<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Sir or Madam,<br><br>We, EC4SC at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies of Leipzig University, warmly invite you to submit your abstract to the conference<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">“</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From Fragmentation to Participation: Diaspora Communication in Germany</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interfaces between Research and Practice.” This conference focuses on communication from, within and between diasporas in Germany.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Date: December 4^th<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>and 5^th, 2024<br>Venue: Leipzig University</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information regarding the conference and topics, click here:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://transfertage-ec4sc.de/" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">https://transfertage-ec4sc.de</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Abstracts shall be between 400-500 words and should be submitted no later than 15 Juli 2024. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified in the last week of July 2024.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:16.1px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The best papers from the conference will also be published. This is a unique opportunity for your work to be recognized and shared in collaboration with a prestigious science journal or as a stand-alone publication.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best regards,<br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">--<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Hazrat Bahar</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:hazrat.bahar@uni-leipzig.de" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">hazrat.bahar@uni-leipzig.de</span></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:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/entwicklungskommunikation" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/entwicklungskommunikation</span></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mps-afg.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://mps-afg.com/</span></a></span></p></div>