Conferences

This year the 10. International Conference on "Migration and Family"
takes place at the University of Basel (CH), June 10-12, 2010. The conference is organized by IRM, CDMH, HSA FHNW and the University of Klagenfurt. You could find the full programme in german and english language and further information under: http://www.irm-trier.de/veranstaltungen_aktuell.htm

The deadline for the call for papers to der ECREA pre-conference
"Communicating Climate Change ­ Global goes Regional" has been extended to
25 March 2010.

All papers should be submissed trough the ECREA-2010-Hamburg-Webpage:

IASPM Australia-New Zealand Annual Conference
Call for Papers: Instruments of Change

24-26 November 2010
Monash Conference Centre
Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
School of English, Communications and Performance Studies / School of Music
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Conference Theme
Popular music is a dynamic cultural force. The acts of listening,
playing, dancing, composing and recording are undertaken in a constant
state of flux, further complicated by flows of space and time. This

Strictly Public Service Broadcasting Creative Freedom and Ambition?”

Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 Conference

The Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) is pleased to announce
that speakers for the 'Internet, Politics, Policy 2010' Conference (16-17
Sept 2010, Oxford, UK) will include:

Prof. Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan.
A leading scholar on voting, civic competence, parliamentary governance and
political communication, his research has clarified our understanding of how
information and institutions affect policy and politics, and how people make

Kiss Kiss Kill Kill: A Symposium on the Graphic Art
and Forgotten Spy Films of Cold War Europe.

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. 18-19 September 2010

Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies

April 6-8, 2010, The University of South Australia, Adelaide

Hosted by the Hawke Research Institute and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre.

Invited Speakers:

Sara Ahmed (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Jennifer Biddle (UNSW)
Stephanie Hemelry Donald (University of Sydney)
Irene Watson (University of South Australia)
Sophie Watson (Open University)

Foci:

• Embodiment and emotions;

A New Italian Political Cinema? is a project supported by an award made by the Arts
and Humanities Research Council's Research Networking Scheme.

It is co-ordinated by the
University of Salford with assistance from: Queen Mary, University of London; Flinders
University, Australia; Middlesex University; Sabanci University, Turkey; and the Partito
di Alternativa Comunista (PdAC), Italy.

The Business of Live Music

A conference to mark the completion of the AHRC funded project

The Promotion of Live Music in the UK--an Historical, Cultural and
Institutional Analysis

University of Edinburgh                       March 31/April 1   2011

We invite papers on any aspect of the business of live music from any
disciplinary perspective.  Themes for discussion include the history

7th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
August 9 - 13, 2010

Hosted in one of the world's most diverse cities, the 7th International
Conference on Media, Religion and Culture invites papers and panels
addressing a wide range of content and methodological approaches. Past
meetings have brought to the fore research into both very old and very new
mediums of communication, with traditions ranging from ancient indigenous