All lectures can be attended via this video conference link – use the zoom app, or attend via browser – bit.ly/dmjx-pp20
See headlines, info and preparation material below. Some lectures have been recorded for temporary viewing.
| monday | 19 Oct | 13.00-15.00: Gender in the newsroom – bias, glass ceiling, and stereotypes, by/ Jad Melki, asso.professor, LAU Beirut, Lebanon. Two articles here for prep., plus bonus material. We are proud of once again welcoming prof. Melki to Aarhus, this time unfortunately only via Zoom. Slides and video from the lecture are here. |
| tuesday | 13.00-15.00: “Trump vs Biden – presidential election in a crisis-hit democracy”, by/ Annegrethe Rasmussen, editor-in-chief POV International, foreign correspondent. Read this Atlantic news analysis beforehand. Ms Rasmussen is former editor Berlingske a.o.; correspondent, analyst and foreign reporter for Danish media in London, Paris and since 2008 Washington DC. Recording from the lecture is here. | |
| wednesday | 21 Oct | 13.00-15.00: Media policies and regulations, seen from Egypt, by/ Rasha Allam, AUC Cairo and President’s Media Office, Egypt. See these papers for preparation. AUC Cairo is one of DMJX’ close partner universities, with a high number of student and faculty exchange over the past decade. Video recording here. |
| thursday | 22 Oct | 13.00-15.00: War and conflict reporting, by/ Kevin Williams, professor emer. Swansea Univ, Wales. Please watch here for preparation. Prof. Williams is one of the founding fathers of the Erasmus Mundus journalism programme, and a close and longterm relative of DMJX. Video recording and book titles here. |
| friday | 23 Oct | 14.00-15.30: The US presidential election and the news media, by/ Bradley Gorham, director Media Studies, Newhouse, Syracuse University, New York. Read these analysis pieces from CJR. Mr Gorham brings the famous Newhouse School to Denmark, this time via videolink. Video recording and slides here. |