The International Association for Media and History is an organization of filmmakers, broadcasters, archivists and scholars dedicated to historical inquiry into film, radio, television, and related media. We encourage scholarly research into the relations between history and the media as well as the production of historically informed documentaries, television series, and other media texts.

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IAMHIST - CONFERENCES
IAMHIST conferences provide an environment in which media historians and media practitioners can meet and exchanges ideas.

IAMHIST conference 2009: Social Fears and Moral Panics, Aberystwyth, 8-11
July 2009
The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) announces a
second call for papers for the XXIII biennial IAMHIST conference, incorporating the 3rd Gregynog Media History Conference, on the theme Social Fears and Moral Panics.

The aim of the conference is to explore both the role of the media in addressing, highlighting or perpetuating social fears, and the mass media itself as a perceived moral agent and/or threat. Topics to address might thus include questions of media content and/or language; concerns about public intrusion; censorship and the freedom of information; the reporting of crimes or disasters; invasion and security fears in times of peace or war; religious, cultural and/or linguistic fears; fears relating to youth or children, or to minority groups; fears relating to particular behaviours, pursuits or leisure activities; ‘golden ageism’. Confirmed speakers include Chas Crichter, Julian Petley, Martin Barker, Steve Chibnell, Virginia Berridge, Aled Jones, Jason McElligott, and Sir Quentin Thomas (President, British Board of Film Classification)

Final call for papers
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 11TH 2009
IAMHIST master class on Media and History  
Date: 09.30 am Friday January 16th 2009
Location: British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) 77 Wells St., London (Oxford Circus underground station).

Are you a graduate or doctoral student, post-doc, or young professional currently working on a project in which you engage issues concerning historical film, radio or television footage or media history? Are you interested in presenting your project to a small group of experts and peers? Then this master-class of the International Association for Media and History may be just what you are looking for. Participants are expected to give a short introduction to their project and to prepare some central questions for discussion. Senior members of IAMHIST will engage with your paper and discuss sources and strategies for developing the project. More info and application...

IAMHIST PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY AWARDED
Hearty congratulations to the winners of the 2009 IAMHIST PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY. The prize is a biennial award given to the book, radio or television programme or series, film, DVD, CDRom, or URL making the best contribution on the subject of media and history to have been published or shown in the preceding two years. Thanks to an especially strong field of entries, two winners were chosen: Reconstructing American Historical Cinema From 'Cimarron' to 'Citizen Kane,’ by Dr. Jennifer E. Smyth (University of Warwick), and Voices in Ruins: German Radio and National Reconstruction in the Wake of Total War, by Dr. Alexander Badenoch (Technical University of Eindhoven). Both works were cited by the prize committee as making outstanding contributions to the field, based on excellence of research, originality, accessibility, and scholarly usefulness.

For more information, please visit the website for Dr. Smyth's book, and for Dr. Badenoch's book.

The prize was awarded for the first time in 2007. The winner was Professor Wendy Webster (University of Central Lancashire), for her book Englishness and Empire, 1939-1965 (Oxford University Press, 2005). The prize was awarded at the XXIInd IAMHIST conference in Amsterdam (July 18-21, 2007).

This year’s winners were selected by a sub-committee of the IAMHIST Governing Council, under the chairmanship of IAMHIST Treasurer, Cynthia Miller. The prizes will be formally recognized and awarded at the XXIIIrd IAMHIST conference, which will be held in Aberystwyth, Wales, this summer (July 8-11, 2009).

Visit the IAMHIST Conference page to learn more about our conferences.

IAMHIST - PUBLICATIONS
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Published four times a year the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television is the leading international journal for media history. The journal examines the history of audio-visual media and its impact on the political, social and cultural developments of the twentieth century.
Contents include: research articles, book reviews and review essays, historical documents, reports of conferences, inter-disciplinary debates of topical issues, developments in audio-visual media in teaching all levels of history, annual listings of dissertations and archival materials, reviews of films, radio and television programmes of historical or educational importance.
To find out more and to view recent volumes visit the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television page.


IAMHIST PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY
The IAMHIST PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY is a biennial prize awarded for the book, radio or television programme or series, film, DVD, CDRom, or URL making the best contribution on the subject of media and history to have been published or shown in the preceding two years.
The prize is worth $1000.

The prize was awarded for the first time in 2007. The winner was Professor Wendy Webster (University of Central Lancashire), for her book Englishness and Empire, 1939-1965 (Oxford University Press, 2005). The prize was awarded at the XXIInd IAMHIST conference in Amsterdam (July 18-21, 2007). Read more (includes rules)...

IAMHIST - NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
IAMHIST publications include books and publications from our members. Visit our books and publications page to see the latest offerings from IAMHIST members. New entries include:

• LICENCE TO THRILL: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE JAMES BOND FILMS
  James Chapman
• NAZIS AND THE CINEMA
  Susan Tegel
• THE COLUMBIA HISTORY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION
  Gary Edgerton (Columbia University Press)
• AMERICANS AND THE MAKING OF THE RIVIERA
  Michael Nelson
• CINEMA AND THE SWASTIKA
  The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema
  Edited by Roel Vande Winkel & David Welch
• DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING, SECOND EDITION: MAKING STRONGER AND MORE DRAMATIC NONFICTION FILMS
  Sheila Curran Bernard, Focal Press, 2007
• BLACKOUT: WORLD WAR II AND THE ORIGINS OF FILM NOIR
  Sheri Chinen Biesen, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
• THE TELEVISION HISTORY BOOK
  Michele Hilmes, editor (associate editor Jason Jacobs)
  
• PROPAGANDA AND MASS PERSUASION
  A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present
  Nicholas J. Cull, David Culbert, and David Welch
• COLD WAR, COOL MEDIUM
  Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture
  Thomas Doherty
• THIS FILM IS DANGEROUS
  A Celebration of Nitrate Film
  Editor: Roger Smither
  Associate Editor: Catherine A Surowiec

IAMHIST - JOB OPPORTUNITIES (JOB POSTINGS)

Moving Image Preservation Specialist - NYU Libraries

Media Librarian positions available

Documentary Looking for Archival Researcher

Jewish Educational Media - Brooklyn, New York

Position Vacant: Audio & Video Preservation Manager - National Archives of Australia

SEE MORE ON OUR JOB OPPORTUNITIES PAGE...


IAMHIST - NEWS

Title: Philosophy and Film / Film and Philosophy: An interdisciplinary conferenceConference announcement and first call for papers

CALL FOR PAPERS - CULTURE & INTERNATIONAL HISTORY IV

ARSC RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM

Job Opening - Chicago

"European Film Treasures" to debut online in April

BRITISH SILENT CINEMA FESTIVAL - 2008 HIGHLIGHTS

ITHACA COLLEGE CONFERENCE TO HONOR TELEVISION WRITER ROD SERLING

UCLA Film & Television Archive, Visiting Researcher Stipend (2008)

SEE MORE ON OUR NEWS PAGE...


IAMHIST - FORUM
The IAMHIST Forum encourages discussion on issues related to media and history. The forum also encourages you to react, as historians and filmmakers, to television programmes and films of all kinds, as well as to relevant books and articles.

HBO DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER SEEKS FOOTAGE OF GRETEL BERGMANN
For more information visit the IAMHIST Forum page.

Michael Tapper, editor of Film International, is seeking a book editor and guest editors for the journal.
For more information visit the IAMHIST Forum page.


IAMHIST - RESOURCES
The IAMHIST Resources page lists sites that have been suggested by IAMHIST members.