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IAMHIST master class on Media and History full name / name of organization: The International Association for Media and History contact email: Nick Cull <[log in to unmask]> Date of the event is January 15, 2010. The event will be held at the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) in London. Participants are expected to give a short introduction to their project and to prepare some central questions for discussion. There is no charge for attendance and lunch will be included. To apply for this event, send a 1- paragraph proposal of your project and a one paragraph bio no later than 15 December 2009. For further information please contact Nick Cull. Seminars for CSA (U.S.) eighth annual meeting seek participants full name / name of organization: Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) contact email: see link below The seminars will be held between March 18-20, 2010, at University of California, Berkeley. They are part of the Annual Conferences of the Cultural Studies Association (US). Application deadline is November 21 (extended). Those interested in participating in a seminar should consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up for them, available at: http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/cultural_studies/?q=node/27. For general information on the conference see: http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/cultural_studies/? q=node/2. Invitation to the first ESRC 'Educational Futures' seminar full name / name of organization: Education and Social Research Institute contact email: Barbara Ashcroft <[log in to unmask]> The overarching aim of this seminar is to gain a deeper understanding of diverse strategies for theorising change and the implications of these strategies for different groups’ approach to thinking about the future. The seminar will be held on 15 December 2009 at Manchester Metropolitan University. For further information see: http://edfutures.futurelab.org.uk/ Essays are now invited for PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication full name / name of organization: Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne (Australia) contact email: For enquiries concerning essay submissions please contact Sandy Joy Watson <[log in to unmask]> or Sebastian Kubitschko <[log in to unmask]> The journal invites (post)graduate students and early career researchers to think and write about the constitutive role communication plays in the cultural, technological and political aspects of our lives. Submission deadline is 15 November 2009. For guidelines and further information see: http://www.culture- communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/call_essays.html