List of communications-related conferences

This is a list of communications-related academic conferences.Most of these academic conferences are annual or bi-annual events.

Discipline-wide conferences

*Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ( [http://aejmc.org AEJMC] )

Next conference: August 6-9, 2008 in Chicago; submissions closed

*International Communication Association ( [http://www.icahdq.org ICA] )

Next conference: May 22-26, 2008 in Montreal; submissions closed

*National Communication Association ( [http://www.natcom.org NCA] )

Next conference: November 21-24, 2008 in San Diego, CA; submissions due TBA

*International Association for Media and Communication Research ( [http://www.iamcr.org IAMCR] )

Next conference: July 20-25, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden; abstract submission closed

Journalism

*Innovation Journalism ( [http://www.innovationjournalism.org IJ] )

Next conference: TBA

*International Association for Literary Journalism Studies ( [http://www.ialjs.org IALJS] )

Next conference: May 15-17, 2008 in Lisbon; submissions closed

Broadcasting

*Broadcast Education Association ( [http://www.beaweb.org BEA] )

Next conference: April 16-19, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV; submissions closed

Public Opinion and Political Communication

*World Association for Public Opinion Research ( [http://www.wapor.org WAPOR] )

Next conference: May 15-18, 2008 in New Orleans, LA; submissions closed
Regional seminar, "Democracy, Development & Disasters: The 3 D's of Opinion Research in the Transitional Societies," February 27-29, 2008 in New Delhi, India

*American Association for Public Opinion Research ( [http://www.aapor.org AAPOR] )

Next conference: May 15-18, 2008 in New Orleans, LA; submissions closed

*Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research ( [http://www.mapor.org MAPOR] )

Next conference: November 15-16, 2008 in Chicago; abstract submissions due June 30, 2008

*American Political Science Association ( [http://www.apsanet.org APSA] )

Next conference: August 28-31, 2008 in Boston, MA; submissions closed

*Midwest Political Science Association ( [http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/ MPSA] )

Next conference: April 3-6, 2008 in Chicago; submissions closed

*Western Political Science Association ( [http://www.csus.edu/org/wpsa/ WPSA] )

Next conference: March 20-22, 2008 in San Diego, CA; submissions closed

Advertising

*American Academy of Advertising ( [http://www.aaasite.org AAA] )

Next conference: March 27-30, 2008 in San Mateo, CA; submissions closed

Public Relations

*Institute for Public Relations ( [http://www.instituteforpr.org IPR] )

Next conference: TBA

Marketing

*Association for Consumer Research ( [http://www.acrwebsite.org ACR] )

North American conference: October 23-26, 2008 in San Francisco, CA; submissions due March 24, 2008
Latin American conference: July 31-August 3, 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil; submissions due January 31, 2008

ociology

*American Sociological Association ( [http://www.asanet.org ASA] )

Next conference: August 1-4, 2008 in Boston, MA; submissions due January 16, 2008

*Midwest Sociological Society ( [http://www.themss.org MSS] )

Next conference: March 26-30, 2008 in St. Louis, MO; submissions closed

Psychology

*American Psychological Association ( [http://www.apa.org APA] )

Next conference: August 14-17, 2008 in Boston, MA; submissions closed

Internet and New Media

*Association of Internet Researchers ( [http://www.aoir.org AoIR] )

Next conference: October 15-18, 2008 in Copenhagen; submissions due February 8, 2008

*Convergence and Society ( [http://newsplex.sc.edu @ U. of South Carolina] )

Next conference: October 9-11, 2008 in Columbia, SC; submissions due June 15, 2008

*International Symposium on Online Journalism ( [http://journalism.utexas.edu/onlinejournalism/ @ UT-Austin] )

Next conference: April 4-5, 2008 in Austin, TX; submissions due January 25, 2008

* [http://comm.tamu.edu/mediaworlds/ Exploring New Media Worlds]

Next conference: February 29-March 2, 2008 in College Station, TX; submissions closed

* ( [http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/videogames/registration.html @ Penn State-University Park] )

Next conference: April 4-5, 2008 in State College, PA

Media History and Law

*Social Science History Association ( [http://www.ssha.org/about/conferences.shtml compiled list of relevant history conferences] )
*Organization of American Historians ( [http://www.oah.org OAH] )

Next conference: March 28-31, 2008 in New York; submissions closed

*American Journalism Historians Association ( [http://ajhaonline.org AJHA] )

Next conference: October 2008 in Seattle; submissions due May 15, 2008

*Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression ( [http://www.utc.edu/Academic/Communication/conference/ @ UT-Chattanooga] )

Next conference: November 13-15, 2008 in Chattanooga, TN; submissions due TBA

*Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities ( [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/conferences/lch/index.php @ UT-Austin] )

Next conference: March 28-29, 2008 in Berkeley, CA; submissions closed

Popular Culture

*Popular Culture Association ( [http://www.pcaaca.org PCA] )

Next conference: March 19-22, 2008 in San Francisco, CA; submissions closed

*Midwest Popular Culture Association ( [http://www.mpcaaca.org MPCA] )

Next conference: TBA