[Commlist] Seminar Series: Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice

The Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice (CESJ) 
at Bournemouth University invites you to its 2025 seminar series:


ECHOES OF CONNECTION: A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION - PROF. 
RICARDO GOMEZ (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON) Wed, 5 Feb; 4-5pm (UK time)
Gomez's latest book of creative nonfiction explores the impact of 
information and communication technologies on human lives over the past 
century, focusing on their role in shaping societies, communities, and 
individuals. Told through the experiences of three families across the 
US, Colombia, and Senegal, the story spans from the telegraph to 
artificial intelligence, revealing how technology both bridges and 
deepens divides. By narrating the evolution of ICTs from the perspective 
of the artifacts themselves, the book highlights the complex 
relationship between innovation and human capacity. Themes such as the 
digital divide, cultural identity, and cross-generational adaptation are 
examined, providing a rich, multidimensional exploration of our 
interconnected world.


BEYOND EXCEPTIONALISM AND AREA STUDIES: TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST 
PERSPECTIVES ON ANTI-GENDER/FEMINIST DISCOURSES AND POLITICS IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE - PROF. NADJE AL-ALI (BROWN UNIVERSITY)
Wed, 19 Feb, 4-5pm (UK time)
Global developments have illustrated that gender norms, discourses and 
policies can no longer be sidelined in history and political analysis. 
Furthermore, the rise of right-wing movements and societal polarization 
have challenged previously held ways of categorizing the world. This 
talk takes a comparative and transnational feminist perspective to 
address the following questions: What are the similarities and 
differences when looking at anti-gender/anti-feminist discourses and 
policies across the Middle East, Europe and the U.S.? How do our 
positionalities impact on the ways we talk about and analyze right wing 
anti-feminist propaganda and mobilization? What academic and political 
strategies might help to shift the mainstreaming of anti-gender 
discourses and politics?


THE 5W+1H OF MANAGING EMOTIONS IN JOURNALISM - DR. MAJA SIMUNJAK 
(MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY) Wed, 5 Mar; 4-5pm (UK time)
Journalism increasingly involves high emotional labour, reflecting the 
'emotional turn' in journalism. Journalists routinely encounter a 
variety of stressors in their daily work and must effectively navigate 
the emotions that accompany these challenges to sustain their well-being 
and professional performance. However, it is uncommon to see detailed 
accounts of emotions experienced in journalism, or how to manage these 
while doing the job. In this talk, the author of ‘Managing emotions in 
journalism: A guide to enhancing resilience’ explores what – does it 
mean to manage emotions in journalism, who – is doing it, where – does 
it happen, when – is this management necessary, why – is it important, 
and how – it can be done.


STORYTELLING, MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN THE PALESTINIAN CASE - DR. FARAH 
ABOUBAKR (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)
Wed, 19 Mar; 4-5pm (UK time)
Although popular culture and its artistic forms of expression have 
usually been deemed as epiphenomenal in Middle Eastern Studies in 
general and in Palestine Studies in particular, the talk explores the 
idea of how Palestinian popular culture through storytelling is 
foundational means for negotiating power and resistance, social 
interaction, and identity. The complex interconnection between memory, 
trauma, and culture as manifested through oral literature, mainly 
folktales, will be discussed.

RUPTURED CITIZENSHIP AND MICRO-MOBILIZATION DYNAMICS: ASSESSING 
GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN IRAQI YOUTH MOBILIZATION IN THE TISHREEN 
MOVEMENT - SARAH ANNE RENNICK (ARAB REFORM INITIATIVE)  Wed, 2 Apr; 
4-5pm (UK time)
Despite its post-sectarian nature and inclusive action frames, Iraq’s 
youth-led mass uprising, the 2019 Tishreen movement, was largely 
centered in Baghdad and southern Iraq, failing to garner notable 
mobilization in the north. These geographic differences in Iraqi youth 
mobilization can in part be explained by different political 
subjectivities that emerged because of breakdowns to the post-2003 
political order, producing diverging micro-mobilization dynamics. 
Intersecting post-conflict studies and social movement theory, this 
seminar will explore post-conflict citizenship agendas to conceptualize 
micro-level processes of mobilization, and in particular mobilization 
potential, revealing how shifting contexts at the macro-level produced 
new narratives and identities that drove/hindered mobilization.

STIGMA, UNPAID LABOUR AND THE MYTH OF WORKLESSNESS - DR. JAMES MORRISON 
(UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING) Wed, 7 May; 4-5pm (UK time)
Tackling ‘economic inactivity’ to boost productivity is emerging as a 
defining mission of the Labour government. After years of being 
castigated as ‘scroungers’ under the Conservatives, sick and disabled 
benefit recipients are braced for a renewed policy push to draw them 
back into employment – the only change being a promised softening of 
anti-welfare discourse. But what resemblance do media-political 
narratives around ‘worklessness’ bear to the lived realities of people 
who save taxpayers billions by working as volunteers or unpaid carers – 
despite often being disabled themselves? James Morrison previews his 
upcoming book ‘Inactive’: Stigma, Unpaid Labour and the Myth of 
Worklessness.

FAKE NARRATIVES IN NEWS: A MULTIMODAL APPROACH THOUGH AI AND DISCOURSE 
ANALYSIS - DR. CHIAO-I TSENG (UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG) & PROF. JOHN A. 
BATEMAN (UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN) Wed, 28 May; 4-5pm (UK time)
Audiovisual news reports have involved audiovisual, narratives forms. 
Since narrative forms are inherently interpretative and evaluative, the 
critical assessment of the use of such forms in manipulative and 
dis-informative news reporting is an urgent priority. Based on the 
project “Fake Narratives”, this seminar presents a framework for 
investigating large-scale narrative patterns in audiovisual news 
reporting on Covid and the Ukraine War from several contrasting German 
news channels, spanning from mainstream to right-wing media. Combining 
empirical multimodal discourse analysis and computational methods the 
framework studies news narrative strategies, such as elite endorsement, 
emotionalization, message fragmentation and individualization of laypersons.


All seminars take place on Zoom via this link:
https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/82819388776?pwd=dnkyZzVCRENIODZuNm94MmhBa08wdz09 
 Meeting ID: 828 1938 8776  Passcode: M+M^KpM9

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