26 ^th Annual SERCIA Conference Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain September 2-4, 2020 It has become almost mandatory to start any piece on cosmopolitanism with a reference to Diogenes the Cynic (412-323 BC) and his famous claim “I am a citizen of the world”. Alluring as the phrase may sound to our 21st century ears, when uttered by Diogenes, it was an invitation to be a social outsider: the allegiance to humanity as a whole implied

Proposals are invited for an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, to explore Murder and True Crime in the Media. The one-day conference is on Friday 29 ^th May 2020. Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Dr Sarah Moore, author of Crime and the Media (2014, Palgrave Macmillan)

Conference Dates: 29-30 June 2020 | Conference Location: Canterbury, UK. University of Kent Abstracts: 10th Feb 2020 (Round One) Abstract Submission Form   Keynote: Professor, Dr. Richard Koeck. Chair, Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of Liverpool;

Deadline extended to 15 January 2020 Worldmaking around the world: rethinking the intersections of popular media, translation and LGBTQ+ activism across cultures Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter. 17-18 April 2020. Keynote Speakers: Jack Halberstam, Columbia University &

Digital Curation has become ubiquitous on a scale ranging from large digital preservation programmes to individual citizen curation projects that often involve collaborations between professionals and enthusiasts. Extending Joseph Beuys’ controversial assertion that everyone is an artist, now everyone is a (digital) curator. Curation in the context of Contemporary Art is closely aligned with Digital Curation skills;

Borders in/of Adaptation Association of Adaptation Studies 1-2 October, 2020 Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France  Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Bronfen (University of Zurich, New York University) Deborah Cartmell (University of Leicester) Jatinder Verma (Artistic director, Tara Theatre) For the 2020 edition of the Association of Adaptation Studies conference, we would like to examine the presence and […]

Speculative fiction, film, and television series are fast-growing genres, in part because they comment on the present. These genres ask readers to consider environmental, technological, and political events and developments in the world today, and the impacts these may have on the world of the future.

DISCOURSES of FICTIONAL (DIGITAL) TV SERIES  Universitat de València Forthcoming Conference 3-6 November 2020 Conference Convenors: Carmen Gregori-Signes, Claudia Alonso-Recarte, Miguel Fuster-Márquez, Sergio Maruenda-Bataller  Secretaries: Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras &

ECREA’S 8th European Communication Conference The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in partnership with the University of Minho call for papers to be presented at the 8th European Communication Conference, to be held in Braga, Portugal, from 2 October to 5 October 2020.

Call for Papers International Workshop ‘Media Representations of Law and Justice:  Middle Eastern Perspectives’ 12−13 March 2020 Leipzig, Germany The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) in cooperation with the Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the international and interdisciplinary Workshop ‘Media Representations of Law and