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[ecrea] Conference: Questioning Transnationalism

Thu Dec 09 22:16:16 GMT 2010



QUESTIONING TRANSNATIONALISM: CULTURE, POLITICS & MEDIA

Date: 17 December 2010
Venue: Arts Building
Royal Holloway College, University of London
The Departments of Media Arts and Politics and International Relations (PIR)

Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Thomas Diez (Political Science, University of Tübingen)
Prof. David Chandler (Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster)
Prof. Randall Halle (Department of German, University of Pittsburgh)

This interdisciplinary postgraduate conference focuses on transnationalism and securitisation, issues of increasing relevance in both Politics and International Relations, and Media and Film Studies. In both disciplines, there is currently a prevailing tendency to conceive of borders as ever increasingly permeable elements in a globalising world. The new communication technologies have certainly reinforced the image that the world becomes a single place. However, a ?borderless world? proves to be illusionary as witnessed in the global rise of securitization practices after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Since then, even a bottle of water -at the airport- has started to be perceived as a potential security threat. ?Transnationalism' thereby becomes a useful lens through which issues such as securitization, borders, legitimacy, citizenship, memory and solidarity can be re-examined from a fresh theoretical perspective.

Within this framework, the major aims of this international conference are threefold: to question the extent and limitations of transnationalism; to analyse the cultural and political functions of transnational actors and the impact of new communication technologies such as the internet in the contemporary world; and finally to encourage interdisciplinary approaches and critical perspectives in the studies of transnationalism.

All are welcome!
For further details please see: <http://royalhollowayconference.com/>http://royalhollowayconference.com/















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QUESTIONING TRANSNATIONALISM: CULTURE, POLITICS & MEDIA





Program

10:30-11:00 Registration and coffee/tea



11:00-11:15 Welcome and Introduction (ALT1):

Opening remarks by the Head of the Department of Media Arts in Royal Holloway, Prof. Jonathan Powell and the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations in Royal Holloway, Dr. Nathan Widder



11:15-13:15 45-minute keynote speech by each speaker and a 30-minute general Q&A

                     Session (ALT1)

Transnational Securitisation, Prof. Thomas Diez (Political Science, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />University of Tübingen)

The Post-Liberal Governance of Transnational Insecurity, Prof. David Chandler (Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster)



13:15-14:15 Buffet Lunch (Foyer)



14:15-16:15 1st two simultaneous panels; each consisting 4 presenters (20 minutes each) and

                     followed by a 30-minute general Q&A session



Panel A: Chair Dr. Ben O?loughlin (Royal Holloway, University of London) (ALT1)

Exotic Disease or Local Disease?A Framing Analysis of H1N1 Swine Flu Coverage on Chinese Media, Weia Xu (Department of Communication, University of Illinois-Chicago)

Questioning the Role of New Media in Framing Democracy in Africa?s Dictatorships: Zimbabwe A Case Study, Andrew Chatora (Institute of Education, University of London)

Transnational Diaspora Linkages: A Comparative Analysis of Diaspora Networks, Priya Kumar (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Stereotypes about Muslims in American and German News Magazines before and after September 11, 2001, Karoline Schultz (Technische Universitat Ilmenau)

Panel B: Chair Dr. Daniela Berghahn (Royal Holloway, University of London) (AG24)

Turkey to Germany: Kurdish Films in Transnational Space, Ayca Ciftci (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Bridging Pop Culture and Identity Politics: Borders, Transnationalism and Identity in Fatih Akin?s Road Film In July, Dr. Aisha Jamal (Trent University)

Transitory Strategies of Belonging: European Union Film Funding and Transnational Networking of Filmmakers from Bulgaria, Romania, and former Yugoslavia, Mariana Ivanova (Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin)

The Crisis of Women in Diaspora Identities, Tugba Elmaci (Dokuz Eylul University)

16:15-16:30 Coffee/tea break (Foyer)

16:30-18:30 2nd two simultaneous panels; each consisting 4 presenters (20 minutes each) and

                     followed by a 30-minute Q&A session



Panel C: Chair Prof. David Chandler (University of Westminster) (ALT1)

The Actual Boundaries of Transnationalism, Santanu Chakrabarti (School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University)

World cup, Monuments and Souvenirs: The Symbolic Public Sphere, Mon Rodrigues (Department of Digital Communication, University of Vic)

Transforming Identity at Russian-Baltic Border in XXI century: Challenge to Transnationalism, Olga Romanova (University of Nizhny Novgorod& University of Cambridge)

Who hold power in cyberspace? The 2008 Candle Demonstration in Korean and its aftermath, Dong Hyun Song (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Panel D: Prof. Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London) (AG24)

Glocalised Muppets: Planned Transnationalism in the Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock Production Models, Aaron Calbreath-Frasiuer (Department of Culture, Film and Media Studies, University of Nottingham)



The Reproduction and Negotiation of the Global Neo-liberal Narrative in the Television Format Top Model, Miriam Stehling (Institute of Communications and Media Culture, Leuphana University Lueneburg)


Representing Self as Other: Transnationalism, ?National Geographic Magazine, and Universal Humanism in Reza Deghati?s Photography, Mohsen Biparva (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Second Life and the Arts: Towards a New Language, Aleksandar Brkic (University of Arts in Belgrade)

18:30-19:30 Close of conference by the third keynote speaker (45 minutes) and a 15-minute

                     Q&A session (ALT1)
Interzone Europe, Prof. Randall Halle (Department of German, University of Pittsburgh)

19:30 Wine reception (Foyer)
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