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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We invite you to join us for a conference on <b>“Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia” at Freie Universität Berlin on 10.-11. December 2015</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference will open with a <b>keynote lecture by Merlyna Lim, Carleton University, Ottawa at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 10 at Ihnestr. 21-A on “Sticks and Stones, Clicks and Phones: Contextualizing the Role of Digital Media in the Politics of Transformation”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Abstract: Integrating theories and perspectives drawn from social sciences (social movement research in particular) and communication and media studies, this talk aims to generate an interdisciplinary framework to understand the complex relationship between media and the politics of transformation, with digital media as a focal point. Drawing on empirical analysis from the Middle East and Asia, this talk also attempts to identify regional patterns and constellations of digital media as an instrument for protest, mobilization, and democratization. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Public Keynote will be followed by a <b>Panel Discussion: “When Theory Meets Ground” from 6-8 p.m. at the same venue</b>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US>Jamal Ghosn, former Managing Editor of Al-Akhbar English and Blogger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US>Kaustubh Srikanth, Head of Technology at Tactical Technology Collective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US>Afef Abrouigi, Researcher on Digital Rights and Global Voices Contributor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US>Khaled Yacoub Oweis, SWP Berlin and Journalist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you wish to take part in the second day of the conference, please register free of charge at <a href="mailto:mediatransfo@zedat.fu-berlin.de">mediatransfo@zedat.fu-berlin.de</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference is jointly organized by the Division of International Communication and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics and funded by the Faculty for Political and Social Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>You can find more information here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss/arbeitstellen/internationale_kommunikation/projekte/media-and-transformation/index.html">http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss/arbeitstellen/internationale_kommunikation/projekte/media-and-transformation/index.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Prof. Dr. Carola Richter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Freie Universität Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Garystr. 55, Zimmer 267<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>14195 Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Tel: +49-30-838 58898<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Fax: +49-30-838 58804<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Sprechzeiten: Di, 14-16 Uhr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;mso-fareast-language:DE'>>>>> Neu: Carola Richter & Asiem El Difraoui (Hrsg) (2015): Arabische Medien. Konstanz: UVK. ISBN 978-3-86764-509-6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.blickinsbuch.de/center/cm/cm_cm.php?Zmxhc2g9MSZ2MzE1Nj0wMTEwMDQxMTE0JnY3Mzc2PTk3ODM4Njc2NDUwOTYmdGFyZ2V0X2lkPTMmdjkzNjk9UG4zRVlHWFJEQQ==&mxbook=0c5fc618f0d9c0faff04d05e781beb40"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.blickinsbuch.de/center/cm/cm_cm.php?Zmxhc2g9MSZ2MzE1Nj0wMTEwMDQxMTE0JnY3Mzc2PTk3ODM4Njc2NDUwOTYmdGFyZ2V0X2lkPTMmdjkzNjk9UG4zRVlHWFJEQQ==&mxbook=0c5fc618f0d9c0faff04d05e781beb40</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:red;mso-fareast-language:DE'>>>>> Just published: Nadja-Christina Schneider & Carola Richter (eds.) (2015): New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World. </span><span style='color:red;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Baden-Baden: Nomos & Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-3-848712939<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.nomos-shop.de/Schneider-Richter-New-Media-Configurations-Socio-Cultural-Dynamics-Asia-Arab-World/productview.aspx?product=22622"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nomos-shop.de/Schneider-Richter-New-Media-Configurations-Socio-Cultural-Dynamics-Asia-Arab-World/productview.aspx?product=22622</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:red;mso-fareast-language:DE'>>>>> Out now: Special Issue of Global Media Journal – German Edition: Contemporary TV Drama Series<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.globalmediajournal.de/current-issue/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>http://www.globalmediajournal.de/current-issue/</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>