News from the Annenberg School for Communication
September 11, 2013
In this issue:
Faculty news - Guobin Yang, Marwan Kraidy, Carlin Romano
Faculty in the news - Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marwan Kraidy
Prof. Guobin Yang will deliver two lectures on the past and present of communication and community in China. The first one will take place on September 14 at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Confucius Institute. There the topic of his talk is “Are You Happy? Narratives of Self and Community in China, 1968 – 2012.” The second will take place on Monday, September 16, at a symposium at UNC Asheville where the title of his talk is “Communication and Community in Contemporary China.”
New book chapter by Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy.
Carlin Romano delivers talks at the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy.
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson talked to the Los Angeles Times about the challenges of using a presidential speech to sway public opinion.
Prof. Kraidy talks to The Philadelphia Inquirer about people’s understanding of the conflict in Syria.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center was a partner of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program in releasing a report today on Congressional oversight of Homeland Security. The report was cited in an op ed in the September 11 edition of The New York Times.
Lori Robertson of FactCheck.org talks to The Philadelphia Inquirer about the Affordable Care Act.
Book review written by doctoral student Omar Al-Ghazzi.
New "3620" Podcast - The Sound of Scholarship.
SEPTEMBER
September 17 – Book talk by John Nichols and Robert McChesney. Noon in Room 500.
September 19 – Inaugural lecture: Program for Advanced Research in Global Communication. 6 p.m. in Room 109.
September 20 – Colloquium by Kelley Kreitz. Noon in Room 500.
September 24 – Scholars program lecture by Cindy Patton. 6:15 p.m. in Room 109.
September 27 – Colloquium by Milad Doueihi. Noon in Room 500. (Details to come.)
OCTOBER
October 4 – Colloquium by Milton L. Mueller. Noon in Room 500. (Details to come.)
October 9 – Annenberg Lecture by Milton Lodge. 6 p.m. in Room 109.
October 11 – Colloquium by Stuart Soroka. Noon in Room 500.
October 17 – Scholarship after Snowden. Co-sponsored by Penn Law and the Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies. 4:30 p.m. at Gittis Hall, 3501 Sansom Street.
October 26 – Iran: Art and Discourse. One-day symposium co-sponsored by the Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies – Asia Society, New York, NY.
October 29 – Scholars Program lecture by José van Dijck. 6 p.m. in Room 109.
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