Ruling the Waves Conference

V - Middle East Calling
Chair: Jacopo Pili
Nicholas Glastonbury: 'Kolkhozniks of meadow and earth': Kurdish Folklore, Musical Nationalism, and the Political Aesthetics of Radio Yerevan
Siavush Randjbar-Daemi: Rebel Airwaves: The Radio Opposition to the Shah of Iran in Europe and the Middle East, 1950s–1970s

IV - Increasing the Wavelength: International Broadcasting
Chair: Maria Chiara Rioli
Vincent Kuitenbrouwer: Orientalism on Air: The early years of the Arabic service of Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep (1945–1949)
Andrea Stanton: International Regionalism: The United Nations Radio's Middle East Service, 1947–1973

III - Decolonizing Radio
Chair: Arturo Marzano
09.30 Caroline Kahlenberg: The Man of the (Hebrew) Hour: Palestinian Knowledge Production and Anti-Colonial Radio in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Maria Hadjiathanasiou: 'Militant patriots' or 'a bunch of gangsters': The Greek Cypriot anti-colonial Revolt through the Radio (1954–1959)
Arthur Asseraf: Liquid Fears: State Broadcasting and Unruly Listeners in Algeria in the Twentieth Century

Ziad Fahmy-Historian/Author keynote speech on Early Egyptian Radio: From Commercial Stations to State Monopoly, 1928-1934

II - Broadcasting Popular Culture
Chair: Pelle Valentin Olsen
Emily Mellen: The Arab Music of Radio Bari
Janina S. Santer: 'Is the radio dangerous?' Censorship and Popular Culture in Lebanon (1940s–1950s)
Diana Abbani: al-Idhā‘a [the radio], Shaping an Audience and Remapping Beirut's Musical Scene (1940s–1950s)

(Inter)war Frequencies
Chair: Bianca Gaudenzi
Simon Potter: Infrastructures of Empire: Britain and Transnational Broadcasting in the Mediterranean and Middle East in the 1920s and 1930s
Sahar Bostock: Palestinian Listeners Speaking Back to the Radio, 1936–1948
Sara Farhan: Broadcasting Contagion: Censorship, Transmission, and the Radio in Wartime Iraq, 1941

🎙 Let's start!

👉Join us online and in-person: https://bit.ly/2W9vjJX

Don't miss tomorrow the opening day of Ruling the Waves Conference with the first two panels and the keynote speech by Ziad Fahmy-Historian/Author

Information for participation (online and in-person): https://bit.ly/2W9vjJX

Wednesday, 22 June, 9.30 am – 18.30 pm
German Historical Institute
09.30 Registration
10.00 Martin Baumeister | Director, DHI Rome
Lutz Klinkhammer | Deputy Director, DHI Rome
Welcome
10.30 Peter Wien
Opening Remarks

- (Inter)war Frequencies
Chair: Bianca Gaudenzi
11.00 Simon Potter
Infrastructures of Empire: Britain and Transnational Broadcasting in the Mediterranean and Middle East in the 1920s and 1930s
Sahar Bostock
Palestinian Listeners Speaking Back to the Radio, 1936–1948
Sara Farhan
Broadcasting Contagion: Censorship, Transmission, and the Radio in Wartime Iraq, 1941
13.00 Lunch (for speakers & chairs)

II - Broadcasting Popular Culture
Chair: Pelle Valentin Olsen
14.30 Emily Mellen
The Arab Music of Radio Bari
Janina S. Santer
'Is the radio dangerous?' Censorship and Popular Culture in Lebanon (1940s–1950s)
Diana Abbani
al-Idhā‘a [the radio], Shaping an Audience and Remapping Beirut's Musical Scene (1940s–1950s)
16.30 Break

17.00 Keynote
Ziad Fahmy-Historian/Author
Egyptian Radio: Transitioning from Commercial Stations to a State Broadcasting Monopoly, 1928–1934
introduced by Peter Wien

Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom Università di Roma Tor Vergata Accademia di Danimarca - Det Danske Institut i Rom Carlsberg Foundation The Academic Research Institute in Iraq - TARII Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Ithaca Project The Danish Institute in Damascus المعهد الدانمركي في دمشق

Radio connects people across the globe. For much of the 20th century, acted as a means of , a vehicle of dissidence, and a medium of .
If you like to hear more about the history of radio, join our Ruling the Waves Conference, June 22-24, in Rome. We will focus on transnational radio broadcasting and on the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions between the early 1920s and 1970.

👉Here you can find the programme and information for participation (online and in-person): https://bit.ly/2W9vjJX

Ruling the Waves Conference is organised by Enrico Acciai, Bianca Gaudenzi, Arturo Marzano, Pelle Valentin Olsen, Jacopo Pili, Maria Chiara Rioli, Peter Wien, and kindly funded by the Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, the Accademia di Danimarca - Det Danske Institut i Rom, the Carlsberg Foundation, The Academic Research Institute in Iraq - TARII, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), the
Ithaca Project, and The Danish Institute in Damascus المعهد الدانمركي في دمشق

📈 We are really excited for the high number of paper proposals we received! Thank you to all the applicants: we are currently reviewing all the proposals.

📬 We will keep the authors informed and soon share more news on preparatory events to the conference.

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⏱ Last day to submit your paper proposal and join the "Ruling the Waves" Conference in Rome!

🎙“Ruling the Waves” - Transnational Radio Broadcasting in the Middle East and the Mediterranean between Production and Reception, 1920-1970 (June 22-24, 2022, Rome)

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“Ruling the Waves” - Transnational Radio Broadcasting in the Middle East and the Mediterranean between Production and Reception, 1920-1970 (June 22-24, 2022, Rome)

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