MeCCSA-PGN 2021 Training Events
We at the Postgraduate Network of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA-PGN) invite you to attend our 2021 training event, run by The Film department at the University of Southampton. This year, we have two training workshops aimed at equipping postgraduate and early career researchers with academic research skills and providing overall professional development. Researchers in media, film, culture and communication studies are encouraged to attend. The details information of the workshops are below:
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Academic Training Workshop – Archival Research
This workshop will highlight the main elements of such an approach to archival research. We will discuss definitions and the major types of archival methods research, purposes, objectives, and rationales for conducting archival method in media and film studies, as well as procedures for analysing archival data.
Led by
Michael Williams (Professor of Film at the University of Southampton)
Zoë Viney Burgess (Curator of Film at Wessex Film & Sound Archive (WFSA) and pursuing a PhD at the University of Southampton researching the WFSA amateur film collection)
Kevin Donnelly (Professor of Film and Film Music at the University of Southampton)
Dates and times
Wednesday 19th May 2021, 14:00 pm
Duration
50 minutes of speakers’ talking and 30 minutes of question and discussion
Venue:
Online Event on Zoom
Register below:
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Professional Training Workshop –Academic Publishing
This workshop will tackle some of the key questions of the practicalities of academic journal publishing. Strategies for finding the target journal, promoting the quality of paper, dealing with reviewer comments will be discussed in this workshop. Attendee could have the opportunity to discuss and get advice on their individual publication plans in the discussion of workshop.
Led by
Tim Bergfelder (Professor of Film at the University of Southampton)
Shelley Cobb (Associate Professor of Film at the University of Southampton)
Dates and times
Thursday 27th May 2021, 14:00 pm
Duration
35 minutes of speakers’ talking and 45 minutes of question and discussion
Venue:
Online Event on Zoom
Register below:
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This event is organised by MeCCSA Postgraduate Network and run by The Film department at the University of Southampton.
All the best,
MeCCSA Postgraduate Network
The Film department at the University of Southampton.