "COMMUNICATION HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND NGOS. QUESTIONS, RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES, TOPICS", ANNUAL ZEMKI CONFERENCE

Communication History of International Organisations and NGOs. Questions, Research Perspectives, Topics

Annual Conference

22nd-23rd April, 2021

ZeMKI, Bremen, 2021

Keynote speakers 

Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren-Oesch (University of Basel) 

Dr. Torsten Kahlert (Aarhus University).

The International ZeMKI Conference 2021 will focus on a topic that has thus far received little attention from historians of communication and media: the communication history of international organizations. Since the second half of the 19th century, for numerous and diverse areas of social life, globally active international organizations of varying degrees of institutionalization and scope, both non-governmental and intergovernmental, have been founded and have dedicated themselves to the global challenges of the first modern age. The most famous of these is certainly the League of Nations, which was established in 1919 as the predecessor institution of the UN.

*CFP* "RE-CENTERING CULTURAL PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVE PRACTICE IN POST-COLONIAL AFRICA. DIPLOMACY, SOFT POWER, AND SUSTAINABILITY", EDITED BOOK

Africa’s fifty-four states are diverse, resilient and rich in culture and traditions. It is no doubt that the continent has had its share of phenomenal events that have created a turn in its growth and development – the slave trade, colonialism, civil wars, military coups etc. Also, “the danger of a single story”, the shameful realities of African politics, and the social-economic experiences of many Africans have given the continent a negative reputation and poor image in the world. Among other things, the above realities have created a generalized evaluation of the continent which negatively affects the identities, realities and inter-relations of the African in international spaces other than own. Unfortunate examples of racism, police brutality, unfavourable visa regimes, and undue politico-economic influence on Africans or people of African descent are prevalent today.

Yet, African cultural resources and traditions are still sought after. From the tangible to the intangible aspects of culture including but not limited to the Safaris, cultural festivals, architecture, performances, and film industry. African cultural resources remain so attractive that even the return of looted artefacts from colonial times has become a controversial debate, especially in Europe. These cultural facts, artefacts and materials serve as a poster for the world about the continent. While this in itself can be problematic, it is worth exploring how such cultural performances and creative practices can be converted to become an enabling tool for advancing transformation on the continent. 

*CFP* "9/11 A GENERATION LATER", FALL 2019 ISSUE, IN MEDIA RES JOURNAL

September 11, 2019 marks 18 years since almost 3,000 people were killed in a coordinated series of attacks on vital symbols of the United States. For those who experienced the events in real time, it is a discernibly pivotal and historical moment. And now, with satirical articles, like The Onion’s with the bitterly, and darkly comic headline “18-Year-Old Fighting In Afghanistan Has 9/11 Explained To Him By Older Soldier,” being made manifest through real stories of soldiers serving with their parents who began their service in the wake of 9/11, it is important to remember how the world has been remade in the wake of the attacks.

Topics may include:

• Connecting with students who need the context of the events to understand media traditions born of them 
• A state of “post-9/11” media 
• Problematizations of divisions of time based on catastrophic national events 
• Analysis of the legacy of 9/11 outside of the United States, through media or otherwise

*CFP* "DATA & DISORDER", CONNECTED LIFE 2019 CONFERENCE

Connected Life is a two-day multidisciplinary conference supported by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), London School of Economics (LSE), and The Alan Turing Institute. This year’s conference theme, ‘Data & Disorder’, will provide an engaging forum for a cross-disciplinary network of researchers from around the world to consider the broad societal implications of automated data collection, processing, and analysis in all facets of daily life.

Connected Life 2019 will take place on Monday June 24 (Oxford) and Tuesday June 25 (London). This student-led conference aims to provide a framework for critical reflection on the datafication of social life and order, and in an effort to include diverse and uncommon perspectives from across the intellectual spectrum, we welcome proposals from postgraduate students and faculty from all departments. This might include, but is by no means limited to, fields such as computer science, digital humanities, economics, education, history, international relations, law, linguistics, literature, media and communications, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology.

*CFP* I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS ON AFRICA, NANOU KI ASSOCIATION AND UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID

I International Congress for Young Researchers on Africa

4 October 2019

University of Valladolid

Nanou Ki Association, specialized in sustainable development and human rights, in collaboration with the University of Valladolid, convenes the First Congress of Young Researchers on Africa as a meeting place for all those interested in sharing their knowledge with the academic community. After the experience of the two previous editions of the Congreso Formativo en Cooperación Internacional (currently Congreso Formativo en Desarrollo Sostenible–CoDeS–), there is now a need to organize an Academic Congress that welcomes students, academics and professionals interested in research and the dissemination of African Studies. The organization will accept contributions that examine the local, regional, national and international dimensions of issues related to this subject. This will serve as a framework for reflection in which interdisciplinary studies can be accommodated. Since this Congress is part of the III CoDeS, the theme will revolve around the national and international policies imposed on African countries and the resistance generated against those policies.

*CFP* "POWER AND THE MEDIA", XXVIII AMHIST CONFERENCE, NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY

XXVIII AMHIST Conference: POWER AND THE MEDIA

Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 

16-19 July 2019

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

James Curran (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Jennifer Smyth (University of Warwick)

Papers and panels are invited for the 2019 conference of the International Association for Media and History. The conference theme this year is POWER AND THE MEDIA. Scholars of media history have not just been concerned with analysis of the individuals, institutions and elites exerting control, but also with how the media has represented, perpetuated or challenged power structures. Taking place in the immediate aftermath of Britain’s planned exit from the European Union, the conference invites scholars and practitioners from all relevant disciplines to take part in a timely conversation about the relationship between power and the media, from the film and broadcasting industries and the press, to new media, social media and advertising. In addition to keynote presentations, the conference will include film screenings, events geared towards PhD and early career scholars, social events, and a roundtable on the subject of academic power relationships.