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.
To join the History Section, login to your account and select My Sections and Working Groups from the menu. A number of IAMCR sections and working groups send notices and other information exclusively to their members. IAMCR members can join up to three sections or working groups.
IAMCR's History Section invites submissions for IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's History Section invites proposals for IAMCR 2023, to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23) with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2023, at 23.59 UTC.
IAMCR's History Section invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
The History Section (HIS) will be holding online elections for one Chair and one Vice-chair positions, for the term 2021 - 2025. The deadline to submit candidacies is 16 May.
IAMCR's History Section invites the submission of proposals for single papers and multi-paper sessions (the online conference equivalent of a panel in a face to face conference) for IAMCR 2021, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July, with a regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline for submission is 9 February 2021, at 23.59 UTC.
This message from the heads of the History Section was distributed to all the section members on 27 April 2020.
IAMCR's History Section invites the submission of abstracts of papers and proposals for panels for the 2020 conference of the association, which will be held from 12 to 16 July, 2020 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
IAMCR's History Section held it's annual business meeting on Thursday, 11 July 2019 from 2 p.m. -3.30 p.m. in Room Farmacia 231, Complutense University of Madrid.
IAMCR's History Section held it's annual business meeting on Saturday, 23 June 2018 from 2 p.m. -3.30 p.m. in Room 251 at Straub Hall, University of Oregon.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 20-24 June 2018 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
IAMCR's History Section invites proposals that reflect the section's interest.
The Business meeting was held on Thursday, 20.7.2017 at 2 p.m. -3.20 p.m. in Salón P. Obregón, Cartagena Convention Center, during the IAMCR 2017 conference. You can read the minutes here.
25 May, 2017 - IAMCR's History Section is co-sponsoring a pre-conference that will take place on May 25, 2017, prior to the ICA in San Diego. The topic is: “Audiences? The familiar unknown of communication historiography”. The preconference is dedicated to bringing together scholars from across the spectrum of communication research and from around the globe to illuminate the history of audiences, media practices and media use.
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) will hold its annual conference from 16-20 July, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia. IAMCR's History Section invites proposals that reflect the the section's interest.
The IAMCR History Section held its Business meeting on Friday, 29.7.2016 at 4 p.m.-5.20 p.m. in Ken Edwards building room 527, University of Leicester
26 members were present
Chairs: Chandrika Kaul, Epp Lauk
Elections Chair: Jürgen Wilke
The IAMCR History Section will hold elections for the positions of chair and co-chair during the 2016 conference in Leicester, UK.
The History Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions of abstracts for papers and panel proposals for the 2016 IAMCR conference to be held from 27 -31 July, 2016 in Leicester, UK.
The History Section invites submissions of abstracts for papers for the 2015 IAMCR conference to be held from 12-16 July, 2015 at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada.
History Section - Call for Papers – IAMCR 2014The IAMCR 2014 conference will be held in Hyderabad, India on July 15-19, 2014. The History Section invites submissions of individual research papers, complete panel and workshop proposals and poster presentations, which intersect the main topic of the conference – "Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice."
The IAMCR annual conference 2013 will be held in Dublin, Ireland on June 25-29, 2013.
The History Section invites submissions of individual research papers, complete panel and workshop proposals, which intersect the main topic of the conference – “Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Order”.
The 2012 IAMCR Conference will be held in Durban (South Africa) on July 15-19. The overall conference theme is “South-North Conversations”. Along with this topic, which is also closely related to our interest as researchers, the History Section proposes specific sessions for papers.
The 2011 IAMCR Conference will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from July 13-17. The overall conference theme is 'Cities, Creativity and Connectivity'. 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.
This notice is to call for submissions for the History Section of the IAMCR Program.
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.
This notice is to call for submissions for the History Section of the IAMCR Program.
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!
The 2008 IAMCR Congress will be held in Stockholm from July 20 to 25, 2008. The overall congress theme is “Media and Global Divides”. Although this topic could be seen as a reflection of the contemporary world it also has an historical dimension since various kinds of communication divides have existed in earlier times.