Transatlantic Students Symposia



 
 

Program

Students Symposium March 7-8:

Friday, 7 Mar, 2008
Intercultural Center, 7th Floor Executive Conference Room

11:00 Roundtable Luncheon with Members of the Media

01:00 Opening Remarks by Prof. Dr. Eric Langenbacher, Georgetown University

01:15 Panel One: Governments, Public Opinion and the Media
Moderator: Kimberly Jaeger, Georgetown University

Drew Brooks, Georgetown University
Buitenlandse samenwerking:
The Dutch Government's Domestic Campaign to be an International Progressive Force

Vanda de la Mata, Georgetown University
Talking Heads:
The Media Portrayal of Nicolas Sarkozy and Azouz Begag During the 2005 French Riots

Tom Folsom, Georgetown University
Post 9/11 European Transatlantic Identity

Questions and Discussion

03:00 Break

03:30 Panel Two: The Media, Values and Judgement
Moderator: Sebastian Schöbel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Klara Kopas, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
The Youth and the Prejudices - In the Media World

Anu Koski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Blaming Columbine? High School Shootings in the Finnish Media

Questions and Discussion

Saturday, 8 Mar, 2008

10:00 Panel Three: Staged and Collective Identities
Moderator: Elmar Narayan, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Emily Royse Green, Georgetown University
Western Identity and Colonial Legacy in Contemporary Film: Resolving Contradictions through Complexity

Derya Okur, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Turkish Integration in the Media

Mareike Schmidt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sport, Politics and Culture: The Media Portrayal of Sport & the Construction of Identity

Questions and Discussion

10:00 Panel Three: Staged and Collective Identities
Moderator: Elmar Narayan, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Emily Royse Green, Georgetown University
Western Identity and Colonial Legacy in Contemporary Film: Resolving Contradictions through Complexity

Derya Okur, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Turkish Integration in the Media

Mareike Schmidt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sport, Politics and Culture: The Media Portrayal of Sport & the Construction of Identity

Sebastian Schöbel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (organizer)
"One Document to Rule Them All".
The Importance of a Constitutional Identity for the Citizens of Europe.

Questions and Discussion

10:00 Panel Three: Staged and Collective Identities
Moderator: Elmar Narayan, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Emily Royse Green, Georgetown University
Western Identity and Colonial Legacy in Contemporary Film: Resolving Contradictions through Complexity

Derya Okur, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Turkish Integration in the Media

Mareike Schmidt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sport, Politics and Culture: The Media Portrayal of Sport & the Construction of Identity

Sebastian Schöbel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (organizer)
"One Document to Rule Them All".
The Importance of a Constitutional Identity for the Citizens of Europe.

12:00 Luncheon

01:30 Panel Four: Media and National Identity
Moderator: Vanda de la Mata, Georgetown University

Lindsay Coleman, Georgetown University
Shaping Italian National Identity Through Mass Media Discourses

Elmar Narayan, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (organizer)
National Identity and Digital Games

Anja Swidsinski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Radio - Radar - Referenda. Czech Political Identity in Radio Coverage of U.S. Missile Defence

Questions and Discussion

03:15 Break

03:30 Panel Five: Transatlantic Look at Media
Moderator: Anu Koski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Sonay Kanber, Georgetown University
Cultural relativism in the media representations of Muslim women in the United States and Europe

Tobias Schäfer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Transatlantic Ecological Narratives in the Media

Katarzyna Sobieraj, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Glocalisation as the Key to Success for Global Network Systems

Franz Strasser, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
US Presidential Elections

Questions and Discussion

Closing Remarks

PD Dr. Reinhard Isensee, Humboldt-Universität, and Prof. Dr. Eric Langenbacher, Georgetown University