[Discussion] CFP: Conference 'Mass Media in Post-Soviet Russia' at Surrey 2006

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: "Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <sao15@columbia.edu>

Further enquiries as well as proposals for papers or panels should be sent
to: rusmassmedia@yahoo.co.uk


The Mass Media in Post-Soviet Russia
International Conference
6-8 April 2006
University of Surrey


Call for Papers


This conference is organised jointly by the School of Arts at the 
University of
Surrey, and the BASEES Study Group for Culture and the Media
[http://www.basees.org.uk/sgcm.html], and is partly funded by the AHRB grant
awarded to Professor Stephen Hutchings for a three-year project focusing on
post-Soviet television culture
[http://www.surrey.ac.uk/lcts/lvmg/ahrb2-web.htm].

In light of Russia's continuing propensity for undergoing radical cultural
and socio-political transformation, the conference aims to explore the 
role of
the mass media (television, papers, journals, radio, and the internet) 
in the
post-Soviet period. We would welcome contributions on a wide range of 
topics,
such as the media and Russia's "war on terror", the media and democracy, the
media and civic society, how the media are helping shape/being shaped by 
Putin's
presidency, questions of media ownership, television and post-Soviet 
consumer
culture, the media and national identity, etc. Scholars of Cultural/Media
Studies, Politics and the Social Sciences, as well practising 
journalists are
encouraged to submit proposals.

The publication of a volume of conference papers is envisaged.

The conference will be held at the University of Surrey, conveniently 
located in
the old market town of Guildford only 40-minutes away by train from central
London and close to the two main UK international airports, Heathrow and
Gatwick.

Further enquiries as well as proposals for papers or panels should be 
sent to
rusmassmedia@yahoo.co.uk with a short, 300 word abstract. The deadline 
for the
submission of paper proposals is 15 October 2005.

Conference Organisers: Stephen Hutchings, Natalia Rulyova, Birgit Beumers
April 2005