[ecrea] Call For Participants, Europe-China Dialogue: Media and Communication Studies Summer School 2015, Beijing (July.1st -10th)

*Call For Participants*

*Europe-China Dialogue: Media and Communication Studies Summer School 2015*

*Beijing, China **(July.1^st -10^th 2015)*

After the successful experience of last summer, the *China Media
Observatory *at the*Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)* in
cooperation with *School of Journalism and Communication *at*Peking
University* will operate the *SECOND edition* of the *Europe-China
Dialogue: Media and Communication Studies Summer School* at Peking
University in Beijing between July 1st and July 10th, 2015.

The program is open to the full variety of academic work in the field of
communication and media studies for *young scholars, PhD and graduate
students who have strong academic interests*, especially for those with
a background in international communication, intercultural
communication, Chinese/European media and culture/language studies. The
Summer School aims to bring together researchers from Europe and China
to debate contemporary issues in media, communication and cultural
studies in Chinese and European media industry.

Inspired from the ECREA Doctoral Summer School, this summer school
*aims* to provide*: a highly qualified international setting* where
academics from several European countries and China will present and
discuss their most recent research; and *a highly supportive
international setting* where student participants can present their
current work, receive feedback on their research projects from
international experts and meet scholars and academics from other
countries, establishing valuable contacts for the future.

The *Learning Format* of the Summer School is divided into three parts:

1.Lectures: each of the invited professors will have 1-2 lectures
related to their research necessities. Proposed lecturers and topics can
be found:
http://www.chinamediaobs.org/europe-china-dialogue-media-and-communication-studies-summer-school-2015 



2.Student Feedback Workshops: participating students will present their
research projects and receive structured, qualified and multi-voiced
feedback on their work from Summer School lecturers and other scholars;

3.Media Dialogue: two dialogues with media experts from European and
Chinese media organizations will be set in the Summer School. Speakers
from *Austrian Press Council* (Vienna) and *China Radio International*
(Beijing) will be invited to the 2015 Summer School.

*To apply: *

All participants are required to send an abstract (about 500 words) of
their research projects before *May 1^st , 2015* to
*(chinamediaobservatory /at/ gmail.com)*
<mailto:(chinamediaobservatory /at/ gmail.com)>. The confirmation will be sent
by May 10^th , and the full draft of research projects should be sent
before June 15^th , 2015.

*Admission fee and payment: *

550 euros per student including accommodation for 10 days nearby the
Campus, all lunches and two dinners (welcome and farewell) and the city
visiting tour. 350 euros per student for those who do not require
accommodation.

Scholarship award of 200 euros will be given to the *two best student*
participants, and they will get the chance to be recommended to the
ECREA Summer School 2016 as well as the Swiss Government Excellence
Scholarships Programme.

*Organizers: *

China Media Observatory
<http://www.chinamediaobs.org/europe-china-dialogue-media-and-communication-studies-summer-school-2015-beijing-china-july1st-10th>**at**USI, 

Lugano, Switzerland

School of Journalism and Communication
<http://sjc.pku.edu.cn/English.aspx>**at**Peking University, Beijing, China

*Institutional Contributors:*

UK-China Media and Cultural Studies Association (UCMeCSA), United Kingdom.

Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. **

Department of Applied Linguistics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
(ZHAW), Switzerland.

China Intercultural Communication Research & Training Program, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences.

*Sponsor: *

BlueFuture PR Consulting, China

**

*ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO: *(chinamediaobservatory /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(chinamediaobservatory /at/ gmail.com)>

*Programme Contacts*

Coordinator in Europe: Zhan ZHANG,(zhan.zhang /at/ usi.ch)
<mailto:(zhan.zhang /at/ usi.ch)>

Coordinator in China: Prof. Jing XU, (xujing /at/ pku.edu.cn)
<mailto:(xujing /at/ pku.edu.cn)>



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