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ICA Pre-conference Call for Abstracts: Reconsidering Empires and Imperialisms in Media and Communication History

"Held in Paris, this ICA preconference aims to explore the many crossroads between media, communication, empire, and imperialism."

Excerpted from the ICA website, full details of the call here: https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA22PRE_Empires

 

Book reviews and opportunities of interest to JHistory readers

Editor's note: The following book reviews of relevance to journalism or media history have been culled from the broader stream of reviews posted across H_Net networks. And the research grant announcement is one of many that are posted regarding funding available to travel to and conduct research at archival collections around the nation and beyond. JHistory reminds it subscribers that it is often worth researching whether an archive of interest offers fellowships of this sort to visiting scholars.

 

Teaching materials for Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America

Hi, JHistory colleagues! Our new book is finally out: Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America. If you teach US press or media history, we hope you'll consider teaching parts, or all, it. You can buy a copy at University of Illinois Press at a 50% discount using promo code HOLIDAY50 by Dec. 31. We offer a robust discussion guide on the book's website for use in the classroom.

JHoK Special Issue Histories of Ignorance

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that the second Special Issue of the Journal for the History of Knowledge has just been published: “Histories of Ignorance,” with guest editors Lukas Verburgt and Peter Burke. You can find the Open Access link here: https://journalhistoryknowledge.org/collections/special/histories-of-ignorance/.

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