<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Madam and Sir,<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Deadline extended!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt">“</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From Fragmentation to Participation: Diaspora Communication in Germany</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interfaces between Research and Practice.” This conference focuses on communication from, within and between diasporas in Germany.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Date: October 4^th and 5^th, 2024</b><br>Venue: Leipzig University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For the l<b>atest and important update</b> regarding the conference and topics, please click here: <a href="https://transfertage-ec4sc.de/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">https://transfertage-ec4sc.de</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstracts shall be between 400-500 words and should be submitted u<b>ntil 31 July</b>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:13.8pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;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><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></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)"> </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)">P.S. In our previous email, we mistakenly wrote the event’s month as December instead of October. Sorry about that.</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)"><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:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best regards,<font color="#888888"><br></font></span><font color="#888888"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">Hazrat Bahar</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px"></span></font></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)"><font color="#888888" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></font></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> </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> </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> </span>and<span> </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>