IAMHIST conference 2009: Social Fears and Moral Panics
Aberystwyth, 8-11 July 2009

The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is pleased to announce its XXIII biennial conference, incorporating the 3rd Gregynog Media History Conference, on the theme Social Fears and Moral Panics, to be held at Aberystwyth University Wed 8-Sat 11 July 2009.

The conference will explore the role of the media in addressing, highlighting or perpetuating social fears, and the mass media itself as a perceived moral agent and/or threat.  Topics to be addressed during the conference include crime; censorship; government and media; women and moral panics; the underclass; race; empire; disease; the environment; cultural fears; ‘enemies within’; Cold War fears; audiences and moral panic; new media; and social fears and financial crisis.

Confirmed speakers include Martin Barker, Virginia Berridge, James Chapman, Steve Chibnall, Chas Critcher, Nicholas Cull, Mark Glancy, David Hendy,  Merfyn Jones (former BBC Governor for Wales), Garth Jowett, Jason McElligott, Edward Mirzoeff, Julian Petley, Laurence Rees (Timewatch; The Nazis: A Warning From History), Janet Staiger, Sir Quentin Thomas (President, British Board of Film Classification), Will Wyatt.

1. Conference booking form          

2. Conference programme     

3. Aberystwyth travel and accommodation information    

4. Campus and town maps              

5. Aberystwyth and area links:

http://www.aberystwyth.org.uk

http://www.aberystwyth-online.co.uk

http://westwales.co.uk

1. Special conference events

Silent film screening, The Life of David Lloyd George (1918), Y Drwm, National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, Thursday 9 July         

1. Special film screening: Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Cinema, Friday 10 July

2. Conference dinner, Saturday 11 July

3. Trip to Portmeirion, Sunday 12 July (optional extra for those staying till Sunday)

The conference is being organised by IAMHIST, in association with the Centre for Media History and Departments of History and Welsh History, and Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University, the Department of Media and Communications, Swansea University, and the journals Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Media History, with the support of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Enquiries should be directed to Ms Lauren Anderson, iamhist2009@aber.ac.uk ; or Dr Sian Nicholas, shn@aber.ac.uk , c/o Centre for Media History, Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DY, Wales UK. 

This page was last updated by Angela Hopson on 22 June 2009