** On behalf of Paul Rowinski, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> **
Britain in Europe conference. University of Bedfordshire. April 8-10, 2015. Call for Papers
Europe is in crisis, precipitated by problems with the Euro. Euroscepticism across the continent, after last Spring'ʹs EU elections, is at an all-‐‑time high and nowhere more so than in the UK. Indeed some argue that Britain, post-‐‑war, has defined itself in relation to this Other, Europe.
Going beyond a critique of the EU, Britain is now contemplating withdrawal from the post-‐‑war project, in a referendum set for 2017. Scotland voted to stay in the UK in a referendum in September, 2014. Whether an independent Scotland would have automatically been part of the EU is another point of contestation.
This public policy conference will be a timely, open and balanced debate about Britain'ʹs place in Europe and more specifically, the portrayal and communication of Europe in Britain by politicians, journalists and social media professionals. Are the public well informed about what the EU does and how Britain contributes, is penalized and gains?
The public will be invited and asked how they would vote on a UK referendum considering EU withdrawal, if it was held tomorrow. Pollsters will record the position of individual voters both before the conference and at the end of the three-‐‑day event. In an exercise in deliberative democracy, the public will be encouraged to attend the panels as well as specific sessions run by experts, informing them of how the EU works (well and badly) and answer detailed questions about Britain'ʹs involvement.
The conference organizers welcome papers from Europe and beyond by journalists, academics, politicians, professional social networkers, pollsters and those in related fields on relevant topics including (but not exclusively):
Europe'ʹs post-‐‑war history and Britain'ʹs narrative in that history; What Europe does – and fails to do;
UK politicians and the communication (and miscommunication) of Europe;
The British media feeding and feeding off national perceptions of Europe;
The discursive construction of Europe in Britain;
Breaking Britain. Scotland, Wales and the EU;
British and wider Euroscepticism;
Britain and the forthcoming referendum on British withdrawal from the EU;
Communicating Britain in Europe in the digital age.
Instructions for Individual Contributors
The conference runs 8-‐‑10 April 2015 with the Call For Papers deadline on 5 December 2014.
Abstracts of 200 words and a 50-‐‑word bibliography should be submitted for review at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Dr Paul Rowinski
Course leader - MA in International Journalism.
Course leader - BA Journalism.
Department of Journalism and Communications Academic Course contact for Peer Assisted Learning.
Department of Journalism & Communications,
University of Bedfordshire,
Park Square, Luton. LU1 3JU.
Tel:01582 489195.
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