Where words are sharper than swords
Jönköping University's international
conference on Middle East coverage scheduled for October 2-3, 2009.
The role political and economic powers play in
shaping media discourses from viewpoints of
religion, ideology and control in the Middle
East will be the topic of the Hamrin Conference
on International Coverage of the Middle East,
Oct 2-3 at Jönköping University.
An extraordinary group of media executives,
newspaper editors, media scholars will gather
to discuss how conflicts are depicted, how the
region's peoples see themselves and how the rest
of the world sees them. Among the speakers will be
John Williams, World Editor for Newsgathering at the BBC
Tony Burman, Managing Director of Al Jazeera English
Prof. Greg Philo from the Glasgow Media Group at University of Glasgow
Prof. John Maxwell Hamilton, Louisiana State University
The conference will also feature a discussion of
how the region is portrayed in the Swedish media
by representatives of SVT, Dagens Nyheter, the
Church of Sweden, the Jewish Council of Sweden,
and the Muslim Council of Sweden. Confirmed speakers include
Lars Boström from Dagens Nyheter
Lisa Abramowicz from the Jewish Council
Abdirizak Webiri from the Muslim Council
The conference is open to the press, media
practitioners, and members of the public. For more information contact:
Leon Barkho, Assistant Professor of Media and Communication
Jönköping International Business School
Media Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC)
Jönköping University
E-mail: <mailto:(leon.barkho /at/ ihh.hj.se)>(leon.barkho /at/ ihh.hj.se)
Tel: 036 - 10 10 00
<http://www.ihh.hj.se/mmt/>http://www.ihh.hj.se/mmt/
Participation at the conference is free of
charge but if you would like to attend the meals
you will need to register. To receive a
registration form please contact Barbara Eklöf:
<mailto:(barbara.eklof /at/ ihh.hj.se)>(barbara.eklof /at/ ihh.hj.se)
A program of the conference will be distributed within the next two weeks
