Semester One Seminars
If you would like a link to any of the 2021 Semester 1 events, please contact Dmitry Chernobrov at d.chernobrov@sheffield.ac.uk.
Wednesday 20 October, 3pm
Book interview: ‘You Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan’
Dr Katherine Brown
President & CEO of Global Ties U.S
Assistant Professor
Georgetown University, USA
Wednesday 27 October, 2pm
'Afghan media: how one country’s journalists went from success story to running for their lives'
Amie Ferris-Rotman
Editor at the Fuller Project
Former Reuters senior correspondent in Afghanistan
Wednesday 3 November, 2pm
‘Hegemony, Morality and Power: A Gramscian Theory of Public Diplomacy’
Dr Colin Alexander
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer
November 8-11
International Journalism Week – separate programme of guest speakers
Wednesday 24 November, 2pm
Book interview: ‘War in 140 Characters: How Social Media is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century’
David Patrikarakos
Writer and journalist
Poynter Fellow, Yale University
Postponed until semester 2
‘Engaging Citizens for Climate Change – Challenges for Journalism’
Dr Ester Appelgren
Södertörn University, Sweden
Associate Professor
Wednesday 8 December, 11am
‘Visualising Humanitarian Crises’
Prof. Roland Bleiker
University of Queensland, Australia
Professor of International Relations
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