School of History, Centre for Transnational History Workshop
The Transnational Sixties? Movements and Media in Europe and the U.S.
Convenors: Chris Hill, Gillian Mitchell, Bernhard Struck
16 and 17 September 2010, the New Arts Building, Seminar Room 9
Thursday 16 September
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Registration |
| 9.15 – 9.30 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Session 1: Understanding Media, Chair / Discussant, Mr. Chris Hill | |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Professor Frank Bösch (University of Giessen) Media and the Global Formation of Social Movements |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Chris Dols (Radboud University) Numbered Voices through the Ether: Medialization, Social Scientism, and the Dutch Catholic Community, 1958-1974 |
| 11.15 – 11.30 | Break |
| Session 2: Communication, Culture and Affluence, Chair / Discussant, Dr. James Koranyi | |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | Dr. Gillian Mitchell (University of St Andrews) British Reactions and Responses to Rock 'n' Roll Music, 1955-1963 |
| 12.15 – 13:00 | Dr. Bryn Jones (University of Bath) Communicating Radicalism: 60s Social Movements as Dress Rehearsals? |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Peace Movements and Vietnam, Chair / Discussant, Ms. Megan Stahl | |
| 15.00 – 15.45 | Dr. Holger Nehring (University of Sheffield) Metaphors of the global. The British and West German protests against nuclear weapons and transnational communication, 1957-1964 |
| 15.45 – 16:30 | Celia Hughes (University of Warwick) International Contacts, Alternative Media, and Personal Politics: The British Contribution to Global 1968 as Exemplified by the Camden Movement for People's Power |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Chris Hill (University of St Andrews) “Axel Springer Today, Cecil King Tomorrow” – British and West German Protests against the Capitalist Press |
| 19:30 | Evening Meal, Zizzi Restaurant, South Street |
Friday 17 September
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Registration |
| Session 3, Towards the Seventies, Chair / Discussant, Dr. Gillian Mitchell | |
| 9.15 – 10.00 | Nicolas Verschueren (Université Libre de Bruxelles) New Left, Songs, Theatre and Social Protests, a Microstoria of the Seventies in Belgium |
| 10.00 – 10.45 | Megan Stahl (University of St Andrews) Propaganda of the Word: The Underground Press and the Symbionese Liberation Army |
| 10.45 -11.30 | Rafael Torrubia (University of St Andrews) Red Guard, Black Mask: The Importance of the Black Power Image in Constructing Asian-American Identity |