Omar Swartz, Omar.Swartz@ucdenver.edu
I am pleased to announce the publication of the newest book in Troubador Publishing’s series on Communication & Social Justice:
Amos Kiewe, Confronting Anti-Semitism: Seeking an End to Hateful Rhetoric. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 230
From antiquity to the modern era, anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head despite changing times, locations, language and circumstances. For each outburst of anti-Semitism a reason has been forwarded such as religious, economic, social or racial theorizing. Yet, anti-Semitism has remained consistent despite the[......]
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Second Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference, September 21-24, 2012, Kwame Nkrumah University of Sicence and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana [Post 320]
Deidre Olsen, deidrelillianolsen@gmail.com
CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline for submissions extended to February 15, 2012)*
2nd Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (KNIC2), September 21-24, 2012 JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (OF CANADA) VENUE: THE KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI, GHANA The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science an[......]
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Call for Papers
Medien Journal. Zeitschrift für Kommunikationskultur
Vierteljahreszeitschrift der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft
(ÖGK), Jahrgang 2012
BRICS: New challenges in the field of communication
Deadline for submission: 31.1.2012
The global division of power is undergoing rapid transition. Balances are changing, with new dynamics leading to shifts in power. Whereas much of the Western focus has remained on the meetings of the G8 and G20, there has been less recognition that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, Ch[......]
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Semester at Sea: Raymond K. Ho, Lifelong learner, detached retina in South Africa, January 25, 2012 [Post 318]
For those who are interested, this is a somewhat lengthy account of what
happened to my eye during the F11 Semester At Sea :
Medex and Travel Insurance :
All of us on board the MV Explorer for the Semester at Sea (SAS) were covered
with up to $100K worth of Medex Travel Insurance paid for by The Institute for
Shipboard Education (ISE). It covers all Medical Emergencies both on ship and
ashore during the 110 days of our Voyage. Most Insurance Companies normally
only deal with t[......]
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Japan-U.S. Communication Association
Submissions Open: Mon, 1/16 2012 4:00 AM EDT
Submissions Close: Thu, 3/29 2012 3:00 AM EDT
CONTACTS:
Jiro Takai, Department of Education, Nagoya University Address: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan Phone: +81-52-789-2653 Email: jtakai@cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
OR Koji Fuse, Department of Strategic Communications, Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas Address: 1155 Union Circle #311460, Denton, TX 76203, U.S.A. Phone: 940-369-8083 Email: kfuse@unt.edu
The Japan-U.S. Communication Association (JUCA) invites individual pa[......]
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The US Republican Primaries: Michael H. Prosser, Ph.D. (January 24, 2012) (551,ooo comments since February 23, 2011 [Post 317]
www.michaelprosser.com Jan. 24, 2012 (a disclaimer: I voted in China as an absentee ballot for Barack Obama, and will vote for him again in 2012).
From my perspective, of having lived and taught university courses in China for nearly 10 years, only Jon Huntsman had any sensible views related to China-US relations. It is a pity that he quit his commendable job as ambassador to undertake a nearly impossible run for the presidential nomination, when Mitt Romney had[......]
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Lily Mendoza, lmendoza421@sbcglobal.net
International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, Call for Submissions The International and Intercultural Division invites submissions to the 2012 National Communication Convention in Orlando, Florida. Three kinds of submissions will be considered: individual papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions on international and intercultural communication topics. The theme for the 2012 convention is “Celebrate COMMunity” (see official NCA Convention call) which encourages exploration of ideas and principles that[......]
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Subject: Call for papers: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approaches to Ethnic Conflict, An International Symposium, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey and the Marie Curie Action “Sustainable Peace Buiding, May 5-6, 2012
Call for papers
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabanci University, Istanbul and the Marie Curie Action “Sustainable Peace Building” funded under the EU’s 7th Framework Programme invite contributions to Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approaches to Ethnic Conflict: An International Symposium on 5-6 May 2012.
This inter[......]
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Call for papers
Belgrade, May 30-June 2, 2012
The Serbian Psychological Society’s 60th annual convention is May 30 – June 2, 2012, in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The conference theme is ‘Measurement and Assessment in Psychology.’
This conference features plenary lectures, symposia, round tables, paper/poster presentations, workshops, and book presentations. Invited keynote speakers are Professors Philip Corr, PhD, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom (Anxiety and the Behavioral Inhibition System), Reiner Riemann, PhD, University of Bielefeld, Germany (Advances in t[......]
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Kristin Shamas, KShamas@okcu.edu
New book about Media and Armed Conflict in Colombia:
“Citizens’ Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia”
Clemencia Rodríguez The University of Minnesota Press 2011
“Clemencia Rodríguez has given us an astonishing ethnographic study of ‘citizens’ media’ in Colombia. Remarkably, and with great insight into what uses of such ‘small media’ can accomplish, she offers readers a glimmer of hope in a stark war-torn social landscape, as well as a welcome and original intervention into contemporary theorizations of media worlds in circumstances[......]
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