<div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Dear Sir or Madam,</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">We would like to warmly invite you to the conference "Media System in Afghanistan: Catalyst of Collapse or Social Change?"</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Date: December 7th and 8th, 2023</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Venue: Online/Leipzig University</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Link to the conference's website:  </font></font><a href="https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/">https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/</a> <br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">The conference focuses on the effects of media liberalization in Afghanistan, particularly in a country that was/is characterized by ethnic and religious differences and limited state authority. </font><font style="vertical-align:inherit">In addition, the role of external influences on Afghanistan's media structures is critically examined. </font><font style="vertical-align:inherit">The conference offers a unique opportunity to use the insights of international scholars, Afghan journalists, and policymakers from Afghanistan to enrich the European discussion on Afghanistan and to make an essential contribution to communication studies in understanding and studying media systems beyond the West.</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Please register here:  </font></font><a href="https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/annual-conference-registration/">https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/annual-conference-registration/</a> <br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">The Zoom link will be sent to you after registration. </font><font style="vertical-align:inherit">We look forward to welcoming you to the conference.</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Best regards,</font></font><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">-- <br>Hazrat Bahar<div>Email: <a href="mailto:hazrat.bahar@uni-leipzig.de" target="_blank">hazrat.bahar@uni-leipzig.de</a> <br>Postdoctoral Research Fellow<br>Research Centre Development Communication - Communication for Social<br>Change (EC4SC)<br>University of Leipzig<br>Institute for Communication and Media Studies<br>Nikolaistrasse 27-29, 04109 Leipzig<br>Rooms 2.23 and 2.25<br>Website: <a href="https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/entwicklungskommunikation" target="_blank">https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/entwicklungskommunikation</a> and <a href="https://mps-afg.com/" target="_blank">https://mps-afg.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>German Version</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Media System in Afghanistan: Catalyst of Collapse or Social Change?</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">wir möchten Sie herzlich zur Konferenz "Media System in Afghanistan: Catalyst of Collapse or Social Change?" einladen.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Datum: 07. und 08.12.2023</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Ort: Online/ Universität Leipzig</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Link zur Konferenzwebseite: </span><a href="https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,82,93);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px" target="_blank">https://mps-afg.com/index.php/transfer/events/conferences/annual-conference-7th-8th-december-2023/</a><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Auswirkungen der Medienliberalisierung in Afghanistan, insbesondere in einem Land, das von tiefen ethnischen und religiösen Unterschieden und begrenzter staatlicher Autorität geprägt war/ist. Darüber hinaus wird die Rolle externer Einflüsse auf die Medienstrukturen Afghanistans kritisch beleuchtet.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Die Konferenz bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, die Erkenntnisse von Wissenschaftlern, Journalisten und politischen Entscheidungsträgern aus Afghanistan zu nutzen, um die europäische Diskussion über Afghanistan zu bereichern und einen wichtigen Beitrag für die Kommunikationswissenschaft zu leisten, Mediensysteme jenseits des Westens zu verstehen und zu untersuchen.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Bitte registrieren Sie sich hier.[1] Der Zoom-Link wird Ihnen nach der Anmeldung zugeschickt.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Wir freuen uns darauf, Sie auf der Konferenz begrüßen zu dürfen.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;font-size:12px">Mit besten Grüßen</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Menlo,Consolas,"Lucida Con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