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From: Tony Galt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CFP: The Media and the Political Change in Europe (Berlin)
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Call for Papers:
International Conference
=93The Media and the Political Change in Europe=94
>From September 17 to September 20, 1999 in Berlin Organised by
Deutsches Historisches Museum Location: Martin Gropius Bau
One of the most astonishing events in recent history is undoubtedly the
process being described as =93change in Europe=94. The increasing
dissolving of the communist systems in Europe in 1989, the voluntary
giving up of dictatureships, the vanishing of states could have hardly
be foreseen. At any rate, the political reaction to the process of
dissolving cannot be understood as consequent enforcement of a strategy
having followed up for a long time. It is, in fact, rather a reaction
than an action. The media - and above all the border passing means
being available for radio and television - in multiple respect have a
special significance for the look at the political change in Europe. In
general one can say: the media have prepared, documented, commented and
finally reflected the political change. However, and this shall not be
hided, a great many of the available media have neglected this subject
to a very high extent. The political change in Europe have not played a
part in the majority of all programmes. They have ignored these
processes persistently as they have equally not taken up the political
developments. It is remarkable that nevertheless their transmissions
definitely have had a part in this change, because for the recipients
=93beyond the iron curtain=94 any information received has been considered
invaluable, above all from the ideological point of view. It is quite
obvious that this extremely high value for those beyond the iron
curtain could not come to mind to those on this side of the border.
Therefore the conference will attend primarily to propagandistic
programmes, news and information programmes, to documentaries, but on
the same time to the reception of any kind of presentation to the
recipients in East Europe.
Main Subjects of the Conference:
- Foundation of anti communist broadcasts (Radio Free Euope, Radio
Libery, RIAS)
- Strategies of programmes of border passing transmissions during the
cold war and afterwards
- Reception of western media (radio, and later television) in East Europe
- Importance of the media for East European dissident movements
- Political crisises and reportings ( 17th of June in 1953, Hungary
1956, Prague 1968, Solidarnocz, etc)
- Gorbatchew and the offensive =93exploitation=94 in the (western) media
- The importance of the KSZE final agreement (Helsinki) for the
East-West exchange
- The change in Europe nothing more than a media initiated revolution.
- Summer and autumn 1989 in television
- First attempts to summarize: features and documentaries in film and
TV on the occasion of the anniversary of the change.
Contact:
Rainer Rother and/or Eva-M. Baumann
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Unter den Linden 2
D-10117 Berlin
Tel: 030 / 20 30 44 21 (Eva-M. Baumann)
Fax: 030 / 20 30 44 24
e-mail:
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Abstracts:
- 1 page at 30 lines and 60 strikes, threefold
- Deadline: January 31st, 1999
- Short biography and list of recent publicatations
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