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:
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