The 5th Europe-China Dialogue: Media and Communication Studies Summer School (held in Brussels, Belgium. 9.-18.7.2018), is calling for participants. The program is open to the full variety of academic work in the field of communication and media studies for scholars at their early age of research, PhD students and graduate students who have strong academic … Continued

The journal Recherches en Communication is calling papers for its thematic issue “Journalism and Experientiality”. The issue will explore the interplay between journalism and experience in narrative and literary forms of journalism. This thematic issue aims to broaden our knowledge of both the strategies employed by journalists to create vicarious experience for readers within literary … Continued

The journal Communication and Society is calling for papers. The theme of the issue is “Lusophone studies and Communication Sciences”. [spoiler title=’Papers on the following topics should be submitted:’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’] – Media, citizenship and democracy in the Portuguese-speaking world – Colonialism, post-colonialism and social memory – Globalization and Trans-cultural and Trans-national Identity-based Narratives – … Continued

The Prague Media Point conference “Media and technology: innovative journalism in a contested political space” is calling for papers. The conference will be held on 15-18 November in Prague. In an increasingly unstable world, independent media are facing unprecedented challenges. Journalism’s crucial role to represent the public interest is being actively undermined by declining audiences, … Continued

The Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media series, edited by Mary Celeste Kearney, is calling for book proposals. The aim of this series is to publish original research in the areas of feminist and queer media studies, with a particular but not exclusive focus on gender and sexuality. In doing so, this series brings … Continued

The international workshop “Media Systems under Pressure: Recent Developments in Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe”, is calling for papers. The workshop is organized 18 May 2018 at the University of Amsterdam. The workshop aims to bring together international scholars and media professionals to discuss the following questions: How can we formulate effective responses … Continued

The conference SACOMM 2018, held at the University of Johannesburg, on 12-14 September, is calling for papers. The conference is themed “Communication at a Crossroads”. This conference calls for presentations, papers, posters and panels in communication, media, journalism, film, television, and cultural studies that interrogate the notion of “communication at a crossroads” and the “communication … Continued