The History Section aims to encourage and support historical research on media and communication. The Section emphasises media history and the historical relations between the media and politics and a variety of perspectives on the globalisation of communication since the 19th century. Members are interested in work that foregrounds the role of communication technologies and applications in social formation and historical change, including critiques of perspectives that see today’s information societies as emerging out of a clear break with the past.
Chair: Nelson Costa Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon) [Contact]
Vice-chair: Gideon Kouts (University of Paris 8, France) [Contact]
See the list of all current members of the History Section. For more information about a given member, go to https://iamcr.org/members-contact (accessible only to IAMCR members).
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The 2010 IAMCR Conference will be held in Braga (Portugal) from July 18-22. The overall conference theme is “Communication and Citizenship. Rethinking Crisis and Change”. Along with this topic, which is closely related to our interest as researchers, the History Section also proposes specific sessions for papers devoted to other topics.
The 2009 IAMCR Conference will be held in Mexico City from July 21 to 24. The overall conference theme is “Human Rights and Communication”. Along with this topic, which is closely related to our interest as researchers, the History Section also proposes specific sessions for papers devoted to other topics. 
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!