Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network is calling for hosts for its 2021 Annual Conference. The aim of the Postgraduate Network (MeCCSA PGN) is to bring together postgraduate students in media, communication and cultural studies from different intellectual traditions and cultural backgrounds in order to form networks for research, teaching and learning, as well as ensure peer …Continue Reading
University of Brighton, 10-11 September 2020 Conference Theme: Mediating Place: Memory, Culture and Experience The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network is pleased to invite postgraduate researchers to attend our upcoming annual conference at the University of Brighton on 10th and 11th September 2020. The theme of the conference is Mediating Place: Memory, Culture and Experience. However, the …Continue Reading
Emma Kaylee GravesCanterbury Christ Church University MeCCSA’s Postgraduate Network continued to engage with the postgraduate community throughout 2019. Annual Conference Our annual conference was held at Bangor University on 1-2 July 2019 with the theme of “Evolution”. The conference saw several paper presentations on topics ranging from journalism and broadcasting to media production, ethics and …Continue Reading
Beth JohnsonLeeds University The MeCCSA Women’s Network contributed funding to two excellent events last month. ‘The Cultural Politics of Meghan Markle Symposium’ took place on 15th November at Conway Hall, London. The symposium set out to exchange ideas and develop ideas for the authors taking part in two special issues on the cultural politics of …Continue Reading
Stuart PriceDe Montfort University On 9th October, the Media Discourse Centre (www.dmu.ac.uk/mdc), the MeCCSA Social Movements Network, and the Documentary Media Centre, hosted the 5th Annual Shared Solidarities symposium, which brings together campaigners and academics to, in the words of Ros Brunt, ‘reflect on both theory and on concrete practices’. Shared Solidarities was founded by academics …Continue Reading
Julie DoyleUniversity of BrightonMichael GoodmanUniversity of Reading The Climate Change Network has focused upon two activities during 2019: finalising a special issue of Climatic Change on the topic, ‘Practicing Everyday Climate Cultures’; and organising a roundtable for the MeCCSA 2020 conference at University of Brighton on the subject, ‘Media in/for the anthropocene: What is the responsibility of …Continue Reading
Maurizio CinquegraniRichard MisekUniversity of Kent The annual MPE and MeCCSA Practice annual symposium took place at the University of Kent on June 14th 2019. The title of this year’s conference was ‘Shaping Knowledge; encounters between word and image’. The aim of the event was to explore the interaction of word and image across a range …Continue Reading
Rachel MatthewsCoventry University Despite being less than a year old, the Local and Community Media Network has been gratified by the level of interest shown by people within and without the academy in our work to promote research into this vital area. Since our formation in April 2019, we have been networking with a variety …Continue Reading
Naida RedgraveUniversity of East London The first REaPN event under its new Chair Mita Lad (and Deputy, Dr. Noor Halabi) took place at De Montfort University on 27 June 2019, organised by previous Deputy of the network, Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu. Across the afternoon the conference heard a selection of timely papers alongside fruitful discussion, culminating with …Continue Reading
Beth JohnsonLeeds University As ever, the MeCCSA Women’s Network has enjoyed an eventful year. In structural terms, our former chair, Milly Williamson, stood down after ten diligent years in post. The network has been deeply enhanced by Milly’s leadership and both the committee and our members are extremely grateful for her enthusiasm and dedication. 2020 …Continue Reading
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