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Konference: New Media in the Middle East
31. oktober -1. november
En konference om den rolle som nye mellemøstlige medier spiller såvel i de mellemøstlige samfund, som i den mellemøstlige diaspora i Vesten. Der vil bl.a. blive fokuseret på de politiske implikationer af satelitkanalerne Al Jazeera og Al Arabiya.
Oplægsholderne vil komme fra både Europa, USA og Mellemøsten og der vil blandt andre deltage repræsentanter fra de nævnte tv-stationer samt fra større mellemøstlige dagblade.
Konferencen arrangeres af Center for Mellemøststudier ved Syddansk Universitet i samarbejde med Images of the Middle East
Desuden afholdes der debatarrangement på Vollsmose bibliotek den 8. nov.
NEW MEDIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Venue:
University of Southern Denmark,
Campusvej 55,
5230 Odense M
Denmark
(Lecture room 100)
October 31 and November 1 - 2005
The main objective of the conference is to discuss the impact on political processes of the new media like Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya and, in general, the media coverage of the Middle East in connection with the debate about democracy in the region. Another objective is to discuss the role of the new media in connection with the Arab diaspora outside the Middle East. The conference will bring together scholars, people from the media etc. from the Middle East as well as from Europe and USA.
The conference will be open for the public, but participation requires confirmed registration no later than by October 14 - 2005. Please note that the number of participants will be limited and that admission to the conference is held only after receiving confirmation of registration. Bring a print of the confirmation mail.
The participation fee is DKr. 150,00. This includes coffee and lunch both days. The fee for participation in both the conference and the conference dinner Monday night is DKr. 250,00. Please inform the conference secretariat on registration if you wish to take part in the conference dinner.
Conference Secretariat:
Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
DK-5230 Odense M
Denmark
Tel. +45 6550 2183
Fax. +45 6550 2161
E-mail: middle-east@hist.sdu.dk
Organizing committee: Peter Seeberg, Rie Vilain, Pia Hansen, Lone L. Pedersen
Sponsored by:
Images of the Middle East
Odense Kommune
University of Southern Denmark
Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies
Monday, October 31
9.00-10.00: Registration in the conference area
10.00: Opening and Welcome
President Jens Oddershede, University of Southern Denmark
Dr Michael Irving Jensen, Head of Middle East Projects, Images of the Middle East
Associate professor, Ph.D. Peter Seeberg, Head of Department, Centre for
Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
10.30-12.30 1. Panel: The Emerging Public Sphere in the Arab World
The New Media, Civic Pluralism and the Struggle for Political Reform
Augustus Richard Norton
Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Boston University
Models of Media Influence in the Arab Middle East
Naomi Sakr
Professor, School of Media, Arts & Design, University of Westminster
New Media Infrastructures, Tools, and Shaping the Public Sphere
Jon W. Anderson
Professor of Anthropology, Catholic University of America
Chair: Khaled Salih, Associate professor, Ph.D., Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-15.30 2. Panel: New Media in the Middle East
The panel will be reviewing the situation of the Media in the Middle East with focus on the New Media and the public sphere in the region
Ammar Bakkar
Ph.D, Head of the New Media Unit, Al Arabiya News Channel, Dubai
Satnam Matharu
Head of International and Media Department, Al Jazeera, Qatar
Hiwa Osman
Media-advisor for the president of Iraq
Gamal Nkrumah
Foreign Desk Editor, Al-Ahram Weekly, Cairo
Chair: Martin Hvidt, Associate professor, Ph.D., Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.30 3. Panel: Terrorism and the Media
The Rhetoric of bioterrorism in media and fiction: implications for U.S. counter-terrorism
Lars Erslev Andersen
Associate professor, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies
Violence, Conflict and National Identity in the Israeli Media
Jakob Feldt
Assistant professor, Ph.D, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies
Chair: Kirstine Sinclair, Assistant professor, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
19.00 Conference dinner
21.00 Arabian-English Rap Music by Zaki Youssef
Zaki Yussef, who was born in Egypt, is 24 years old. Zaki has a comprehensive musical background and has played with the avant-garde emsemble Ether among others. He has been compared to the Danish hip hop group Outlandish but defines his own attitude as more experimental and less polished. His debut album mixes hip hop beats, Arab inspired surprises, and rap lyrics in Arabic, Spanish, English, and Danish. The result is well worth listening to!
Tuesday November 1
9.30-10.00: Registration in the conference area
10.00-12.00 4. Panel: The Middle East Media and the West
Lebanese television coverage and the Lebanese and regional political process
Nabil Dajani
Professor, Department of Social Behavioural Sciences, American University of Beirut
Arab Media between Pluralism and Ideology
Jochen Müller
Dr., Director of MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute), Berlin
Chair: Søren Hove, MA, Ph.D.-student, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
12.00-13.00
Lunch
13.00-14.30 5. Panel: The New Media: Redefining Muslim Identity
McArabism: Instant Nationalism through the new media in the Arab World
Khalil Rinnawi
Department of Sociology & Media, Western Galilee College, Acre
Reimagining Religious Identities in Child Programmes on Arabic Satellite-TV – Intentions and Values
Ehab Galal
Research fellow, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Chair: Gunna Funder Hansen, Assistant professor, Ph.D, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
14.30-15.00
Coffee break
15.00-16.00 6. Panel: Conclusions and perspectives, discussion
Ammar Bakkar
Ph. D., Head of the New Media Unit, Al Arabiya News Channel, Dubai
Augustus Richard Norton
Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Boston University
Representative from the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chair: Peter Seeberg, Associate professor, Ph.D, Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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