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Dear All,
This is a reminder about the forthcoming symposium, 'Breaking Boundaries
in Television Historiography: Historical Research and the Television
Archive',
being held at the University of Reading on the 9th of January, 2004.
The deadline for proposals is the 7th of November. I look forward to
receiving your submissions soon.
Best wishes,
Helen Wheatley
CALL FOR PAPERS
Breaking Boundaries in Television Historiography: Historical Research and
the Television Archive
A one-day symposium organised under the auspices of the Centre for
Television Drama Studies, University of Reading, 9th January 2004
Breaking Boundaries in Television Historiography: Historical Research and
the Television Archive is the second in a series of symposia on the
subject of television history to be held at the University of Reading in
2003-2004 (the first, 'Reconsidering the Canon: Popular British Television
Drama in the 1960s and 70s' was held on September 19th 2003). The focus of
this second event will be on bringing together archivists, librarians,
historians, and scholars of television history. The symposium will offer
an opportunity for the interrogation of historiography and research
methodologies in the field of television history, as well as offering the
academic community a clearer view of the aims and objectives of various
archives and institutions in the UK. It is hoped that this symposium will
not only be of great value to researchers working in the field
(particularly postgraduate students within the field of Television
Studies), but that it will promote stronger links between academic
researchers of British television history and those people and
institutions currently providing access to research materials.
Participants from the archives currently include Steve Bryant (BFI Keeper
of Television), Jacqueline Kavanagh (Head of BBC Written Archives), Luke
McKernan (Head of Information, BUFVC), and Murray Weston (Head of BUFVC),
who will take part in a round table discussion about their current work
and future plans in the first session of the day.
The organisers would like to invite papers/presentations/case studies on
the following subjects:
* Television historiography
* The use of television archives (audio visual and written)
* Business/economic histories of television
* Textual analysis and television history
* Oral histories of television
* The role of biography/autobiography in television history
* Histories of television audiences and viewership
* Historicising the production of television programming
* The relationship between television and cultural/social history
* Teaching television history
The formation of panels and the final focus of the symposium will be
determined once all abstracts have been received.
Please note that Helen Wheatley is currently putting together an edited
collection on the subject of television history and historiography; it is
hoped that contributions from this symposium will be included in this
volume.
Please send abstracts of 250c. words by 7th November 2003 to Helen
Wheatley, Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading,
Bulmershe Court, Reading, RG6 1HY email. [log in to unmask] -
tel. 0118 3785894
Dr Helen Wheatley
Centre for Television Drama Studies
Department of Film, Theatre and Television
University of Reading
Bulmershe Court
Woodlands Avenue
Reading RG6 1HY
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