Although issues of memory and history are intrinsically linked, debates about mediated memory and media history often evolve in separate ways, take place in distinct conference circles, and are disseminated through separate publications outlets. This one-day workshop brings together media historians and media and memory scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds, and seeks to stimulate a cross-disciplinary discussion about the shared challenges and new directions in researching media, history and memory. The following are some of the issues and questions that could be addressed at the workshop:

·What are the main challenges and shared concerns of media history and media and memory studies? What can media historians and memory studies scholars learn from one another?

·Can vernacular memories of media use offer a useful tool for researching media history? On the other hand, how can media history contribute to a better understanding of the mediation of vernacular memory?

·How is the transnational / transcultural circulation of memories related to the transnational / transcultural aspects of media history? Is the transnationalization / transculturation of memory a recent phenomenon, arising from the growing transnationalisation, transculturation and globalization of media industry, or is there reason to argue that both media industries and mediated memories have always been in some ways transnational?