Dear all
There's still time to book a place at the conference -- please see the end of
the email for contact details.
Best wishes
Sharon Wheeler
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
ISLAM AND THE MEDIA - A DAY CONFERENCE TUESDAY 24th May 2005
Programme
10.30 - 11.00 Registration and Coffee (foyer, Elwes Building)
11.00 Welcome. Prof Linden Peach, Head of School of Humanities
11.05 - 11.50 Dr. Gareth Palmer (University of Salford) Media coverage of
disturbances of 2001 in the North West.
11.50 - 12.35 Prof. Ron Geaves (University College, Chester): Islam and
Christianity: Competing media of orientalism and Occidentalism.
12.35 - 1 20 Lunch
1.20 - 2.20 Prof. Chas Critcher: Converting theory into practice: a European
toolkit for analysing images of Islam in the media.
2.20 -2.30 Short break
2.30 -3.15 Dr. Alison Scott- Baumann (University of Gloucestershire):
Breaking the news or breaking Islam? A comparative study of European
myths and facts.
3.15 - 4.00 Christopher Allan (University of Birmingham): Good Islam - Bad
Islam: 'true' Islam in the media.
4.00 Tea
Further information and application form available at
www.glos.ac.uk/schools/humanities/events/index.cfm or by telephoning Patricia Downes (01242 532747).
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