Archive for 2003

(From 2002 until 2005, this mailing list was called the ECCR mailing list)
[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]

[eccr] Globalization Conference in Istanbul

Tue Dec 16 11:13:39 GMT 2003


>The University of Bahçeþehir, in collaboration with
>Richmond, the American International University in
>London, announce the 2nd Annual Media and Cultural
>Studies Conference:
>
>"Globalization, Americanization and Contemporary
>Popular Culture"
>
>Istanbul, Turkey
>May 20-22, 2004
>
>URL: www.iletisim.bahcesehir.edu.tr/globconf
>
>This year, the theme of the Media and Cultural
>Studies conference will be Globalization,
>Americanization and Contemporary Popular Culture. The
>conference will be held at the Goethe Institute,
>located in central Istanbul. The organizers invite
>paper proposals addressing any aspect of the
>conference theme. Papers from a wide variety of
>disciplines (Media Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural
>Studies, Sociology, Political Economy, American
>Studies, Urban Studies, History, Anthropology, etc.),
>and of varying methodologies, are welcome. Possible
>topics include, but are not limited to:
>
>* the global and the local in popular culture
>* non-American and/or non-Western influences on global
>culture
>* new directions in the cultural imperialism debate
>* postmodern culture & hyper-reality
>* popular culture after 9-11
>* electronic communications and transnational networks
>in contemporary popular culture
>* methodological approaches to the study of popular
>culture
>* the role of economics in globalization and/or
>Americanization
>* local, regional, national and/or transnational
>efforts to regulate the spread of globalization and/or
>Americanization
>
>In addition to paper presentations, there will be a
>number of keynote speeches by internationally
>recognized scholars. Details on the speakers, and the
>titles of their talks, will be posted on the
>conference website at a future date.
>
>There will be a conference registration fee of 50
>Euros. Graduate students and participants from
>institutions located in low-income and
>lower-middle-income economies are eligible for a
>reduced fee
>(www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm).
>A list of hotels, located in close proximity to the
>conference location and with specially negotiated
>prices, will also be posted to the conference website.
>
>
>Abstracts should be 500 words in length, and should
>give some indication as to the theoretical grounding
>of the paper. The deadline for abstracts is February
>15, 2004.  Notification of acceptance/rejection will
>be no later than March 6, 2004.
>
>Submissions must contain the following information:
>(1) name, (2) title/position, (3) institutional
>affiliation, (4) email, telephone and postal address,
>(5) abstract. Abstracts should be sent in main body of
>the email (NOT as attachments) to BOTH of the
>following:
>
>Süheyla Kýrca Schroeder ((skirca /at/ bahcesehir.edu.tr))
>Christian Christensen ((cochristensen /at/ yahoo.com))
>
>Conference Organizers:
>
>Süheyla Kýrca Schroeder, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Communication
>University of Bahçeþehir, Istanbul.
>
>Christian Christensen, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Communication
>University of Bahçeþehir, Istanbul
>
>Alex Seago, Ph.D.
>Professor & Department Chair
>Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences
>Richmond, The American International University in
>London
>
>This conference is made possible through generous
>support from the following:
>
>* The Goethe Institut ­ Istanbul
>* The Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul
>* The British Council ­ Istanbul
>
>
>
>
>=====
>Dr. Christian Christensen
>Assistant Professor
>Faculty of Communication
>Bahcesehir University
>Istanbul, Turkey
>Office: 90-212-4421816 (x221)
>Fax: 90-212-4423184

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Carpentier Nico (Phd)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel - Catholic University of Brussels
Vrijheidslaan 17 - B-1081 Brussel - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-412.42.78
F: ++ 32 (0)2/412.42.00
Office: 4/0/18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Media Sociology (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.30
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.28.61
Office: C0.05
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ kubrussel.ac.be)
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------  


----------------
ECCR-Mailing list
---
To unsubscribe, send an email message to (majordomo /at/ listserv.vub.ac.be)
with in the body of the message (NOT in the subject): unsubscribe eccr
---
ECCR - European Consortium for Communications Research
Secretariat: P.O. Box 106, B-1210 Brussels 21, Belgium
Tel.: +32-2-412 42 78/47
Fax.: +32-2-412 42 00
Email: (freenet002 /at/ pi.be) or (Rico.Lie /at/ pi.be)
URL: http://www.eccr.info
----------------


[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]