Call for Participants (ECREA Summer School 2016) http://www.comsummerschool.org/call-for-participants.html We are happy to invite you to participate in the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2016 that will take place at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, from… Continue Reading
„Kniha shrnuje zjištění autorova tříletého výzkumného projektu „Nová a stará média v každodenním životě: mediální publika v čase proměny mediálních praxí“. V návaznosti na kvalitativní a kvantitativní šetření a s oporou v Giddensově teorii strukturace se věnuje čtyřem základním dimenzím… Continue Reading
New research has uncovered a disturbing trend about female characters in Disney movies Disney’s early princess movies offer heroines that are strikingly similar: soft-spoken, ethereally beautiful, and willing to endure hardship and humiliation without a peep of complaint. Today, Disney’s… Continue Reading
„Simone de Beauvoir, existentialist philosopher, feminist theorist, author of The Second Sex, whose birthday we celebrate today. Metroid, an action-adventure video game designed for the Nintendo in 1986. At first glance, they’re not an obvious pairing. But in 8-Bit Philosophy, a web series… Continue Reading
AFOR 6th Asian Conference on Cultural Studies Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan Thursday, June 2 – Sunday, June 5, 2016 „Cultural Struggle and Praxis: Negotiating Power and the Everyday“ In this conference participants are invited to explore and question… Continue Reading
Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines 2016 15 – 18 November University of Cape Town South Africa Conference Theme: Ethnographic Imaginings – Place, Space & Time CFP now open To register, visit www.cead.org.nz <http://www.cead.org.nz/> With the 2016 theme—Ethnographic Imaginings: Place, Space,… Continue Reading
Special Issue of Celebrity Studies Guest Editors: Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, University of Salford, UK Natasha Patterson, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Camilla A. Sears, Thompson Rivers University, Canada For this special issue of Celebrity Studies, the editors are seeking proposals… Continue Reading
TRANSMEDIATING CULTURE(S)? Transdisciplinary Conference Szczecin University, Department of English Szczecin (Poland), November 17-19, 2016 „Medium is the message,” as Marshall McLuhan asserted in his seminal 1964 work entitled Understanding Media: The… Continue Reading
Feminist Readings 2: Theory, practice and politics of reading today * *15 – 16 April 2016, University of Leeds. UK* *Confirmed Keynotes Speakers: Professor Anne E. Berger, University of Paris 8 Professor Tuija Pulkkinen, University of Helsinki* *A symposium to… Continue Reading
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: CROSSROADS IN CULTURAL STUDIES, 2016 For the first time in its history, Crossroads in Cultural Studies is coming to the southern hemisphere. Hosted by the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University, the 11th International Conference… Continue Reading