MCLC: Networking East and West--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Anatoly Detwyler <adetwyler at gmail.com>
Subject: Networking East and West--cfp
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Dear MCLC List Members,

I am forwarding the below CFP on behalf of Prof. Richard John (Columbia
University).  It may be of interest to those who will be in Beijing this
summer.  If you have any questions, please e-mail Richard John directly,
rrj2115 at columbia.edu.

Thanks,
anatoly detwyler
Columbia University, ABD

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CONFERENCE INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP)
Networking East and West: Communications, Commerce, Culture

For many centuries, the East and the West have been entangled in dense
networks of communications and commerce. Yet only in our current age of
globalization, influenced by a generation of media theorists shaped by the
emergence since the 1970s of digital media, has it become customary to
interpret these networks as a distinctive social relationship with a
pervasive and enduring influence on culture, economics, politics, and
international relations. For these theorists, media is more than a
representation:  in addition, and more fundamentally, it is an
institutional practice laden with cultural meaning.

Media scholars around the world from disciplines that include but are not
confined to history, sociology, political science, literature,
anthropology, geography, and media studies share a commitment to
increasing our understanding of these networks so as to enhance mutual
understanding, foster a common research agenda, and nurture an academic
community that lowers cultural barriers. To promote this goal, a
conference on the theme of “Networking East and West: Communications,
Commerce, Culture” will be convened in Renmin University, China, on July
11 -12, 2014. The papers in this conference explore the conflicts,
commonalities, and contrasts that have shaped communications networks
linking East and West, with a focus on China, the Pacific Rim, and the
United States in the period between the mid-nineteenth century and the
Second World War.  The call for papers (CFP) is intended to encourage
submissions on a broad range of topics from various disciplinary
perspectives. Possible topics include: journalistic ethics, technology
transfer, telegraphy, print culture, and media theory.  Papers need not be
explicitly comparative, though all should address the conference theme.

Specific details about the conference are as follows:

I.            Conference Title: “Networking East and West: Communications,
Commerce, Culture”

II.          Hosts: Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban); Confucius
Institute at Columbia University

III.         Organizer: School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin
University, China

IV.        Co-organizers: Columbia Journalism School, Fudan Journalism
School

V.          Theme: the conflicts, commonalities, and contrasts that have
shaped communications networks linking East and West

VI.        Venue: Beijing, China

VII.       Date: July 11-12, 2014 (Registration deadline: July 10, 2014)

Participants should send the texts of their proposed papers (in Microsoft
Word .doc/.docx) by June 1 to the organizing committee at
mediaculture2014 at 163.com (see Attachment II: Format Requirements). In
preparing their texts, proposers should pay particular attention to
conference agenda (see Attachment I: Conference Agenda). Successful
proposals will be announced on June 15.  Please fill in the reply form
that is attached this invitation and return it to the organizing committee
at its email address. Participants are responsible for their own
transportation and accommodation expenses.

 

Contact (U.S.):
Prof. Richard R. JOHN
Tel: (+1) 212-854-7837
E-mail: rrjohn at columbia.edu

Contact (China):
Dr. CHANG Jiang
Tel: (+86) 139-1151-1157
E-mail: criver at ruc.edu.cn
Organizing Committee e-mail: mediaculture2014 at 163.com
School of Journalism and Communication
Renmin University of China
April 15, 2014

 

 

Attachment Ⅰ: Conference Agenda

Time

Agenda

July 10

Registration.

Venue: Renmin University, Beijing, China.

July 11

Morning

 

09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony

10:00-10:30 Group photo and tea break

10:30-12:00 Roundtable: The Cultures of Chinese and American Journalism:
Contrasts and Complementarities

July 11

Afternoon

13:30-15:00 Sub-forum I: Technology Transfer in Time and Space

15:00-15:30 Tea Break

15:30-17:30 Sub-forum II: Creating a Pacific Rim Telegraph Network

July 11

Evening

18:00-20:00 Welcome Banquet

July 12

Morning

08:30-10:00 Sub-forum III: The History of the Book in Late Imperial and
Republican China

10:00-10:30 Tea Break

10:30-12:00 Sub-forum IV: Rethinking the Idea of Communication in the
Digital Age

12:00-12:30 Closing Ceremony

12:30-13:30 Luncheon

July 12

Afternoon

Culture Excursion (all expenses paid, optional)

July 13

Full-day Trip to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City（self-financed,
optional）

July 14

Departures

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to amend the agenda; the final
version shall be included in the conference brochure.

 

Attachment Ⅱ Format Requirements

 

1.     The proposed paper can be written either in English or Chinese.

2.     The paper’s content shall be relevant to the conference theme.

3.     English-language papers shall be 6,000-10,000 words long;
Chinese-language papers shall include 8,000-12,000 characters.

4.     Papers will include: title, name and introduction of the author,
abstract, key words, main body, annotations, etc. For the Chinese-language
papers, authors are required to supply an English-language title, abstract
and keywords. There is no such requirement for English-language papers.

5.     All citations shall be formatted as endnotes in accordance with the
conventions described in The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS).

6.     Proposals shall be sent to the organizing committee at
mediaculture2014 at 163.com before June 1, 2014 in Microsoft Word format
(.doc/ .docx).