Dafna Lemish
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Global Media Research Center is announcing a diverse fall 2011 speaker series that will expand to off-campus events.
Established in 2004, the Global Media Research Center’s mission includes assembling a core group of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students to research global media issues, establish national and international partnerships to promote research, and play host to visiting scholars and artists as it seeks to develop new courses addressing global media issues.
All of the events are free, and open to the public. The Global Media Research Center is within the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.
Deborah Tudor, associate dean and interim director of the Center, said she is pleased the Global Media Research Center continues to offer such a diverse speaker series, and that some of the sponsored activities are going out to the community this fall.
“That is something the Center wants to do more,” she said. “We welcome collaboration with community organizations that are interested in global issues as they pertain to media.”
The fall 2011 schedule begins with three events later this month that are part of a series of community-wide, “11 Days of Peace,” observance. The events showcase peace-related activities in observing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The three events are:
Tuesday, Sept. 13 -- 7 p.m., Southern Illinoisan, 710 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale. Peter Lemish, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, will present, “How to Report on Conflict: The War Journalism/Peace Journalism Debate.”
Saturday, Sept. 17 -- 7 p.m., Attucks Park, 400-800 N. Wall St., Carbondale. An outdoor film screening of documentaries “Concrete, Steel & Paint,” and “Workers Republic.” The Big Muddy Film Festival and the Carbondale Park District are event co-sponsors.
Tuesday, Sept. 20 --12:35 p.m., Gaia House Interfaith Center, 913 S. Illinois Ave. “Human Potential for Peace: Summary Discussion of Historic Peaceful Societies.” This is a session of the SIUC Honors Program course, “Cultures of Peace.”
Additional information about the “11 Days for Peace” is available at carbondale.lib.il.us/peace.html.
The Global Media Research Center will also host three events on campus during the semester.
At 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, Steve Macek, an associate professor of speech communication and coordinator of urban and suburban studies at North Central College in Naperville, will present, “One Hundred and Fifty Years of Chicago Labor Media.” An expert in labor media, Macek will discuss the history of labor movements, organizations, and media coverage of labor issues, Tudor said. The presentation will be in the Communications Building, room 1032.
Also during that week, graduate students within the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts under the direction of Jay F. Needham, an associate professor of radio-television, will participate in a global sound performance, “There and Back Again: A Collective Work for Internet & Radio.”
Audience members in the Communications Building’s Anechoic Chamber and at the Future Places Festival in Porto, Portugal, will participate in a real-time event through the Internet. According to the festival’s website, the event runs Oct. 19-22, and is “four days of exhibitions and events addressing the potential and the impact of digital media on local cultures.” The specific date and time for SIUC to participate is still being determined.
“Part of our initiative is to work more with artists who have that same kind of global media art element to their work,” Tudor said.
At 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, Kelly Caringer, a doctoral student within the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, and Peter Lemish will examine how media officers operate within non-governmental organizations, such as various peace and refugee organizations. The presentation, “Roles of Media & Media Officers in Global Civil Society Organizations,” will be in the Communications Building, room 1032.
More information is available at gmrc.siu.edu, or by contacting Laura Germann at 618/453-7709 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Thursday, January 27th - 7:00 p.m.
SIU Student Center, Ballroom B
Haiti After the Earthquake: Reconnection Through Reconstruction
Pulitzer journalists discuss events in Haiti since the last year’s devastating earthquake. Kwame Dawes, an award-winning poet; Kyn Tolson, Development Director of Haitian Ministries; Steve Sapienza, award-winning news and documentary producer; and John Sawyer, founding director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
*This program is co-sponsored with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the SIUC School of Journalism
Monday, February 14th - 1:00 p.m.
Communications Building Room 1032
Global Markets in Local Color (World Heritage Yard Sales)
Assistant Professor Sarah Lewison, Department of Radio-Television, Collage of Mass Communication & Media Arts, SIUC
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 - 3:00-6:00 pm
Communications Building, Studio A
Gender Equity in Children’s Media
This event will include a presentation by David Kleeman, President of the American Center on Children and Media and executive board member of Prix Jeunnese International, organization devoted to quality media for children globally. Dr. Dafna Lemish, Chair of the Department of Radio-Television, will present the research she has done with producers in 135 countries on gender and culture. Also included will be excerpts of television for children from around the world that promote gender equity. More information will be made available as details are finalized.
*This event is co-sponsored with the Department of Radio-Television, WSIU, and the Department of Women’s Studies.
Tuesday – Thursday, March 24th-26th - (Specifics TBD)
TV Serrana
Carlos Y. Rodriguez, Director at TV Serrana
This Spring 2011 Chiapas Media Project (CMP) is proud to be partnering with TV Serrana, to organize their first US tour. TV Serrana is the award winning community media project that trains youth from the Sierra Maestra in video production so they can tell the stories of their communities and culture. In the 17 years since its founding, TV Serrana has produced close to 500 documentaries that have won numerous national and international awards.
(Tentatively) Monday, May 2nd - Time TBA
Communication Building Room 1032
Foreign News on Television: A Multinational Perspective
Akiba Cohen (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1973), Professor of Communication at Tel Aviv University
The Global Media Research Center is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Speaker Series. All events are free and open to the public. Faculty are encouraged to use Center events as a resource for their students and classes. The Center has a method of taking student attendance if faculty would like to use events as an extra credit opportunity. For more information, contact Laura Germann at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 453-6876.
GMRC Speaker Series
Fall Semester 2010
Thursday, September 9th
Dr. Dafna Lemish – Chairperson, Department of Radio-Television
“What’s TV Good For?”: The Views of Producers of Children’s Television Around the World
3:00 p.m.
Communications Building, Room 1032
Wednesday, September 22nd
Ms. Vivian Schiller – President, National Public Radio
Open Discussion with NPR President, Vivian Schiller
2:30 p.m.
Location TBD
Tuesday, September 28th
Mr. Joseph Oduro-Frimpong – PhD student, Department of Anthropology
Reflections on Doing Fieldwork in Ghana (working title – he will return in August from doing research on Ghanaian video-movies)
3:00 p.m.
Communications Building, Room 1032
Thursday, October 7th
Dr. Walter Metz – Chairperson, Department of Cinema & Photography
"The Engineers of the Soul": Berlin, Friedrich Kittler, and The Lives of Others
3:00 p.m.
Communications Building, Room 1032
Wednesday, October 13th
Dr. Kavita Karan – Associate Professor, School of Journalism
Political Communication in India:Interlinking Traditional, Internet, and Mobile technologies in Election Campaigns
3:00 p.m.
Communications 1032
Wednesday, October 20th
Dr. Jyotsna Kapur – Associate Professor, Department of Cinema & Photography
Brand India’s Biggest Sale: The Cultural Politics and Political Economy of India’s “Global Generation”
3:00 p.m.
Communications Building, Room 1032
Wednesday, October 27th
Dr. Uche Onyebadi – Assistant Professor, School of Journalilsm
Kenya's Post Presidential Election Violence (2007): Assessing the Role of the Nation & Standard Newspapers
3:00 p.m.
Communications 1032
Tuesday, November 16th
Dr. Wenjing Xie – Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
The Many Faces of Chinese Media
3:00 p.m.
Communications Building, Room 1032
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