Va-Hist subscribers may be interested in knowing about this scholarly
symposium. 

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Subject: CFP: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and
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Subject: CFP: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and
Free Expression

CALL FOR PAPERS

Symposium on the 19th Century Press,
the Civil War, and Free Expression
November 13 - November 15, 2008
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The steering committee of the sixteenth 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, images of race and gender in the 19th century
press, presidents and the 19th century press, and sensationalism and
crime in 19th century newspapers.  Selected papers will be presented
during the three-day conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, November 13-15, 2008.  The top three papers and
the top three student papers will be honored accordingly.

The purpose of the November conference is to share current research and
to develop a series of monographs on the 19th century press, the Civil
War and the press, the Civil War in fiction and history, 19th century
concepts of free expression, images of race and gender in the 19th
century press, presidents and the 19th century press, and sensationalism
and crime in 19th century newspapers.  Papers from the first five
conferences were published by Transaction Publishers in 2000 as a book
of readings called The Civil War and the Press.  The steering committee
plans to publish papers from past conferences in three distinctly
different books titled Memory and Myth: The Civil War in Fiction and
Film from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Cold Mountain, Words at War: The Civil
War and American Journalism, and Seeking a
Voice: Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press.

The symposium is sponsored by the George R. West, Jr. Chair of
Excellence in Communication and Public Affairs, the Frank McDonald Chair
of Communication, the UT-Chattanooga Department of Communication, the
UT-Chattanooga Department of History, the Chattanooga Times Free Press,
WRCB-TV Channel 3, and the Hazel Dicken- Garcia Fund for the Symposium,
and because of this sponsorship, no registration fee will be charged.

Deadline August 31, 2008

Papers should be able to be presented within 20 minutes, at least 10 to
15 pages long.  Send your paper (including a 200-300 word
abstract) as an MS Word e-mail attachment to  West-Chair- [log in to unmask]
or mail four copies of your paper and abstract to:

Dr. David Sachsman
George R. West, Jr. Chair of Excellence in Communication and Public
Affairs
212 Frist Hall, Dept. 3003
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
(423) 425-4219
FAX (423) 425-2199
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see  http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/
or   http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference
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Bruce E. Baker
Senior Lecturer in United States History Royal Holloway, University of
London
http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/unra/373
List Editor, H-SOUTH

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