HST290 Conference on the History of American Advertising

 and Consumer Culture

 

Fall 2007 Conference Program

 

Tuesday, November 27

 

The Leaders and The Led: Marketing and Politics

Erin Sperger, “The Politics of Public Opinion: A Case Study of Kennedy's 1960 Campaign Advertisements”

Robert Hatem, “"Impact of Advertising and the Division of the Upper Class on the Foreign Policy Debate: 1914-1919"”

Marc Lithman, “Irish American Relations 1916-1923: Eamon De Valera, Daniel Cohalan, John Devoy and the Split That Followed in Their Wake”

 

 

Thursday, November 29

 

Gendered Advertising

Rob Condie, “Smoke Signals: The Virginia Slims Campaign and the Women’s Rights Movement, 1968-1990”

Constance Apple, “Effects of Fashion Advertising on Young Women During the 1920s”

Chris Brown, “Contraceptive Controversies: The Evolution of Contraceptive Advertisement 1970-1989”

 

Tuesday, December 4

 

Advertising and World War II

Michael Sanders, “Posters and Profiteering in the Second World War”

Chanel Clegg, “Glamorization of Employment and Advertising It to Housewives During WWII”

 

Consumption and Technology

Adam Kerr, “What’s For Dinner in America in the 1950s”

Timothy Kuratek, “Advertising a New Medium of Entertainment to the Masses: The Evolution of the Film Industry and Advertising During the Early 20^th Century”