The steering committee of the twenty-second annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression solicits papers dealing with U.S. mass media of the 19th century, the Civil War in fiction and history, freedom of expression in the 19th century, presidents and the 19th century press, images of race and gender in the 19th century press, sensationalism and crime in 19th century newspapers, and the press in the Gilded Age. Selected papers will be presented during the three-day conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 6-8, 2014. The top three papers and the top three student papers will be honored accordingly. Due to the generosity of the Walter and Leona Schmitt Family Foundation Research Fund, the winners of the student awards will receive $250 honoraria for delivering their papers at the conference. To learn more, see the full call for papers at
https://www.utc.edu/west-chair-communication/pdfs/callforpapers2014021014.pdf
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Spring 2014 Clio is available
The Spring 2014 edition of Clio, the history division newsletter, is now available. This issue features wrap-ups of the Southeast Colloquium and the Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference. Division head Kathy Roberts Forde explores the connection between history and sociology, PF&R chair Lillie Fears considers the benefits of humanities experiences for professional development and co-graduate liaisons Carrie Isard and Annie Sugar share some teaching strategies for new history instructors. The issue also contains information about history awards offered through the American Journalism Historians Association.
View the current issue here, or find a link on the Clio page.
Vote in AEJMC annual election
AEJMC members should have received email with a link to an online ballot for the 2014 AEJMC election.
You may want to give special consideration to several History Division members who are nominated for election to AEJMC committees.
The nominees are:
PF&R Committee
– Lisa Burns (Quinnipiac)
– Amy Reynolds (LSU)
Teaching Committee
– David Bulla (Zayed)
– Mary Dedinsky (Northwestern – Qatar)
– Dan Haygood (Elon)
– Earnest Perry (Missouri)
Publication Committee
– Wat Hopkins (Virginia Tech)
– Karen Miller Russell (Georgia)
Bios for the nominees can be found online at: http://www.aejmc.org/home/2014/03/election-2014/?utm_source=AEJMC+Election+Info+2014+&utm_campaign=Summer+Opportunity&utm_medium=email
Reviewers needed for convention paper submissions
The History Division needs reviewers for papers submitted for the 2014 AEJMC convention in Montreal.
If you are willing to review papers, contact Yong Volz at volzy@missouri.edu. Indicate your area of expertise and/or interest. The division needs about 75 reviewers for the competition.
Graduate students are not eligible to serve as reviewers, and, in genera, reviewers should not have submitted their own research into the competition.
History Division Call for Papers for 2014 AEJMC Convention
The History Division invites submissions of original research papers and historiographical essays on all aspects of media history for the AEJMC 2014 convention in Montreal, Canada. All research methodologies are welcome.
Papers will be evaluated on originality and importance of topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose; focus; use of evince to support the paper’s purpose and conclusions; and the degree to which the paper contributes to the field of journalism and mass communication history. The History Division presents awards for the top three faculty papers. Continue reading
Call for submissions regarding preserving news content – Newspaper Research Journal
Newspaper Research Journal is seeking submissions for a special issue focused on the preservation of news content. “Capturing and Preserving the ‘First Draft of History’ in the Digital Environment” will focus on issues related to preserving content, particularly “born digital” content such as “big data” projects and interactive visualizations.
Special issue editors Kathleen A. Hansen and Nora Paul are looking for manuscripts that will provide insights into the challenges and issues news organizations are facing with respect to capturing the daily product, efficiently storing it and making it accessible to users. Social-scientific and critical-cultural approaches will be considered. Historical perspectives are welcome.
Deadline for submission is August 2, 2014, with publication in Summer 2015. Direct questions or submissions to Kathleen A. Hansen (k-hans@umn.edu) or Nora Paul (npaul@umn.edu) at the University of Minnesota. See the attached PDF file for more details.
Participants needed for AEJMC grant writing workshop
The History and Public Relations divisions are co-sponsoring a pre-conference grant writing workshop in conjunction with the 2014 AEJMC convention in Montreal, and participants are needed for part of the program.
The workshop will feature two panels. The first, “promoting our scholarship and ourselves,” has already been organized. The second panel session will focus on grant writing. Organizers are looking for some History Division members who’ve been successful in grant writing to join the panel.
The pre-conference workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 5 (the convention begins the next day). If you are interested in participating, contact Lisa Burns at Lisa.Burns@quinnipiac.edu. Include a brief bio about your experience with grant writing. Organizers are hoping to finalize the panel by mid-February.
Winter 2014 Clio is available
Get the Winter 2014 edition of Clio, the history division newsletter. In this edition:
- Consideration of the need for a focused history of our field from division head KathyRoberts Forde
- Thoughts on journalism history textbooks from teaching chair Doug Cumming
- An examination of some pioneering journalists and the First Amendment
- Information about travel grants for media history research
- The call for papers, reviewers and award entries for the annual convention
Download the Winter 2014 edition here, or from the Clio page.
History Division website now includes syllabi, sample assignments
A new teaching resource has been added to the History Division website.
History Division members have contributed items to create a collection of syllabi and sample assignments for courses related to journalism history. The collection includes syllabi for courses focusing broadly on journalism history as well as courses on specific areas like electronic media or legal history. There are syllabi for both undergraduate and graduate classes, and some members have contributed sample assignments as well.
The collection of syllabi and assignments is linked from the Resources page.
Members can contribute additional items by emailing website administrator Keith Greenwood at greenwoodk@missouri.edu.
Call for book award entries
The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is soliciting entries for its award for the best journalism and mass communication history book of 2013. The award is given annually, and the winning author will receive a plaque and a cash prize at the August 2014 AEJMC conference in Montréal. The competition is open to any author of a relevant history book regardless of whether he or she belongs to AEJMC or the History Division. Authorship is defined as the person or persons who wrote the book, not just edited it. Only those books with a 2013 copyright date will be accepted. Compilations, anthologies, articles, and monographs will be excluded because they qualify for the Covert Award, another AEJMC History Division competition. Continue reading