FINAL PROGRAMME

Conference Date: 17 December 2010
Venue: Royal Holloway College, University of London (Arts Building ALT1 and AG24)

FINAL PROGRAMME

10:30-11:00 Registration and coffee/tea

11:00-11:15 Welcome and Introduction:

Opening remarks by the Head of the Department of Media Arts in Royal Holloway, Prof. Jonathan Powell and the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations in Royal Holloway, Dr. Nathan Widder

11:15-13:15    45-minute keynote speech by each speaker and a 30-minute general Q&A session

The Post-Liberal Governance of Transnational Insecurity, Prof. David Chandler (Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster)

Gender, honour and jihad: the online-offline nexus” by Dr. Ben O’loughlin (Royal Holloway, University of London)

13:15-14:15 Buffet Lunch

14:15-16:15 1^st two simultaneous panels; each consisting 4 presenters (20 minutes each) and followed by a 30-minute general Q&A session

Panel A:  Chair Dr. Ben O’loughlin (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Exotic Disease or Local Disease?A Framing Analysis of H1N1 Swine Flu Coverage on Chinese Media, Weia Xu (co-author) (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee)

Questioning the Role of New Media in Framing Democracy in Africa’s Dictatorships: Zimbabwe A Case Study, Andrew Chatora (Institute of Education, University of London)

Transnational Diaspora Linkages: A Comparative Analysis of Diaspora Networks, Priya Kumar (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Integrating psychoanalysis and social constructionism to enhance the study of transnationalism: Theoretical opportunities from research on emotions at work in India, Eda Ulus (University of Bath)

Panel B: Chair Dr. Daniela Berghahn (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Turkey to Germany: Kurdish Films in Transnational Space, Ayca Ciftci (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Bridging Pop Culture and Identity Politics: Borders, Transnationalism and Identity in Fatih Akin’s Road Film In July, Dr. Aisha Jamal (Trent University)

Transitory Strategies of Belonging: European Union Film Funding and Transnational Networking of Filmmakers from Bulgaria, Romania, and former Yugoslavia, Mariana Ivanova (Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin)

The Crisis of Women in Diaspora Identities, Tugba Elmaci (Dokuz Eylul University)

16:15-16:30 Coffee/tea break

16:30-18:30 2^nd two simultaneous panels; each consisting 4 presenters (20 minutes each) and

followed by a 30-minute Q&A session

Panel C: Chair Prof. David Chandler (University of Westminster)

The Actual Boundaries of Transnationalism, Santanu Chakrabarti (School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University)

World cup, Monuments and Souvenirs: The Symbolic Public Sphere, Mon Rodrigues (Department of Digital Communication, University of Vic)

Transforming Identity at Russian-Baltic Border in XXI century: Challenge to Transnationalism, Olga Romanova (University of Nizhny Novgorod& University of Cambridge)

Who hold power in cyberspace? The 2008 Candle Demonstration in Korean and its aftermath, Dong Hyun Song (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Panel D: Prof. Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Glocalised Muppets: Planned Transnationalism in the Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock Production Models, Aaron Calbreath-Frasiuer (Department of Culture, Film and Media Studies, University of Nottingham)

The Reproduction and Negotiation of the Global Neo-liberal Narrative in the Television Format Top Model, Miriam Stehling (Institute of Communications and Media Culture, Leuphana University Lueneburg)

Representing Self as Other: Transnationalism, ‘National Geographic Magazine, and Universal Humanism in Reza Deghati’s Photography, Mohsen Biparva (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Second Life and the Arts: Towards a New Language, Aleksandar Brkic (University of Arts in Belgrade)

18:30-19:30 Close of conference by the third keynote speaker (45 minutes) and a 15-minute Q&A session
Interzone Europe, Prof. Randall Halle (Department of German, University of Pittsburgh)

19:30 Wine reception

For registration please send an email to royalhollowayconference@gmail.com