Program
Students Symposium March 7-8:
Friday, 7 Mar, 2008Intercultural Center, 7th Floor Executive Conference Room
11:00 Roundtable Luncheon with Members of the Media
01:15 Panel One: Governments, Public Opinion and the Media
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
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
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
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
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
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 MediaModerator: 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
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