To all Goldsmiths PhD students:

We are offering free admission to all PhD students at Goldsmiths to the conference below, which is being hosted by the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre.

Advanced registration is mandatory, so if you’d like to attend, please email g.terracciano@gold.ac.uk, indicating your name and department.

As spots are likely to fill up, interested participants are encouraged to register early.



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2, 3, 4 April 2012
Media, Power & Revolution: Making the 21st Century
A landmark media conference hosted by the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre
Senate House, London

 

From Twitter and Facebook revolutions to phone hacking and the power of the Murdoch empire, Wiki-leaks, and the Abu-Ghraib photographs -- a new intensity links power, revolution, and the media in the twenty-first century. The new media do make a difference, but what exactly is the nature of that difference? What are the crucial questions of technological form, usage, and control that shape the political and cultural agency of governments, corporations, political uprisings, and individuals?

Confirmed speakers to date:

Evgeny Morozov
Anne Alexander
Goetz Bachmann
Anthony Barnett
Rod Benson
Chris Berry
Nick Couldry
James Curran
Nick Davies
Natalie Fenton
Des Freedman
Janet Harbord
Amal Khalaf
Gholam Khiabany
Scott Lash
Duncan McCargo
Robert McChesney
Rachel Moore
Graham Murdock
Angela Phillips
Terry Rosenberg
Annabelle Sreberny
Rod Tiffen
Guobin Yang

Additional details will be available at the link below as it becomes available. Registered participants will receive a detailed schedule via email closer to the date of the event.

Learn about the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre at:
www.gold.ac.uk/media-research-centre
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Graziella Terracciano
Research Associate/Administrator
Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre: Spaces, Connections, Control
Department of Media and Communications
Goldsmiths College
University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW

Careers Forum

Working in Think Tanks, Policy and Social Research

Wednesday 1st February 2012, 4.00pm-6.00pm

Dear PhD students

Want to take your research skills outside of academia? Come along to our careers forum on working in think tanks, policy and social research.

Hear from a panel of speakers about their work and how to enter the field. Time for Q&A and informal networking.

So far we have three fantastic speakers from really interesting organisations.

• Lauren Kahn is a senior research associate at The Young Foundation who works across a range of themes, including Youth Leadership, Education, Social Innovation and Health.

• Raj Mandair is a research intern from the Centre for Cities. Raj previously worked as a Business Development Intern at the British Chambers of Commerce developing the overall membership position and marcomms strategy of the organisation. He has also worked as a television presenter at the Sikh Channel.

• Marley Morris is a researcher at Counterpoint on the Recapturing Europe’s Reluctant Radicals project. He has a combined Masters in Maths and Philosophy from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in Gödel’s Incompleteness theorems, model theory and political theory. Prior to Counterpoint Marley was at Demos, working on a number of projects within the Violence and Extremism programme.

  
  

Date: Wednesday 1st February 4-6pm

Please sign up at on careers@gold.ac.uk quoting think tanks.

Vanessa Freeman
Careers Adviser
Goldsmiths Careers Service
23-24 Laurie Grove
New Cross
London
SE14 6NW

Tel: 020 7 919 7137

The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)

The Prague's Center for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague Summer Schools 2012 on the following topics:

European Summer Institute on the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels

Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology

Summer School on European Union: Interests versus Culture?

Summer School on China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?

Where? Summer Schools will take place in Prague, Czech Republic

When? June 30 – July 7, 2012

Why? The Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.

We invite you to visit our website www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website contains detailed information on academic content, guidelines to application process including on-line application, practicalities, photos and alumni feedback.

We also suggest students to submit their applications to Prague Summer Schools by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2012. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2012.

Should you have any questions regarding the Prague Summer Schools or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Prague Summer Schools 2012
Center for Public Policy
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
E-mail: info@praguesummerschools.org

We are looking forward to your application!!!

Kind regards,

Egle Havrdova, Ph.D.

Program Director

Call for Papers
6th Annual Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference
Marginal Cartographies: Researching Beyond Borders
Department of Sociology – University of Warwick

The organising committee welcomes abstracts from postgraduates in any discipline, on issues that fit within and go beyond the focus and topics suggested above. Selected papers will be presented in a friendly and supportive academic environment, with each presentation lasting 20 minutes and 10 minutes for questions and answers.

Please send an abstract (under 300 words including your personal details - name, institution, phone number and e-mail address) to marginalcartographies@gmail.com.

Deadline for submitting abstracts is 12 February 2012.

Notification of acceptance will be given by 16 March 2012, at the latest.

You are welcome to contact the Organising Committee at marginalcartographies@gmail.com if you have any further questions.