<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Beyond Boundaries: <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Media, Culture and Identity in Europe<span style="font-size: 20pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">2-3
October 2009, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is Europe according to its others? An essence, an
origin, a center? Or is it nothingness, a void or chiasm? Where is Europe? In
diasporic or migrant spaces? How is Europe different from the West? Can an
identity be made European? Could it be Eurocentric or Euro-chiasmic? Can one
leave one’s cultural frame <span style=""> </span>to take on
another? Can one transnationalize and/or regionalize a national identity or
vice versa? Can the European Union create a single entity or a grand signifier
of Europe out of multiple differences? What is the role of communication,
media, and culture in such exchanges, transformations, processes and practices?
Can we account for the similarities, proximities, and relations or should we
focus on the differences, cleavages, and tensions? </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This conference aims to explore the questions above and how
such questions surface in media and cultural texts, ranging from everyday
practices to media representations. <span style="" lang="EN-US">The papers may deal with various meanings of Europe
and its relation to non-European cultures, and how these are experienced or
altered at the level of media, culture, and identity. Possible paper topics
are:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Eurocentrism
and its alternatives</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Transnationalism
and nationalisms</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Global,
regional, and local media and culture</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Diasporic
and migrant culture and identities</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Gender
equality and cultural diversity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Tactics and
strategies of dialogue between cultures</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Symbolic
representations of Europe in various cultural practices</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Theories of
European cinema, media and culture</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Challenges
for European cinema, media, and cultural studies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">European
communication studies and strategies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The EU
policies on media, communication, and culture</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Confirmed
Keynote Speakers (alphabetically listed):</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prof. Angela McRobbie (University of London, Goldsmiths
College, Media and Communications) <span style="">editor
of<i> Back to Reality? Social Experience and Cultural Studies </i>(1997<i>)</i>;<i>
</i>author of <i><span style=""> </span>In the Culture Society:
Art, Fashion and Popular Music </i>(1999);</span> <i style="">Postmodernism and Popular Culture</i> (1994); <i style="">Feminism and Youth Culture: From 'Jackie' to 'Just Seventeen' </i>(1991).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prof. Kevin Robins (Based in Istanbul and a visiting fellow
at Goldsmiths College, University of London) author of <i style="">Times of the Technoculture: From the Information Society to the Virtual
Life</i> (1999); <i style="">Into the Image: Culture
and Politics in the Field of Vision</i> (1996); <i style="">Spaces of Identity: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural
Boundaries</i> (co-author, 1995).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prof. William Uricchio (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Comparative Media Studies), author of <i style="">We Europeans?: Media, Representations, Identities</i> (2009); <i style="">Reframing Culture: the Case of the Vitagraph
Quality Films</i> (1993, co-author); <i style="">The
Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media</i>
(1991, co-editor).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Other
speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Please send
a 300-word abstract with the name and institutional affiliation of the speaker
(mailing address & email address) to </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:emcs@bahcesehir.edu.tr" target="_blank" href="mailto:emcs@bahcesehir.edu.tr">emcs@bahcesehir.edu.tr</a></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Deadline
for abstracts: June 15, 2009. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Deadline
for acceptance information: June 29, 2009.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Deadline
for submitting the completed papers: September 20, 2009.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Deadline
for papers for conference proceedings: October 18, 2009.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Organizing
Committee:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Prof. Haluk
Gürgen ( Bahcesehir University , Istanbul ,
Turkey )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Prof.
Dieter Mersch ( University of Potsdam , Potsdam ,
Germany )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Prof.
Winfried Gerling (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam ,
Potsdam , Germany )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Assoc.
Prof. Süheyla Schroeder (Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey; visiting
fellow at University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Assoc.
Prof. Savas Arslan ( Bahcesehir University , Istanbul ,
Turkey )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Assist.<span style=""> </span>Prof. Defne Karaosmanoglu ( Bahcesehir University ,
Istanbul , Turkey )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Assist.
Prof. Christine Hanke ( University of Potsdam , Potsdam , Germany ; visiting fellow at Bahcesehir University ,
Istanbul , Turkey )</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The
conference is organized by an EU funded project, “European Media and Cultural
Studies and Media Awareness,” jointly run by Bahcesehir University (Istanbul,
Turkey), University of Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany) and University of Applied
Sciences Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany). </span></p>
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details about the conference please visit:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Please
note: There is no fee for the conference registration. <span style=""></span></span></p>
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</span>The <em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal;">language of the conference</span></em>
is English.<span style="" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">If you have
further questions about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">E-Mail:
Aysegul Kesirli (conference assistant) </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:aysegulkesirli@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:aysegulkesirli@yahoo.com">aysegulkesirli@yahoo.com</a></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Phone: +90
(212) 381 0764</span></p>
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