Call for Papers: Memory, Media, and Technology: Exploring the Trajectories of Schindler’s List

Marking the 20th anniversary of Schindler’s List, this conference will examine the trajectories of memory, media, and technology from a range of disciplines. Themes include the role of media archives in research and education, the role of mediated memories in facilitating public action, and the future of these new practices for mediating memory.

When? 16-18 November 2014
Where? University of Southern California

Conference organizers invite proposals on these issues, including:

• Creating and preserving media archives of mass violence
• Case studies in Resistance to Mass Violence (armed, cultural, spiritual, social, communal)
• Landmarks of public memory using new media
• Representing a genocide in film and literature
• Trauma and mediated memory
• Media archives and personal narratives of mass violence

Deadline for proposals is 31 January 2014. For details, look here.