World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies

Barcelona, July 19th - 24th 2010

Panel

• Arab and Islamic Humor (255)

  · Date: WED 21, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: Catholic University of Milan / SESAMO (Italy)

  · Organizer: Paolo Branca

  · Language: English/Français

• COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - 1/5: Media's role in the Social Construction of the Euro Mediterranean Region (028)

  · Date: MON 19, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

  · Organizer: Teresa Velázquez

  · Language: English/Français

• COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - 2/5: Information and Communication Rights in the Mediterranean Region (056)

  · Date: MON 19, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

  · Organizer: Teresa Velázquez

  · Language: English/Français

• COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - 3/5: Media and Gender representation in the Mediterranean Region (080)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

  · Organizer: Teresa Velázquez

  · Language: English/Français

• COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - 4/5: Mediterranean as a Semiotic Space (094)

  · Date: TUE 20, 11.30 am-1.30pm

  · Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

  · Organizer: Teresa Velázquez

  · Language: English/Français

• COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - 5/5: Training in Cross-Mediterranean Mediation (117)

  · Date: TUE 20, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

  · Organizer: Teresa Velázquez

  · Language: English/Français

• Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Trends 2010 (177)

  · Date: WED 21, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (Egypt)

  · Organizer: Eleonora Insalaco

  · Language: English / Français

• Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World (341)

  · Date: THU 22, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy ( Palestine) and Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway)

  · Organizer: Lena Jayyusi and Anne Sofie Roald

  · Language: English

• New media experiences, communication networks and changing social relations in Turkey (160)

  · Date: TUE 20, 5.00-7.00pm

  · Institution: California State University, San Bernardino (USA)

  · Organizer: Ece Algan

  · Language: English

• New Media in the Middle East Revisited: Networked Audiences and Digital Communities (228)

  · Date: WED 21, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)

  · Organizer: Vit Sisler

  · Language: English

• Palestine/Internet: On-Line Imagination, Activism and Archiving (061)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: New York University (USA)

  · Organizer: Helga Tawil-Souri

  · Language: English

• Peripheries become Centers: New Media Borderlands in the Middle East (173)

  · Date: WED 21, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Catholic University of America (USA)

  · Organizer: Jon W. Anderson

  · Language: English

• REREADING THE ''PUBLIC SPHERE'' IN THE MIDDLE EAST: PRINT CULTURE, NEW MEDIA, POP CULTURES - 1/2: Boundaries, Visibility and Hidden Transcripts (083)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

  · Organizer: Sune Haugbolle

  · Language: English

• REREADING THE ''PUBLIC SPHERE'' IN THE MIDDLE EAST: PRINT CULTURE, NEW MEDIA, POP CULTURES - 2/2: Image-Making and Techniques of Consumption (109)

  · Date: TUE 20, 11.30 am-1.30pm

  · Institution: Oriental Studies University, Naples (Italy)

  · Organizer: Armando Salvatore

  · Language: English

• Ulama and the representation of religion in Arab TV serials (367)

  · Date: THU 22, 2.30-4.30 pm

  · Institution: University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

  · Organizer: Donatella Della Ratta

  · Language: English

• Urban Landscapes in Middle Eastern Cinema: Entering the 21st Century (072)

  · Date: TUE 20, 9.00-11.00 am

  · Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

  · Organizer: Alberto Elena

  · Language: English / Français

Roundtable

• The Engagement of Middle Eastern Youth: New Media and other Opportunities for Empowerment (399)

  · Date: THU 22, 5.00-7.00 pm

  · Institution: Voices for a Democratic Egypt , Washington (USA)

  · Organizer: Maria Dayton

  · Language: English