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- IPR Distinguished Lectures now online
Since 1961, the Institute for Public Relations and its predecessor organisations in the US have held an annual lecture about public relations – its history, development, issues and prospects. Starting in Houston with historian Dr Frank E. Vandiver of Rice University and followed in Boston the following year with another historian, Pulitzer Prize winner Dr [...]
- Update on IHPRC 2012
As of December 15, 66 abstracts have been received for next year’s International History of Public Relations Conference. This is equal to the 2010 inaugural conference’s submissions. That’s really good news as it shows that the PR history field is really robust. While the US (18) and UK (8) have the largest national groups of [...]
- IHPRC Abstracts due on December 12
The deadline for abstracts for the International History of Public Relations Conference 2012 is Monday, December 12. There has been a good inflow so far, with 10 countries represented, and organisers are looking forward to more abstracts from around the world. Registration for the Conference, to be held again at Bournemouth University, has opened. Details can be [...]
- Archive session planned for IHPRC 2012
A special session on archives and information sources is being planned for the International History of Public Relations Conference (IHPRC) 2012. Potential speakers have proposed papers and presentations on public relations archives and collections in the UK and US. So we are making a call for papers, presentations and information about archives and collections. Are [...]
- IPRA Archive summary online
A PDF summary of the archive of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) is now accessible online on this site under the ‘ipra archive’ tab. The IPRA archive was acquired by Bournemouth University in early 2011. It contains papers, newsletters, books and photographs from 1953 to the early 2000s. A preliminary cataloguing of the archive has [...]
- Call for Papers – IHPRC 2012
The Call for Papers has been issued for the 2012 International History of Public Relations Conference to be held at Bournemouth University on July 11-12 next year. The full Call for Papers is accessed through this link: IHPRC 2012 – CALL FOR PAPERS The first key date is Monday December 12 for abstracts. Successful authors will be notified in [...]
- Dates announced for IHPRC 2012
The third International History of Public Relations Conference (IHPRC) will be held on Wednesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 12 2012 at Bournemouth University. “The success of the first two IHPRC in 2010 and earlier this year has led to its establishment as an annual event,” said Prof. Tom Watson, the conference chair. “Since the last conference [...]
- PR History special issue in JCOM
The Journal of Communication Management has published papers from the First International History of Public Relations Conference 2010 in its latest edition, Vol.15, No.3. There are five papers covering topics such as the history of Sinn Fein/IRA PR in the “Troubles”, the origins of PR in post-war Italy, Edward Bernays’s early ideology, the development of [...]
- 2011 Proceedings online
The Proceedings of the International History of Public Relations Conference 2011 are now available. As well as the papers submitted to the conference, PowerPoint presentations are online under the Proceedings tab.
- IHPRC 2011 video report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3KaFDv5obQ”
The video report on the International History of Public Relations Conference 2011 is now online at Bournemouth University’s YouTube channel. The conference, held on July 6-7, attracted speakers and delegates from 16 countries who heard 28 presentations and a keynote address by noted PR historian and journal editor, Ray E. Hiebert. In the report, prepared [...]
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Conference 2012
The conference, organised by the Centre for Public Communication Research in BU’s Media School, is the international opportunity for academic researchers, historians and interested practitioners to meet, hear papers and discuss this emerging area of research.
The third International History of Public Relations Conference is being held at Bournemouth University in England on July 11-12, 2012.
About Our Research
Established in 2003 and based in the Corporate and Marketing Communications Academic Group of The Media School, the Centre for Public Communication Research (CPCR) aims to produce creative and rigorous research into public communication and the public sphere in the UK and internationally.
The first International History of Public Relations Conference ran in July 2010.
Registration
The International History of Public Relations will be held from Wednesday July 11 to Thursday July 12, 2012 at Bournemouth University in Dorset, England.
Register for the International History of Public Relations Conference 2012.






