Christoph Classen, Abteilung III "Zeitgeschichte der Medien- und Informationsgesellschaft", Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
Thursday, 27th of November 2014
(Location: Deutsche Kinemathek –Museum für Film und Fernsehen
Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin)
7 p.m.
EVENING EVENT (in German language)
Von der Konkurrenz aus Luxemburg zum Dualen System: Privater und öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunk in der Bundesrepublik in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren
Panel Discussion with Claus Detjen (Former Chairman of Anstalt für Kabelkommunikation (AKK), Ludwigshafen), Jobst Plog (Former Chairman of NDR, Hamburg), Helmut Thoma (Former Chairman of RTLplus, Cologne), and Wolfgang Rumpf (Radio Bremen).
Moderation: n.n.
Friday, 28th of November 2014
(Location: Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung
Am Neuen Markt 9d, 14467 Potsdam)
09:30 a.m.
Jürgen Danyel (Potsdam): Opening Address
NATIONAL, REGIONAL, TRANSNATIONAL: RADIO AND TELEVISION 1945-1990
Chair: Jürgen Danyel (Potsdam)
Andreas Fickers (Luxembourg): ASYMMETRICAL INTERDEPENDENCE: EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION SPACES OF THE COLD WAR
Christoph Classen (Potsdam): ELEMENTS OF EUROPEAN MEDIA CULTURE? TRIES, ERRORS, AND PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT
Jörg Requate (Bielefeld): Comment
Coffee Break (30 min.)
11:30 a.m.
DEFROSTING THE COLD WAR: COOPERATION AND ITS LIMITS
Chair: Anna Jehle (Potsdam)
Thomas Beutelschmidt/Richard Oehmig (Potsdam): PROGRAMME EXCHANGE EAST/WEST USING THE EXAMPLE OF GDR-TELEVISION BROADCASTING
Mari Pajala (Turku): FRIENDSHIP POLITICS IN ACTION? EASTERN EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS IN THE FINNISH TELEVISION CULTURE FROM THE 1960s TO THE 1980s
Sabina Mihelj/Simon Huxtable (Loughborough): THE TRANSNATIONAL SPACES OF STATE SOCIALIST TELEVISION: SOVIET UNION AND YUGOSLAVIA COMPARED
Jan C. Behrends (Potsdam): Comment
Lunchbreak (90 min.)
3 p.m.
TEST THE WEST: WESTERN RADIO AND TELEVISION IN EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR
Chair: Katja Berg (Potsdam)
Franziska Kuschel (Berlin): BETWEEN HOSTILITY AND CONCESSION. THE CONFLICT ABOUT WESTERN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING IN THE GDR, 1985-1989
Trever Hagen (Exeter): CALLING RADIO FREE EUROPE: THE CZECHOSLOVAK SERVICE’S ANSWERING MACHINE
Patryk Wasiak (Wroclaw): WESTERN TELEVISION, SATELLITE DISHES AND POLISH AUDIENCES
Thomas Lindenberger (Potsdam): Comment
6:30 p.m. Dinner
Saturday, 29th of November 2014
(Location: Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung
Am Neuen Markt 9d, 14467 Potsdam)
09:30 a.m.
TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA IN THE WEST BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMERCIALISATION
Chair: Richard Oehmig (Potsdam)
Katja Berg/Anna Jehle (Potsdam): THROUGH THE AIR TO ANYWHERE: RADIO LUXEMBOURG – A TRANSNATIONAL BROADCASTING STATION?
Christian Henrich-Franke (Siegen): BROADCASTS FOR MOTORISTS: INFORMATION OF TRAFFIC JAMS FOR THE MOBILE EUROPEAN LISTENER
Alec Badenoch (Utrecht): LAND, SEA, AND AIRWAVES: OFFSHORE BROADCASTING AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF TERRITORY IN COLD WAR EUROPE
Christoph Hilgert (Hamburg): MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT AN ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION. SCARED, STUNNED, AND STUBBORN PUBLIC RADIO IN WEST GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN (LATE 1940s AND 1950s)
Reinhold Viehoff (Halle): Comment
Coffee Break (30 min)
12:30 p.m.
FINAL DISCUSSION: TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA RELATIONS DURING THE COLD WAR
Participants: Lothar Mikos (Potsdam), Marsha Siefert (Budapest), Dana Mustata (Groningen), Andreas Fickers (Luxembourg), Maria Fritsche (Trondheim)
Moderation: Annette Vowinckel (Potsdam)
01:30 p.m.: End of Conference