ERN Inaugural Symposium: programme
May 22, 2010Toni Sant 1 Comment »SETTING THE AGENDA FOR EUROVISION STUDIES
On Friday 28 May 2010 — University of Oslo, Norway
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9:00AM REGISTRATION
9:30AM INTRODUCTION: Setting the Agenda for Eurovision Studies
Toni Sant – School of Arts & New Media, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, UK.
9:40AM INVITED GUEST SPEAKER
Kjell Ekholm [YLE - Finland]
(interviewed by Professor Brian Singleton, School of Drama, Film and Music, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
10:20AM BREAK
10:40AM ERN MEMBER PRESENTATIONS
The Eurovision Song Contest and the problem of “quality”
Mari Pajala – Media Studies Department, University of Turku, Finland.
Eurovision: It’s oh so queer
Peter Rehberg – Editor-in-chief, Männer magazine, Germany.
Eurovision and the “New” Europe
Karen Fricker – Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London & Milija Gluhovic – School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick, UK.
Nation Branding and Image Building Through Popular Culture: A Case Study of Estonia and Ukraine
Paul Jordan – Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.
National Differences at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Seven Essential & Interconnected “Dimensions of Meaning”
Irving Wolther – HMTH Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies, Hannover, Germany.
The Global Networking of Irish Eurovision Song Contest Fans
Brian Singleton – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
12:20PM RESPONSE
Apostolos Lampropoulos – Department of French, University of Cyprus
12:30PM LUNCH
This symposium is hosted by the Department of Media and Communication in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo, Norway.
May 23rd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
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