by homey81

Crossroads 2008 call for papers and official website is up:

http://www.crossroads2008.org/ShowAnnounce.php?aid=7

Crossroads Conference 2008
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston Jamaica, W.I.

Crossroads 2008 will be hosted by the UWI Cultural Studies Initiative which is headed by the Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Prof. Rex Nettleford.The conference dates are July 3-7, 2008 and the venue is the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus.

Proposals on any key, general or related theme will be considered. Please submit abstracts of no more than 150 words in length via the website. All abstracts are being accepted via the website at http://www.crossroads2008.org . The absolute deadline for submission of abstracts for consideration by the programme committee is Friday, November 30, 2007.

Please note that accepted SESSION proposals can be viewed on the website. Potential participants are invited to view the list of accepted sessions and send abstracts to the Organizers of open panels if there is a fit with your paper. Additional sessions will be created based on the papers proposed.

Also, check out IAMCR congress if you’re interested:

the 26th world congress of the International Association for Media and Communication Research

http://www.jmk.su.se/contents/sidor/english/info/scientific_conference.php
http://www.iamcr.org/

Stockholm University and the Department of Media, Journalism and Communication
Stockholm, Sweden
July 20-25, 2008
“Media and Global Divides”

Call for papers to be presented at the IAMCR World Congress in Stockholm, July 2008. Abstracts are due to January 31, 2008, to be submitted to heads of sections and working groups. Programme will be available here on March 31, 2008.