Media in Post-war Britain: Film, Television and Radio in the 1950s/1960s
19th June 2004
University of Westminster (London, UK)
309 Regent Street
Call For Papers
The Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) at the University
of Westminster is hosting a one day conference on Media in Post-war
Britain: Film, Television and Radio in the 1950s/1960s, in honour of
Professor Vincent Porter.
The topic of Media in Post-war Britain addresses a range of research in
film, television, radio, and print media. Topics to be discussed include,
but are not restricted to, censorship, horror films, the domestic 'Cold
War' front, Britain and Hollywood, The Angry Young Men, permissiveness,
British national identity in film, television and radio, metropolitan
versus provincial cultures in film, television and radio, the
satire 'boom', counterculture, the sense of national 'decline'. There
will be an opening plenary on media history, and a closing plenary on the
decline of deference in post-war Britain. There will also be a panel
devoted to BBC history. Key speakers include Richard Collins (Open
University), James Curran (Goldsmith's College, London), Sue Harper
(University of Portsmouth), David Hendy (University of Westminster),
Annette Kuhn (Lancaster University), Tom O'Malley (University of Wales at
Aberystwyth), Paddy Scannell (University of Westminster), and Jean Seaton
(University of Westminster). The conference will take place at the
University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus, 9.30-5.30pm, followed by
a wine reception.
The conference co-coordinators are David Hendy, Annette Hill and Paddy
Scannell (University of Westminster). Please contact Alison Sorrell
(telephone: +44 (0)20 7911 5000, email: [log in to unmask]) for further
details, and for submission of abstracts. Abstracts (300 words) should be
sent to Alison Sorrell by May 10th 2004.
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