[Commlist] CFP 6th Annual Blanquerna-Emerson Global Summit

CALL FOR PAPERS

6th Annual Blanquerna-Emerson Global Summit Responding to a Disrupted 
World: New Narratives and Mediated Realities


Within a global pandemic, we currently live in a time of uncertainty, 
doubts, and opportunities. This conference invites us to rethink the 
role of communication in times of disruption. Civil society, 
governments, public sector organizations, and

businesses must all face new challenges.


The conference welcomes papers dealing with new narratives, 
communication strategies, messages, storytelling, and publics as they 
relate to the current and past elements of social, political, and 
economic disruption: the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, 
globalization and business challenges, domestic terrorism, the rise of 
authoritarianism, political polarization, and widespread protest 
movements, and insurrections, including the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the 
U.S. Capitol, as well as current and historical protest/insurrection 
movements of the past in other parts of the world.


The summit, organized by the Blanquerna-Emerson Center for Global 
Communication, will take place at the Blanquerna School of Communication 
and International Relations-Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona on 
October 7-9, 2021. The conference is addressed to scholars, students, 
independent researchers, communication practitioners, governmental 
officials, and business leaders.


A 250-word abstract is due via e-mail by September 17, 2021. The 
abstract should express the purpose, methodology, findings, 
implications, and originality of the study. You can submit your abstract 
by completing the following online form: 
https://forms.gle/NqknuvgVjQy9SpVZ8 <https://forms.gle/NqknuvgVjQy9SpVZ8>.


Email acceptance notifications will be sent to the first author of the 
submission by September 24, 2021. All authors whose abstract is selected 
for the conference must submit a full-paper version of their work ahead 
of the conference. This paper should be between 3000 and 6000 words 
(excluding references). The paper must be in Word format with a 12-point 
font and have 1.5 line spacing. Selected conference papers could be 
published in conference proceedings based on the publisher’s interests. 
The conference is partnered with several top-tier, international 
academic journals, including:

● Trípodos

● American Behavioral Scientist


The conference will have a hybrid format, with in-person and virtual 
panels. The welcome event will be at 3pm (9am in Boston) on October 7, 
2021 (with one panel), with most panels on October 8, 2021, and 
in-person cultural activities in Barcelona on October 9, 2021.


Members of the scientific committee:

● Prof. Antoni Castells ((antonict /at/ blanquerna.url.edu) 
<mailto:(antonict /at/ blanquerna.url.edu)>)

● Prof. Cathryn Edelstein ((cathryn_edelstein /at/ emerson.edu) 
<mailto:(cathryn_edelstein /at/ emerson.edu)>)

● Prof. Vincent Raynauld ((vincent_raynauld /at/ emerson.edu) 
<mailto:(vincent_raynauld /at/ emerson.edu)>)

● Prof. Alba Sabaté ((albasg /at/ blanquerna.url.edu) 
<mailto:(albasg /at/ blanquerna.url.edu)>)



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