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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please see below for details about the Television and
the National conference to be held in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:City>
from 19-21 November 2008. regards Susan Bye<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Call for Papers: Television and
the National Conference (Melbourne 2008)</span></font></b><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conference Site: </span></font><b><font size=4><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>http://www.latrobe.edu.au/cinema/conf_tv-national/index.html<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Convened by La <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Trobe</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and the Project for Australian Television History (PATH).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>This conference builds on the Television Studies
conference (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Queensland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Brisbane
2000) and the Television History Conference (Powerhouse, Sydney 2005). It aims
to bring people together to discuss issues of television history and genre and
national identity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Abstracts for individual papers or joint submissions
for pre-constituted panels (of three speakers) are welcomed on any of the
conference themes listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Abstracts of between 150-200 words
should be sent via email on or before April 11 2008 to <a
href="mailto:s.bye@latrobe.edu.au">s.bye@latrobe.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Please include the following information in your
abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Title of
paper or panel<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Author(s)
and/or panellists, and a contact email address<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Three to
four keywords<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please
include a short (maximum 100 words) biography<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Topics<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Topics for the 2008 conference include, but are not
limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=4 face=Symbol><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=4><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>television history and historiography<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=4 face=Symbol><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=4><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>television and the national<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=4><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>television and the transnational<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=4><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>television and genre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=4 face=Symbol><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=4><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:14.0pt'>television comedy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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