Radio Preservation Task Force Conference 2017
Representatives from over 15 universities (and growing) are exploring of the history of federal and international radio recordings. In November 2017 the Radio Preservation Task Force will be holding its second conference at the Wilson Center and the Library of Congress, with featured participants from the public, private, and educational sectors. The conference will focus on strategies for preservation and classroom implementation of historic federal, noncommercial, and local radio recordings. This conference will offer a look at Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, and related recordings such as public service announcements, propaganda broadcasts, refugee radio, and documentaries.
Overview
Forum I: The Many Voices of Cold War Broadcasting, 1948-1990, 9:00 – 10:45 am
This opening session focuses on the Cold War as a battle of ideologies and information played out through radio and visual broadcasts. Key questions will include the development of Cold War communications, broadcast content, and the impact of broadcasts on target populations, authoritarian systems, and Cold War conflicts themselves..
- Moderator: Lynn Spigel (Northwestern)
- Kirsten Bônker (University of Bielefeld)
- Thomas Doherty (Brandeis University)
- Ross Johnson (Wilson International Center for Scholars)
- Jane Leftwich Curry (Santa Clara University)
- Matthew Ehrlich (University of Illinois)
- Walter Wisniewski (Independent Journalist)
Forum II: Lessons of Cold War Broadcasting and Regime Change – 11:00 – 12:45 pm
In this session scholars and practitioners will reflect on what can be learned from the Cold War media experience. Discussions will include assessing the impact of Cold War media on democratization, and on domestic and international politics generally.
- Moderator: Jim Lastra (University of Chicago)
- Alan Heil (Voice of America)
- Mark Pomar (US–Russia Foundation)
- Peter Gross (University of Tennessee)
- Michal Krzyzanowski (University of Liverpool)
- Gerd Horten (Concordia University – Portland)
- Susan Haas (University of Pennsylvania)
Hosted By
History and Public Policy Program
The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs. Read more
Cold War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Read more
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