Join us in Kobe this autumn for The Asian Conference on Media, Communication and Film 2017 (MediAsia2017), October 27-29, 2017.
***MediAsia2017 at a glance
The Asian Conference on Media, Communication and Film 2017 (MediAsia2017) will be held in the beautiful and cosmopolitan city of Kobe, Japan.
Submit your abstract now to participate in this international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event.
**Location: Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan
**Dates: Friday, October 27 to Sunday, October 29, 2017
**Abstract Submission Deadline: June 6, 2017
**Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 13, 2017
**Enquiries: mediasia@iafor.org
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: iafor.org/mediasia2017-call-for-papers
Already had your abstract accepted? Register now: iafor.org/mediasia2017-registration
To find out about registration packages, presentation options, conference events and more, please visit the conference website: mediasia.iafor.org
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***MediAsia2017 Conference Theme: "History, Story, Narrative"
Historians are far from the only interested party in writing history. In a sense it is an interest we all share – whether we are talking politics, region, family birthright, or even personal experience. We are spectators to the process of history while being intimately situated within its impact and formations.
How, then, best to write it? Is it always the victor's version? Have we not begun increasingly to write "history from below", that lived by those who are not at the top of the power hierarchy? Are accounts of history always gender-inflected, hitherto, at least, towards men rather than women? Who gets to tell history if the issue is colonialism or class? How does geography, the power of place, intersect with history? What is the status of the personal story or narrative within the larger frame of events?
This conference addresses issues of writing history from literary and other discursive perspectives. That is to say: novels, plays, poems, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, travel logs and a variety of styles of essay. One thinks of Shakespeare's history plays, Tolstoy's War and Peace, Shi Nai'an's The Water Margin, Balzac's La Comédie Humaine. It also addresses oral history, the spoken account or witness, the Hiroshima survivor to the modern Syrian migrant.
Which also connects to the nexus of media and history. The great "historical" films continue to hold us, be it Eisenstein's October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1925) or Gone with the Wind (1940). We live in an age of documentaries, whether film or TV. There is a view that we also inhabit "instant" history, the download to laptop, the app, the all-purpose mobile. How has this technology changed our perception, our lived experience, of history? What is the role of commemoration, parade, holiday, festival or statuary in the writing of history?
The different modes by which we see and understand history, flow and counter-flow, nevertheless come back to certain basics.
One asks whether we deceive ourselves in always asking for some grand narrative. Can there only be one narrator or is history by necessity a colloquium, contested ground? Is national history a myth? And history-writing itself: is it actually a form of fiction, an artifice which flatters to deceive? What, exactly, is a historical fact?
This conference, we hope, will address these perspectives and others that connect and arise.
In conjunction with our Global Partners, we look forward to extending a warm welcome to you in Kobe.
– The MediAsia2017 Organising Committee (iafor.org/mediasia2017-committee)
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***Programme
The MediAsia2016 conference theme of "Justice" attracted around 100 delegates from over 25 countries and offered a diverse variety of papers that encouraged interdisciplinary reflection and discussion. MediAsia2016 provided the many researchers, academics, scholars and practitioners who attended with an excellent opportunity for intellectual discovery and the development of collaborative links and connections.
In his Featured Presentation, Professor Gary E. Swanson of the University of Northern Colorado, USA, discussed Donald J. Trump's relationship with the media and whether news coverage created the man or vice versa. As part of a Keynote Presentation, MediAsia2016 Keynote Speaker Professor Richard J. Roth of Northwestern University, USA, spoke on the subject of "Contemporary Issues in Journalism" and the impact of the Internet on the industry.
Programming for MediAsia2017 will be announced in the coming weeks and months.
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***IAFOR's Grants and Scholarships
For information about IAFOR's new grants and scholarships for PhD students and early career academics, please visit: iafor.org/mediasia2017-financial-support
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***IAFOR Publishing Opportunities
**Peer-reviewed journal: IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film
The IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film (jomcf.iafor.org) is an editorially independent journal associated with MediAsia2017. The editor of the journal will select the strongest papers from associated conference proceedings for consideration. This Open Access journal, which conforms to the highest academic standards, reflects the interdisciplinary and international nature of our conferences.
**Conference Proceedings
After having your abstract accepted and presenting your research at the conference, you are encouraged to submit a full paper for inclusion in the official Conference Proceedings. Our Conference Proceedings are Open Access research repositories, which act as permanent records of the research generated by IAFOR conferences. Further details are available here: iafor.org/MediAsia2017-final-paper-submission
**THINK
THINK (think.iafor.org), The Academic Platform, is IAFOR's online magazine, publishing the latest in interdisciplinary research and ideas from some of the world’s foremost academics, many of whom have presented at IAFOR conferences. Content is varied in both subject and form, with everything from in-depth articles to shorter opinion pieces, interviews, film and photography.
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***Join IAFOR at MediAsia2017 to:
– Present to a global audience
– Have your work published in the Conference Proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open-access journals
– Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing about the latest research in Media, Communication and Film and more
– Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event
– Take part in interactive audience sessions
– Network with international colleagues
**Register now to take advantage of Early Bird Registration and save over 20%. Early Bird Registration is open until the end of July 13, 2017. Lunch is included in all conference registrations. Please see the registration page for details: iafor.org/mediasia2017-registration
*If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer additional discounts in appreciation of your support. Please contact us at mediasia@iafor.org for details.
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***About IAFOR
To learn more about IAFOR, please visit iafor.org. For enquiries please contact mediasia@iafor.org.
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