[ecrea] Cfa Postgraduate Conference New Direction in Media, Communication and Sociology 2017 Leicester

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Deadline Extended: Call for Abstracts
New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference 
2017*

*Theme: Mobilities and Solidarities in Times of Social Change

Taking place on Monday, the 3th of July 2017 at the School of Media, 
Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester*

Deadline to submit: *11^th  of June, 2017*

We would like to invite PhD-students and early career researchers to 
submit an abstract for the NDiMS 2017, taking place at the University of 
Leicester on the 3th of July, 2017.

Social and political developments in the UK, the US but also globally 
has reinforced uncertainty among many. The success of the Brexit 
campaign and successively the triggering of Article 50 and the 
presidency of Donald Trump are two pivotal turning-points forces us to 
critically rethink issues around social and physical (im)mobilities and 
for instance the potential contradictions between globalisation and 
nationalism, cosmopolitanism and nativism. They can also make us rethink 
supposedly progressive narratives around the post-national, post-radical 
and post-feminism. What space is there for critical thinking in this 
ever-increasing neoliberalising world?

In this conference we aim to rethink the role of social science research 
situated within the fields of Media, Communication and Sociology not 
only to further understand what is going on in the world and to enhance 
academic knowledge. We might also want to consider how our research can 
potentially contribute to social change, for instance through 
connections and communication. Moreover, dark(er) times not only need 
enlightenment, but also entertainment. How can we be engaged and unite 
without becoming depressed or discouraged, and incorporate elements of 
play and care within our research?

Confirmed key note speakers are:
- Prof. dr. Thomas Tufte (University of Leicester, School of Media, 
Communication and Sociology). ‘Towards Global Cognitive Justice? 
Exploring the Crisis of Development and Communication from Below’.
- Dr. Ipek Demir (University of Leicester associate Professor at the 
School of Media, Communication and Sociology). 'The contemporary 
politics of resentment: multiculturalism, loss of privilege and Brexit'.
- Dr. Jason Vincent Cabanes (University of Leeds, School of Media and 
Communication, Lecturer in International Communication): ‘On the 
mediation of multiculturalism amongst cultural communities in/from the 
Global South’.

The event will close with a roundtable on publishing, and will include 
the participation of several of the key note speakers as well as 
Professor Henriette O’Connor Chair of Sociological Research Online 
Editorial Board, member of the Editorial Board of Sociology and 
Associate Editor of the Journal of Youth Studies.

In this conference we are therefore looking for contributions for 
papers, specifically but not exclusively, touching upon the following 
themes:

- Becoming: youth, childhood, generations
- Belonging, Identities, Citizenship
- Class, Race and Gender
- Cultural and Media Industries
- Digital networks and communication
- Diaspora and Transnationalism
- Exchange, Labour and (Re)Production
- Globalisation
- Media Audiences
- Media Production and Representations
- Media and Development
- Migration and other kinds of Mobility
- (New) Media and Politics
- (New) Media and Culture
- (New) Media, Journalism and News
- (New) Media and Society
- (Innovative) Research Methods of Social Change
- Public Communication
- Public Sociology / Activism
- Science and Technology Studies
- Social Movements
- Happiness, Health and Well-being

Considering the wide array of topics, we will organise different 
parallel groups of people conducting similar work. This suggests there 
will be a stream that contains more sociology-oriented research, and 
more media-oriented research, but we are also much interested in 
contributions that overlap.

This conference is a follow-up to the very successful New Direction in 
Media Research (NDiMR) that has been held annually since 2011. The 
establishment of the School of Media, Communication and Sociology an 
excellent opportunity to continue this success, but in a slightly 
different, more interdisciplinary-oriented from. Like the NDiMR the 
conference focuses in particular on new and innovative research 
developments within Media and Communication as well as Sociology 
research. Its main aim it provide a friendly space where PhD-students at 
all stages of their research and early-career researchers with a 
platform and an opportunity to practice presentation skills and share 
their research. This enables attendees to network with beginning and 
more established researchers who study the same research area as them, 
but also gives opportunities to learn about research projects in 
different areas, which can enhance and broaden one’s research study 
experience.

We ask you to submit the title of your work and an abstract of maximum 
300 words**by *Sunday, the 11^th of June, 23.59 GMT *to Mirjam Twigt, 
(mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk)<mailto:(mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk)>, Aynur Unal, 
(au41 /at/ le.ac.uk)<mailto:(au41 /at/ le.ac.uk)> and Sagar Sonawane, 
(sus1 /at/ le.ac.uk)<mailto:(sus1 /at/ le.ac.uk)>.

We will notify you by the *16^th of June *whether your abstract is accepted.

There are limited slots available for attendees who do not present their 
own work. Please contact us regarding enquiries to attend without 
presenting.

_Costs:_ The conference fee is £10. This is a contribution in solidarity 
with those attendees whose do not have PhD-funding that covers travel 
costs. These attendees can contact us for additional travel funding. 
There is a cap of £ 75 and is based upon a first come first serve-policy.

We look forward to see you there!

On behalf of the organising committee, all the best wishes,

Mirjam A. Twigt

PhD-student, Graduate Research Assistant


Department of Sociology / Media and Communication
University of Leicester

Email: (mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk)<mailto:(mat35 /at/ le.ac.uk)>

UK: +44 74 421 555 49 / Jordan: + 962 795 817 832 / Skype: mirjam.twigt

* RESEARCH PROJECT

http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/migration-research-group/members/mirjam-abigail-twigt

* PUBLICATIONS

http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe/twigt
https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/352_refugees
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