graduate conferences

The doctoral school Pro*Doc Communication and Health is pleased to announce
its PhD Conference on Adaptivity in Health Communication (10-11 Sep 2010,
Monte Verit=E0 - Ascona, Switzerland).

The Conference will will conclude the activities of the doctoral school and will feature presentations by both junior and senior researchers, around the theme of adaptivity in health communication in three main areas of research in health communication:
(i) mass communication
(ii) doctor-patient communication
(iii) risk communication

The Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of
Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its 2010 graduate student symposium
entitled “The Place of the Image: Global Connections, Local
Affiliations.” The event will coincide with opening festivities for
the exhibition Ordinary Madness at Carnegie Museum of Art, including a
screening of Harry Smith’s film, “Heaven and Earth Magic” (1957-1962)
with live musical accompaniment. The keynote speaker will be announced
shortly on the symposium website.

The International Centre for Research in Culture and Technics (IZKT), Germany is inviting PhD students for the annual interdisciplinary colloquium in Stuttgart/Germany.
The subject of this years meeting will be:
Political Communication: From classical rethorics to media democracy
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Interested graduate students can send a two page abstract, a curriculum vitae and a reference from a full professor to the following adress:
Dr. Felix Heidenreich
IZKT
University of Stuttgart
Geschwister Scholl Str.24

PANIC AND MOURNING
1st GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN CULTURE STUDIES
October 28-29, 2010

Portuguese Catholic University
Lisbon, Portugal

Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2010

Panic and mourning are two distinct emotional constructs that often intersect and
interplay in landscapes of conflict, violence, crisis, tragedy and catastrophe, both
natural and man-made. Whereas panic tends to occur during the experience of the