[Commlist] symposium on the media and refugees

Sanctuary Songs: Refugees and asylum-seekers in/and the media – 
Newcastle University, 20 June, 2023 
<https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/sanctuarysongs2023/>

A reminder about the symposium we have organised next month which looks 
at the relationships between the media and the refugee and asylum-seeker 
experience, taking place during UNHCR Refugee Week in June 2023. The 
experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers remain salient in and for the 
media as journalists report from one conflict zone to another, with 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine adding immediacy to the coverage of war in 
Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, (re)animating public and political debate 
about how ‘we’ should respond.

The symposium brings together academics, activists, journalists and 
creatives to discuss and demonstrate the various ways in which this 
crucial relationship plays out in the media, not only as a framing 
device of the ‘other’ but also how individuals and groups with lived 
experience are providing counter-narratives, including through the 
making of artistic and cultural artefacts.

As well as parallel sessions running through the day, we are also 
pleased to be joined by our two keynote speakers, Professor Susanne 
Fengler and Dr Vivienne Francis. The programme is available to view on 
the conference website <https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/sanctuarysongs2023/>.

While the symposium is a one-day event taking place on Tuesday 20^th 
June, we are also intending to organise a pre-event mixer from 5-7pm for 
those delegates who will be arriving on Monday 19^th June if there are 
enough sign-ups (see below).

Alongside the academic conference, we are also organising a three-day 
cultural festival from Wednesday 21-Friday 23 June, details of which 
will be posted to the conference website 
<https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/sanctuarysongs2023/> when confirmed.  
Please note that the conference is in-person only, although we will be 
recording the keynotes and uploading to the website. The delegate fees 
are: full price £60; unwaged £40 which include refreshments, lunch and 
the evening reception on 19 June.

Please click here to register. 
<https://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences-hass/school-of-arts-and-cultures/sanctuary-songs-refugees-and-asylumseekers-inand-the-media>

There are a small number of fee waivers available for members of local 
refugee and sanctuary-seeker communities. Please contact us at 
(sanctuarysongs2023 /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(sanctuarysongs2023 /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)> if you would like to be 
considered for a bursary.

We look forward to welcoming you to Newcastle University, a University 
of Sanctuary in a City of Sanctuary.

For more information, please contact Martin Heslop: 
(M.S.Heslop2 /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) <mailto:(M.S.Heslop2 /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)> If you 
do register for the event, please also let us (Martin) know if you want 
to attend the reception on 19 June to avoid the production of a wine 
lake and nibbles mountain.

	


*KEYNOTE INFORMATION*

*DR SUSANNE FENGLER*is Professor for International Journalism at TU 
Dortmund University, and Director of the Erich Brost Institute for 
International Journalism in Dortmund, Germany.

*Keynote title:*Reporting on migrants and refugees.

*DR VIVIENNE FRANCIS*is Reader and Senior Lecturer in Social Justice 
Journalism and Knowledge Exchange at London College of Communication.

*Keynote note title*: From news producer to Uber driver: valuing and 
empowering the experiences of the “Other” through social justice journalism.

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