Bilge Yesil (Associate Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island), Joe Khalil (Associate Professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar), Christa Salamandra (Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, and Director of CUNY's MA Program in Middle Eastern Studies.), Helga Tawil-Souri (Associate Professor at NYU in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication)
Book Conversation - Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East
Thursday, October 05, 2023 | 5pm | Room 9207 at The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016
No RSVP needed, please make sure you have a valid ID for building access
The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East explores the region's diverse knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures, addressing mainstream and alternative media, socio-economic debates, and political influences. The discussion is centered around the next era of research in the field of media and culture in the Middle East and the Global South.
Joe F. Khalil is Associate Professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar. His publications include Culture, Time, and Publics in the Arab World, Arab Television Studies, and the forthcoming The Digital Double Bind.
Bilge Yesil is Associate Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island. She is the author of Video Surveillance, Media in New Turkey and Talking Back to the West. (forthcoming).
Helga Tawil-Souri is a media scholar whose work looks at how spatiality, technology, and politics influence each other, with a focus on the Middle East and specifically Israel/Palestine. She is an Associate Professor at NYU in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication.
Christa Salamandra is Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, and Director of CUNY's MA Program in Middle Eastern Studies. She is the author of A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria and the forthcoming Waiting for Light: Syrian Television Drama Production in the Satellite Era. |
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