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Welcome to Kiel University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) and to the twenty-ninth biennial conference of the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST). Our organization brings together international scholars, film professionals, bro- adcasters and archivists. Together we are dedicated to historical inquiry into film, radio, television, and other related media. Encouraging and supporting early-career researchers is a special concern of ours. As well as organising biennial conferences focussing on an aspect of media and history, IAMHIST organises awards in the field of media and history, a yearly masterclass to support postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the field. IAMHIST has its own peer reviewed journal, the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and offers a blog for the publication of shorter reflections on media and history.

The conference will include cinema and 360-degree screenings, a book prize award presentation, a museum visit to learn more ab- out the history of computers, an exhibition (by scholars and artists from Volda University College, Norway), workshops, round-table discussions and an excursion (to a WW2 submarine and maritime memorial). There will be two conference dinners, a buffet on a museum boat and at a local microbrewery, founded by former art students in Kiel. 

We want you to feel welcome in Kiel. If you need assistance, you can come to the helpdesk in the conference base area, or seek guidance from one of the conference assistants, who will be identified by their badges. IAMHIST is committed to core values of inclusivity, equality, integrity, objectivity and accountability and we hope that everyone involved in the conference will be respectful of these values: particularly given the conference theme of conflict resolution. If you have any concerns during the conference itself, you are encouraged to speak to us, or one of the IAMHIST council members. The council member currently with a responsibility for diversity and inclusivity issues is Ciara Chambers, who can also be contacted at ciara.chambers(at)ucc.ie.

We are looking forward to meeting you all in person and welcoming you in Kiel!
Tobias Hochscherf (conference organiser) on behalf of the IAMHIST council.