April 26, 2022, 5:32 p.m.

CHD ICA Preconference Program - "Reconsidering Empires and Imperialisms in Media and Communication History"

Communication History List

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to invite those of you who will be in Paris on May 25 to attend the Communication History Division’s preconference “Reconsidering Empires and Imperialisms in Media and Communication History.” 

The event is open to all but advanced registration is required as places are limited.

If you are planning to join us, please register using this link: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reconsidering-empires-and-imperialisms-in-media-and-communication-history-tickets-321242473887. 

Preliminary Schedule

8:30 Registration

Meet at the entrance of the Agence France-Presse, 13 Place de la Bourse, Paris (near the Bourse metro station in the 2e arrondissement) 

9:00-9:15 Welcome Address

Jade Montané, François Robinet, Dominique Trudel 

9:15-10:55 The Power of the Press: Exploring Imperial and (Post)Colonial Configurations

Chair: Nelson Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa 

Yehiel Bril and the Emperor:  Foreign Language and Minority Press as Transnational Propaganda Medium of the Second French Empire (1865-1871) – Gideon Kouts, Université Paris 8 

German Cultural Imperialism, The “War of the Languages” and the Hebrew Press in the Ottoman Empire Before WWI – Ouzi Elyada, University of Haïfa 

Foreign Affairs and the Discourse of Colonialism: The Case of Algeria – Kathryn McGarr, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Hybrid Empire and the Asymmetries of Soft vs State Media Power – Kenzie Burchell, University of Toronto 

10:55-11:15 Coffee Break

**11:15-12:30 Reconsidering Imperial Figures: Native Informants, Amateur Photographers, and Park Rangers

Chair: Derek Vaillant, University of Michigan

Reconsidering Native Informants – Arthur Asseraf, University of Cambridge 

Imperial Cameras and the Amateur Photographer – Annie Rudd, University of Calgary 

America’s Storytellers: The US National Parks in the Digital Age – Cait Dyche, University of Michigan 

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:15 Imperial Media: Codes, Infrastructures, and Special Operations

Chair: Annie Rudd, University of Calgary 

Mapping Communication Infrastructures: Colonizing Modern World Maps – Zef Segal, Open University of Israel 

Hebrew Media Technologies in the Fight Against the British Mandate – Ido Ramati, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

Il y a Quelqu’un? Opération Rose des Vents and the Phantom Power of French Colonial Shortwave – Derek Vaillant, University of Michigan 

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-17:25 Cultural Imperialism and Resistance

Chair: Jérémy Vachet, Audencia Business School 

Airwave Apartheid during Late Portuguese Colonialism: From Monolingualism to the First Multilingual Broadcasts in Angola and Mozambique – Nelson Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa 

Transnational Exuberance and the Modern Petro-city: Arabs in Oklahoma, U.S., at the Start of the 20th Century – Kristin A. Shamas, University of Oklahoma 

De La Havane à Miami : repenser l’impérialisme culturel au travers du clip « Patria y Vida » – Alix Benistant, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord 

Reconstructing Imperial Encounters, Establishing Postcolonial Identities: Commonwealth Comedy on YouTube – Sujatha Sosale & Mir Ashfaquzzaman, University of Iowa 

17:25-17:45 Concluding Remarks

Jade Montané, François Robinet, Dominique Trudel 

After this long hiatus of scientifc events, we look forward to bringing our community together again. Cordially,

Jade Montané, François Robinet & Dominique Trudel 

Dominique Trudel, PhD

Associate professor

Audencia Business School

dtrudel@audencia.com

Tel: +33 (0)2.40.44.90.17

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