Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies

image 27-28 January 2025

International conference

University of Lausanne, Nucleo (Vortex building)

Transmedia Conference

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Conference program

Registration for the in-person conference is open until January 20. Registration for online participation is open until midday on January 24.

MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2025

Location: Nucleo, Vortex Building, University of Lausanne

09:00-09:30 Welcome

09:30-10:00 Introduction

  • Introduction to the Conference | Raphaëlle Ruppen Coutaz, François Vallotton and Martin Grandjean (University of Lausanne)
  • The Impresso Project | Maud Ehrmann (EPFL) and Marten Düring (University of Luxembourg)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

TRANSMEDIATIC ACTORS, NETWORKS AND PRACTICES

10:30-12:30 Session 1 | Chair: Carolyn Birdsall (University of Amsterdam)

  • "No Wall is Thick Enough to Stop Them" - Transmediality and Colonial-Critical Resistance in French West Africa 1900 - 1914 | Philipp Horn (University of Bern)
  • Geneva's Press and Radio Microcosm and the League of Nations in the Interwar Period | Martin Grandjean (University of Lausanne)
  • Cross Media History in the mid-20th Century: The American Foreign Correspondents, the Rise of National Socialism, and the Convergence of Print and Radio Reporting | Norman Domeier (Charles University Prague)
  • La diffusion du rock en France : approche transmédiatique (années 1960 - années 1970) | Maxime Guebey (Université de Tours)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

ARCHAEOLOGIES, RECONFIGURATIONS AND NEW GENEALOGIES

14:00-15:30 Session 2 | Chair: Anne-Katrin Weber (University of Lausanne)

  • Animation as a Transmedia Catalyst | Antoine Rigaud (Université Paris Nanterre)
  • "CD-ROMS in Print”: Transmediality in Early Digital Culture | Alina Volynskaya and Valérie Schafer (University of Luxembourg)
  • Always on: How the Fax and Teletext Transformed Social Practices and Norms | Jesper Verhoef (University of Groningen)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

CIRCULATIONS, ADAPTATIONS AND RECIPROCAL INFLUENCES

16:00-18:00 Session 3 | Chair: Yannick Rochat (University of Lausanne)

  • Digital Throws of the Dice: A Genealogy of Rhetoric in Fallout | Clay Foye (EPFL)
  • Résistance des écosystèmes médiatiques et obsolescence programmée : le cas Dragon Ball (Japon, France, États-Unis) | Bounthavy Suvilay (Université de Lille)
  • Des serveurs BBS à la TSR : l'histoire transmédiatique de "Star Stormer" (1991) | Pierre-Yves Hurel and Guillaume Guenat (University of Lausanne)
  • Les nouveaux modes de production et de circulation de l’«actualité littéraire». La presse littéraire européenne francophone à l’épreuve du numérique | Léa Kœnig (EHESS)

18:30-20:00 Social event

Aperitif at the Montreux Jazz Café (EPFL) and visit of their Heritage Lab (audiovisual archives of the festival).

TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2025

Location: Nucleo, Vortex Building, University of Lausanne

09:00-10:00 Keynote lecture

  • Beyond Entangled Media Histories? Reflections on Historical Research after the Transnational and Transmedia Turns | Marie Cronqvist (Linköping University)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

TRANSMEDIA MOBILIZATIONS AND PROPAGANDA

10:30-12:30 Session 4 Chair: Valérie Schafer (University of Luxembourg)
  • Transmediality and Colonial Diplomacy: The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) Through Diplomatic Correspondence, “Livre Jaunes” and the French Press | Ferdaous Affan (University of Luxembourg)
  • Faire une histoire visuelle et médiatique du tourisme, un enjeu transmédiatique : l’exemple de la Tchécoslovaquie en contexte de guerre froide | Marie Blanc (Université Grenoble Alpes)
  • The Transmedia Publicity of Swiss Banks: Public Relations Strategies and Mass-Media Coverage (1960-1977) | Arthur Michelet (University of Lausanne)
  • The Intellectual Life that Oil Fostered: Exploring the History of a ‘Media Ecosystem’ in Latin America (1950-1980) | Juan-David Murillo (Instituto Caro y Cuervo)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE TRANSMEDIA APPROACH

14:00-15:30 Session 5 Chair: Marie Cronqvist (Linköping University)
  • Research Data Infrastructures Before They Were Cool: Microfilms, Photocopies and Early Digital Storage Devices in Humanities Scholarship (1950-1990) | Anna-Maria Sichani (University of London)
  • Just to be Safe. Towards a Frame Analysis of 70 years of Global Debate on the Civil Usage of Nuclear Power Between Science, Activists and Newspapers | Marten Düring (University of Luxembourg) and Kaspar Beelen (University of London)
  • A Transmedia History Approach to Studying the Cultural Politics of Software Interfaces, 1977-1995 | Patryk Wasiak (Polish Academy of Sciences)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:00 Session 5 (continued)

  • From Oral History to Metadata? Report from the Oral History of Radio Archivists (OHRA) Pilot Project | Carolyn Birdsall (University of Amsterdam) and Marten Düring (University of Luxembourg)
  • Archiving Multiplatform Conspiracy Social Spaces: A Case Study of the QAnon Counter-Public | Dusan Bozalka (University Paris-Panthéon-Assas)

17:00-17:30 Conclusion

  • A Transmedia Impresso? | Maud Ehrmann (EPFL) and Marten Düring (University of Luxembourg)
  • Conference Conclusion | Raphaëlle Ruppen Coutaz, François Vallotton and Martin Grandjean (University of Lausanne)