The 10th Anniversary Conference of the Media, War & Conflict journal took place in Florence on 22-23 May 2018, generously hosted at Accademia Europea di Firenze. The conference featured a keynote plenary on Women, Conflict and Journalism featuring Barbara Barnett, Linda Steiner, Daniella Peled and Dina Matar, a keynote by Andrew Hoskins, and a screening by Piotr Cieplak of his film The Faces We Lost.

The Faces We Lost (2017) is a documentary about how Rwandans use personal and family photographs to remember and commemorate the loved ones they lost in the 1994 genocide.

The event was a great success, not least due to the wonderful setting -- and cuisine -- provided by Accademia Europea di Firenze. The papers presented represented a diverse, multi-disciplinary and growing field of research and many new friendships and collaborations were formed.

The full conference programme can be downloaded here. Curated tweets from the event can be found here. The conference was sponsored by the Sage publishers, Elon University, and the New Political Communication Unit. Special thanks to Laura Roselle and Elon University for making the conference happen.

Calm before the storm. The glamorous editorial team making name badges before the delegates arrive.