Between February and March, several calls financed by FCT are open, including for PhD Research Scholarships, for Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus and for Project Grants projects in all scientific domains.
The Communication and Society Research Centre encourages the participation of all and is available to assist its researchers in preparing applications.
PolObs reinforces information channels
The Observatory of Science, Communication and Culture Policies (PolObs) of the CECS starts the year 2021 with reinforcement in its information channels.
MILObs seminar on “Media Literacy in the School Library”
MILObs seminars returned this month, with the theme “Media Literacy in the School Library”. The first session took place on January 28, at 2:30 pm, via Zoom and broadcast live on the Facebook pages of CECS and MILobs.
Seminar Cycle “Society, Temporalities and Power: Global Views. Beyond the Pandemic Covid 19″
On February 4, the 2021 Seminar Cycle "Society, Temporalities and Power: Global Views. Beyond the Pandemic Covid 19" will begin. It is a joint initiative between the University of Minho and the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico.
”The memory of slavery: museums and monuments as instruments of public debate on the slave past” seminar
"The memory of slavery: museums and monuments as instruments of public debate on the slave past" is the theme of the next Permanent Seminar on Post-Colonial Studies to be held on March 19, at 3 pm. The session will be attended by Ana Lúcia Araújo, from Howard University and will be broadcast via Zoom.
”Activism in Angola: resistance manual” seminar
The next Permanent Seminar on Post-Colonial Studies will take place on February 25, at 5 pm. Entitled "Activism in Angola: resistance manual", the session will be moderated by Joana Fonseca, from the University of Coimbra, with the participation of Adolfo Maria, Angolan nationalist, and Angolan activists, Laurinda Gouveia and Hitler Samussuku.
Permanent Seminar on Post-Colonial Studies with Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks was the guest of the last Permanent Seminar on Post-Colonial Studies at CECS, which took place on January 20, via Zoom.
Call for IC&DT Projects in all Scientific Domains
Between January 28 and March 10, 2021, the application process for the IC&DT Projects is taking place. The Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) is now available to collaborate in the presentation and development of the applications of its researchers.
Scientific Employment Stimulus
The call for Scientific Employment Stimulus (3rd Edition), from the Foundation for Science and Technology, is open until February 26th. Candidates wishing to have the Communication and Society Research Centre as a host institution must submit their proposal through an online form, until February 12th.
Concurso “Parque Natural de Montesinho”: investigador do CECS na equipa de projeto aprovado
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) released the result of the evaluation of the call for scientific research and technological development projects (IC&DT) for the promotion of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary R&D activities to be carried out in the Montesinho Natural Park region. Of the 60 applications submitted to the competition, 6 were recommended for funding. One of the funded projects has the collaboration of CECS researcher, João Sarmento.
Vista: permanent call for papers from the new CECS journal
With a permanent call for papers, Vista accepts proposals for original and unpublished academic papers on topics related to the objectives and scope of the journal, in the form of articles, visual projects, reviews and interviews. Articles can be submitted in English or Portuguese.![[NEW DEADLINE] Comunicação e Sociedade: call for papers on “Health communication during a pandemic”](http://www.cecs.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/photo-1585686023940-92dba62eb5ae.jpeg)
[NEW DEADLINE] Comunicação e Sociedade: call for papers on “Health communication during a pandemic”
This volume of Comunicação e Sociedade focuses on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and aims at gathering researchers from different geographies in thinking about Health Journalism and Health Communication within a global health crisis. Nowadays, the diversity of media platforms, the change in habits of media consumption, or the increase of fake news and disinformation bring renewed challenges to the fields of Health Journalism and Health Communication. Therefore, it is important to understand what is being done, both nationally and internationally, to deal with these challenges and to reinforce the role of journalism and communication applied to health.
FCT announces the 2021 Call for PhD Research Scholarships
The notice of the opening of the FCT Call for PhD Research Scholarships 2021 is now available. This year, the application deadline will run between March 1 and 5:00 pm on March 31, 2021.
Awarded theses by CECS researchers
On December 23, 2020, the University of Aveiro awarded the International Prize in Cultural Studies Virgínia Quaresma in the Career and Best Doctoral Thesis in Cultural Studies modalities. The Career Award was sponsored by the Regional Culture Directorate of the Center, in Portugal.
Alene Lins: new PhD in Communication Sciences
The PhD exams in Communication Sciences of Alene da Silva Lins, took place on January 12, starting at 2:00 pm. The thesis, supervised by Luís António Santos, is entitled “A socio-semiotic view of the spontaneous in political photojournalism”.
Helena Pereira: new PhD in Communication Sciences
The PhD exams in Communication Sciences of Helena Alice Mendes Pereira, took place on January 6, starting at 2:30 pm. The thesis, supervised by Jean-Martin Rabot, is entitled “Curation (expanded) as a process of Contemporary Art Communication”.©Universidade do Minho. Todos os direitos reservados. Com apoio do FCT.
