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• 18 jui 2015

  19 jui 2015

  Florence

  Conference, symposium - Information

  Books and reading in an age of media overload

  By the Book 2015

  This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. This is the second conference to bring together researchers and teachers of publishing studies from a range of countries.

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• 25 fév 2015

  26 fév 2015

  27 fév 2015

  Lisbon

  Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

  Sephardic Book Art of the XVth century

  This conference will focus on the cultural and artistic questions posed by Sephardic codices of the 15th century by gathering scholars who have studied or are studying these manuscripts. Moreover, issues related with the materiality of these manuscripts will also be discussed, including codicological and paleographic approaches, as well as the fate of these manuscripts after the forced conversion or expulsion of Sephardic Jews between 1492 and 1498, among other related topics. Invited speakers include Andreina Contessa, Javier del Barco, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Maria Teresa Ortega Monasterio, Sarit Shalev-Eyni, Shalom Sabar, Sonia Fellous.

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• 09 fév 2015

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Hégémonie ou résistance ? Sur le pouvoir ambigu de la communication - Audience section

  Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2015

  The IAMCR Audience Section invites papers that both reflect the conference theme and the Section's interest in new approaches to audience research in the context of a digital, global media environment.  The Section aims to reflect and encourage plural  understandings of audiences for a range of media technologies, in diverse settings, reflecting the role of media in identity, everyday life and broader social and political engagement.

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• 09 fév 2015

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Hégémonie ou résistance ? Sur le pouvoir ambigu de la communication – Comic Art Working Group

  Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2015

  The Comic Art Working Group, founded in 1984 by John A. Lent, is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary. As part of that occasion, the group hopes to have a full program of papers for the 2015 IAMCR conference in Montreal. Papers on any aspect of comic art are requested, such as political, advertising, or gag cartoons, newspaper strips, comic books, graphic novels, humor /cartoon periodicals, animation, and caricature.

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• 31 jan 2015

  Florence

  Call for papers - Information

  Books and Reading in Age of a Media Overload

  By the Book 2. Publishing studies conference

  This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies.

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• 31 jan 2015

  Call for papers - Information

  Archives, libraries and museums in the era of the participatory social Web

  Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

  This special issue aims to investigate mutations or changes under way within the institutions and among the stakeholders of libraries, archives, museums and online media due to the spread of Web 2.0 digital practices. The guest editors of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science invite researchers from different disciplines to submit original unpublished work in connection with the changes brought about by Web 2.0 in these sectors. Contributions may cover different aspects: epistemological, technological, sociological, economic and political impact of Web 2.0 in the context of libraries, archives, museums and new media.

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