[Commlist] Covering Syria - Politics and Communication in Times of War and Revolution (Workshop)

*Covering Syria - Politics and Communication in Times of War and Revolution*

*/February 25, 2020 - SOAS, University of London/*
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/*This workshop aims at bringing together academics and postgraduate 
researchers working on Syria, media and political communication. We are 
particularly interested in the following questions:

  * How Syrian opposition media are rethinking their strategies for
    covering a country that is still fragmented and occupied but mostly
    dominated by the Assad regime? How Syrian journalists and cultural
    activists continue to document the conflict in exile? How gender
    relations were impacted by this new media environment?
  * Which forms of archival work is possible to preserve the memory of
    past engagements?
  * How did international media organisations document the conflict and
    what narratives did they disseminate? What does a context of
    post-truth and the increasing circulation of fake news mean for
    Syrian and international media actors?
  * How have the Syrian regime and its allies been communicating since
    their self-declared victory over opposition forces?
We welcome contributions on these themes, or on similar topics, from 
scholars from various disciplines such as media studies, political 
science, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies or 
intellectual history. Some of the sessions of the workshop will be 
chaired by Dr Dina Matar (SOAS) and Pr Salwa Ismail (SOAS).

The workshop will be a full-day event organised at SOAS on Tuesday 25 
February. Each presenter will send her paper in advance to the group, 
present it and receive comments from the other participants. 
Applications from Research Master students are welcome as well. The 
format of the contributions can take various forms: from articles-length 
papers (5,000-10,000 words), to thesis chapters or proposals.

To participate, please send a 200-300 words abstract and a short bio to 
(Adelie_Chevee /at/ soas.ac.uk) <mailto:(Adelie_Chevee /at/ soas.ac.uk)> or 
(gh142 /at/ soas.ac.uk) <mailto:(gh142 /at/ soas.ac.uk)> by February 9, 2020.

At the moment we are unable to confirm if we can reimburse travel 
expenses, but please mention in your application if do not have 
alternative funding to cover these costs.



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