DATES: July 15-July 30, 2006
Appl. due by May 30
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/medialiteracy/ Towson University and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine are now accepting applications from junior faculty in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who have at least two years of teaching experience in Sociology, History, Gender Studies, Political Science or Journalism to participate in our summer 2006 seminar on “Establishing Media Literacy in post-Communist Universities” that will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The program will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of media studies for junior faculty from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, drawing on various theories that are used for analyzing the relationship between the media and its place in society. The theoretical study of the media and its broader cultural, economic and political implications will be explored.
The goal of the project is to encourage a re-thinking of contemporary scholarship in the region by offering seminars facilitated by leading media studies academics from Western and East European universities. These scholars will introduce junior faculty from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to new content and methods of teaching by comparing and contrasting North American, British, Continental and
Soviet/post-Soviet media research models that will enable participants to strengthen their critical ability to make sense of the way the media reflect or influence society. The program will serve as a catalyst for post-Communist universities to develop relevant curricula based on the content and methods of teaching offered at the summer program.
The program will provide travel, lodging and meals for participants.
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