CALL FOR PAPERS

XXVth IAMHIST CONFERENCE

CHILDHOOD AND THE MEDIA


UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (UK)

17-20 JULY 2013


Papers are invited for the biennial IAMHIST (International Association
of Media and History) Congress, to be held at the University of
Leicester, UK, on the theme of 'Childhood and the Media'. Possible
topics include (but are not limited to):

·                     Child actors and stars: e.g. Shirley Temple,
Sabu, Jodie Foster (including what becomes of child actors when they
are no longer children).
·                     Representations of childhood in film, radio and
television including both real (e.g. Ann Frank) and fictional (e.g.
Harry Potter).
·                     Children in classic cinema: e.g. Bicycle
Thieves, the Apu films.
·                     Adapting children's fiction: e.g. The Railway
Children, The Princess Diaries
·                     Childhood and film-makers' autobiographies: e.g.
François Truffaut, Terence Davies.
·                     Nostalgia and childhood: adults remembering
film, radio and television.
·                     Film, radio and television 'made for children':
e.g. the Children's Film Foundation, Walt Disney, children's
television drama, cartoons.
·                     Educational film, radio and television
programming: e.g. Play School, Sesame Street and their international
equivalents.
·                     Exhibition practices: e.g. children's matinees,
film clubs, tie-in publications.
·                     Juvenile audiences and reception studies of
children's media.
·                     Research into the effects of the mass media on children.
·                     Children and media censorship in national and
international contexts.

Proposals for papers should be sent to: [log in to unmask] 

Please include an abstract of c.300 words, a brief biographical note,
your institutional affiliation (where relevant) and your contact
details (including your email address).

We welcome proposals either for individual papers or for
self-constituted panels of 3-4 papers. We envisage that papers will be
20 minutes plus time for questions and discussion.

Closing date for proposals: 15 December 2012.

We hope to notify participants of the acceptance of papers by 31 January 2013.

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