[Commlist] Call for participation in the post-graduate course and research conference

Call for participation in the post-graduate course and research conference

*11th Graduate Spring School & Research conference on Comparative Media 
Systems*
co-organized with the ECREA CEE Network

*Balkans & Baltics: Media Peripheries, Media Centers?*

IUC, Dubrovnik, 17-21 April 2023

Two European regions with distinct positive and negative halo effects. 
Balkans with the pejorative “balkanization” attribute for disintegrating 
and non-cooperation, Baltics as the positive role model for successful 
regional cooperation and post-socialist transition. What can we learn 
from this opposition in terms of policies and practices in media and 
communication production and use?

With a long term lens of social and media development, both of these 
regions were at the periphery of Europe. While the western parts of the 
Baltic region today exhibit an unbroken growth and development, its 
eastern part had long periods of stulted development and decline under 
different Russian empires (including the Soviet Union). In the south, 
some parts of the broader Balkans regions historically were at or near 
the center of Europe – after Romans, in times of the Venetian rule, 
before becoming a semi-periphery under the Habsburgs or a far periphery 
under the Ottomans. These ancient times provide some early contextual 
similarities or differences. But what about the current times, 30 years 
after socialism collapsed in Europe? How can we evaluate media systems, 
organizations, and practices of producers and consumers in these two 
distinct regions? Are the regional labels useful, or do they conceal 
more that they explain? Is geography a useful determinant for a 
center/periphery status, or can the Nordic examples uncover some policy 
moves that contributed to the development of the contemporary media 
systems which exhibit many of the most useful characteristics for the 
informed and participating democratic publics.

We will explore ways to study change in media systems, focusing both on 
the temporal and spatial frames, and will examine transformations 
necessary in the political, economic and cultural fields. And we will 
examine which combination of historical conditions from the longue durée 
or more recently, are responsible for certain types of outcomes of media 
systems.

The course includes a one day hands-on methodological workshop on the 
design and implementation of fuzzy set QCA and the accompanying 
statistical analysis.

The course is organized by course directors from 7 European 
universities, who will also be among the lecturers:

Zrinjka Peruško, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Bolin, Södertörn University, Stockholm
Carmen Ciller, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Epp Lauk, University of Tartu
Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia, Italy
Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Miklós Sükösd, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

This 11^th  "slow science" IUC-CMS is an interdisciplinary research 
conference & post-graduate course open to academics, doctoral and 
post-doctoral students in media, communication and related fields 
engaged with the issue of media and media systems, that wish to discuss 
their current work with established and emerging scholars and get 
relevant feedback.

Invited research conference participants will deliver keynote lectures 
with ample discussion opportunities. In this unique academic format, 
student course attendees will have extended opportunity to present and 
discuss their current own work with the course directors and other 
lecturers and participants in seminar form (English language) and in 
further informal meetings around the beautiful old-town of Dubrovnik 
(UNESCO World Heritage) over 5 full working days (Monday to Saturday).

The working language is English.

Participation in the course for graduate (master and doctoral) students 
brings 3,5 ECTS credits, and for doctoral students who present their 
thesis research 6 ECTS. The course is accredited and the ECTS are 
awarded by the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb 
(www.fpzg.unizg.hr). All participants will also receive a certificate of 
attendance from the IUC.

/Enrolment/

To apply, send a CV and a motivation letter to (zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com)> Students who wish to present their 
research should also send a 300 word abstract. The course can accept 20 
students, and the applications are received on a rolling basis. After 
notification of acceptance you need to register also on this web 
pagehttps://iuc.hr/programme/1750

The IUC requires a small enrolment fee from student participants. 
Participants are responsible for organizing their own lodging and 
travel. Affordable housing is available for IUC participants. Stipends 
are available from IUC for eligible participants, further information at 
https://www.iuc.hr/iuc-support.php. For information on these matters 
please contact the IUC secretariat at (iuc /at/ iuc.hr) <mailto:(iuc /at/ iuc.hr)>.

/Venue Information/

The Inter-University Centre was founded in Dubrovnik in 1972 as an 
independent, autonomous academic institution with the aim of promoting 
international co-operation between academic institutions throughout the 
world. Courses are held in all scientific disciplines around the year, 
with participation of member and affiliated universities.

/Additional Information/

For further information about academic matters please contact the 
organizing course director: professor Zrinjka Peruško 
(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(zrinjka.perusko /at/ gmail.com)>, Centre for 
Media and Communication Research (www.cim.fpzg.unizg.hr), Department of 
Media and Communication, Faculty of Political Science 
(www.fpzg.unizg.hr), University of Zagreb (www.unizg.hr).


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