Newsletter nº. 109 – june’2019

Spotlight

CECS ranked as an excellence centre by FCT

Last Monday, June 24, the Foundation for Science and Technology released the results of the Evaluation of R&D Units.

The Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) of the University of Minho was evaluated as Excellent, having obtained the maximum score in all evaluation parameters.

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CECS in the media | June of 2019

Intervention
CECS in the Feira do Livro de Braga’2019

CECS in the Feira do Livro de Braga’2019

The Communication and Society Research Centre will be present at the Feira do Livro de Braga'2019 with the participation of two round tables, thought out of two intervention platforms of the centre: the Virtual Museum of Lusophony and Communitas.  

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Research
Seminar on journalism practiced by alternative means in audiovisual content

Seminar on journalism practiced by alternative means in audiovisual content

The next session of the Permanent Seminar on Communication and Diversity will take place on July 1, at 2:30 pm, in the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho. Entitled "On one hand only: journalism practiced by alternative means in audiovisual content", this session is attended by Kamila Bossato Fernandes, a researcher from CECS who will analyze content from 45 videos produced by 25 alternative media groups from Brazil, Portugal and Spain. Moderation will be by Sylvia Moretzsohn, a former journalist and postdoctoral fellow at CECS.  

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Publication
Available new volume of Comunicação e Sociedade on Time and Media

Available new volume of Comunicação e Sociedade on Time and Media

Comunicação e Sociedade, 35, edited by Emília Araújo and Patrícia Matos, dedicated to the theme “Time and Media”, is available in open access.

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Available new issue of Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies

Available new issue of Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies

The Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies (RLEC) on “Cinema, migrations and cultural diversity”, edited by Rosa Cabecinhas, Isabel Macedo and Renné França, is available in free access.  

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Available online: Livro de atas do III Congresso Internacional sobre Culturas: Interfaces da Lusofonia

Available online: Livro de atas do III Congresso Internacional sobre Culturas: Interfaces da Lusofonia

The "Book of Acts of the Third International Congress on Cultures: Interfaces of Lusophony" is available online.  

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Education
PhD viva of Manuel Ferreira da Costa

PhD viva of Manuel Ferreira da Costa

On July 3, at 2:30 p.m., in the Institute of Social Sciences, will take place de Ph.D. viva in Cultural Studies of Manuel Ferreira da Costa.  

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Ana Claudia Nepote: “this internship has served a lot to get to know the field of study in science communication in Portugal”

Ana Claudia Nepote: “this internship has served a lot to get to know the field of study in science communication in Portugal”

Ana Claudia Nepote, a biologist from the University of Guadalajara and a Master of Marine Ecology from CICESE, is a Ph.D. in Sustainability Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and spent a month at CECS for a Ph.D. internship.

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Rui Ferreira: new PhD in Cultural Studies

Rui Ferreira: new PhD in Cultural Studies

On June 4, at 2:30 p.m., in the Institute of Social Sciences, took place the Ph.D. viva in Cultural Studies of Rui Manuel Gomes Ferreira.  

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