Broadcasting in the 1930s:
New Media in a Time of Crisis
A Symposium
Part of "On, Archives!" – a conference on
media, theater and history
Celebrating 50 Years of the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
July 6 - 9, 2010
Madison, Wisconsin
Broadcasting history has become an increasingly established field, and
there is by now a considerable body of international work that takes
the programming, policies and audiences of the 1930s as its focus – a
decade that is often represented as the 'golden age' of radio, and that
saw the beginnings of broadcast television. This media history is part
of a tumultuous decade that saw great cultural changes, social and political
cleavages, economic crisis and the onset of war.
This symposium aims to
bring scholars of this period together with a view to exploring the historical
experience from perspectives that are shaped by contemporary concerns,
such as rapid technological innovation, transnational developments, economic
instability, intermedia relations, interactivity and the representations
of crisis.
Call for Papers
Abstracts are invited from scholars with a particular interest in the
period. Proposals
which address one or more of the following themes will be particularly
welcome, although papers on 1930s broadcasting more generally will also
be considered:
- Interactivity
- Intermediality
- Transnationalism
- Representations of crisis
Abstracts should be approximately 1,000 words in length, and should
include full contact information, including a brief (50 word) bio.
Deadline: March
1, 2010
They should be sent in the first instance to:
Hugh Chignell
Bournemouth University
hchignell@bournemouth.ac.uk
Organizers
- Dr. Jamie Medhurst (University of Aberystwyth)
- Dr. Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth
University)
- Dr. Michele Hilmes (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Sessions will run concurrently with the WCFTR "On, Archives!" conference.
Participants are invited to attend all sessions for both events.
