Newsletter n.º 161 – March 2024

Intervention
Launch of the Virtual Museum of Lusophony’s “Mónica Baldaque – Sapatos de Corda” Collection

Launch of the Virtual Museum of Lusophony’s “Mónica Baldaque – Sapatos de Corda” Collection

This April, the Virtual Museum of Lusophony launches the virtual collection "Mónica Baldaque - Sapatos de Corda".

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”Tell me about Freedom” debate and prize-giving for the “Tell me about April 25” competition at the Lúcio Craveiro da Silva Library

”Tell me about Freedom” debate and prize-giving for the “Tell me about April 25” competition at the Lúcio Craveiro da Silva Library

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the bYou project and MILObs are discussing freedom with six young people from different parts of the country. In addition to the debate, the session organised as part of the "Tell me about April 25" competition will award the prizes to the six winners, chosen from the 129 submissions of sound and video productions.

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Call for Research Fellowship | PolObs Platform

Call for Research Fellowship | PolObs Platform

A call for applications is open until April 12 for the attribution of 1 research fellowship to a Master's student enrolled in non-academic degree courses within the PolObs platform.

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Research
Visual Culture Seminar

Visual Culture Seminar

The Visual Culture Seminar, "Digital Dawn. Our lives beyond Black Mirror", will feature Claúdia Attimonelli and Vincenzo Susca. Passeio, the CECS Platform for Urban Art and Culture, is organising this seminar in cooperation with the Master's Degree in Communication, Art, and Culture.
[Posted: 22-03-2024]

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PolObs Seminar: “Colours of Change: Urban Art, Community Participation and Public Policies in the Enguardas Neighbourhood”

PolObs Seminar: “Colours of Change: Urban Art, Community Participation and Public Policies in the Enguardas Neighbourhood”

The seminar "Colours of Change: Urban Art, Community Participation and Public Policies in the Enguardas Neighbourhood" will be held on April 9 at 3 pm as part of the PolObs Culture 2024 Seminar Cycle — Connecting Doctoral Projects with Cultural Policies. The event will be broadcast online via the Zoom platform.

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PolObs Seminar: “Media ownership structures within the authoritarian-populist conjuncture in Europe”

PolObs Seminar: “Media ownership structures within the authoritarian-populist conjuncture in Europe”

The PolObs Seminar on "Media ownership structures within the authoritarian-populist conjuncture in Europe — Preliminary findings of a cumulative PhD Project" will be held on April 12 at 3.30 pm in the ICS Meeting Room. Marlene Radl, from the University of Vienna in Austria, will be the guest speaker for this session.

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Seminar on “Social Representations of African History in the Angolan Education System”

Seminar on “Social Representations of African History in the Angolan Education System”

The Communication and Diversity Seminar on "Social Representations of African History in the Angolan Education System" will be held on April 11 at 4 pm in the ICS Meeting Room.

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Open registrations for the VIII Media Ethics Conference

Open registrations for the VIII Media Ethics Conference

Registration is now open for the VIII Media Ethics Conference, which will take place in Coimbra from July 9 to 12.

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Call for papers for the 9th International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict

Call for papers for the 9th International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict

The call for papers for the 9th International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict is open until June 1. The event, which will be held between October 16 and 18, 2024, will be titled "Mediation and the Building of Coexistence and Peace".

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XIII Sopcom Congress: full text submission until April 30

XIII Sopcom Congress: full text submission until April 30

The Organising Committee of the XIII Sopcom Congress invites authors who presented papers during the event to submit the full text of their communications by April 30 for publication in the Congress Proceedings. The manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and published by September 30.

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Publication
[NEW DEADLINE] RLEC: Call for papers on “Migration, Communication and Activism: Experiences and Debates”

[NEW DEADLINE] RLEC: Call for papers on “Migration, Communication and Activism: Experiences and Debates”

Between January 15 and March 29 April 22, the call for papers for the Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies on "Migration, Communication, and Activism: Experiences and Debates" is open.

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Vista: Call for papers on “Media Arts: convergence of art spheres in the digital age”

Vista: Call for papers on “Media Arts: convergence of art spheres in the digital age”

It is open, between March 4 and July 21, 2024, the call for papers for Vista on “Media Arts: convergence of art spheres in the digital age”.

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Education
1st Meeting of Doctoral Students from the Department of Communication Sciences

1st Meeting of Doctoral Students from the Department of Communication Sciences

The 1st Meeting of Doctoral Students from the Department of Communication Sciences will be held on April 11 at 10 am in the Sala de Atos of UMinho's Institute of Social Sciences.

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FCT call for doctoral scholarships

FCT call for doctoral scholarships

From March 18 to April 18, the FCT will issue a Call for PhD Research Grants across all Scientific Domains for the year 2024 encompassing the General Line and a Non-Academic Environment. A total of 1500 scholarships will be awarded and the Communication and Society Research Centre is making itself available as a host institution.

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Doctoral seminar: “Social representations of African history in the Angolan education system”

Doctoral seminar: “Social representations of African history in the Angolan education system”

The doctoral seminar "Social representations of the history of Africa in the Angolan education system: path and results" will be held on April 12 at 10 am in the ICS Laboratory 0.06.

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Doctoral seminars on focus groups and quantitative data analysis

Doctoral seminars on focus groups and quantitative data analysis

Two more sessions of the cycle of doctoral seminars in Communication Sciences and Cultural Studies will be held on 19 April.

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Doctoral seminars on action research and visual semiotics

Doctoral seminars on action research and visual semiotics

Two more sessions of the doctoral seminars cycle in Communication Sciences and Cultural Studies will be held on May 3.

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