You are cordially invited to the international workshop entitled “Media in the Middle East: Latest Issue.” This Workshop is held under the auspices of Humanosphere: In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa(G-COE)、Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS) and scheduled as follows. This workshop aims to share the knowledge about media in the Middle East.
In this workshop, we invite Dr.Tourya Guaaybess from University of Clermont-Ferrand (France) as one of special attendants. She is visiting resercher (Associated Professor) in Kyoto University between August and October. Dr.Guaaybess is one of the prominent scholars in Arab media studies. So, we wish to offer a valuable opportunity for understanding the latest issues in media research in the Middle East. We will be delighted to open our discussions to as wide an audience as possible. Please feel free to join us.
14:00-14:45) Tourya Guaaybess (Visiting Associate Professor, Kyoto University) "Egypt channels must enter the Arab transnational broadcasting arena, or die: the case of Nile TV international"
14:45-15:30) HOSAKA Shuji(Senior Research Fellow, Assistant Director, JIME Center, the Institute of Energy Economics, JAPAN) "Middle Eastern Cyberspace: A New Public Sphere or the Wild East?"
15:30-15:45) Break
15:45-16:30) ABE Ruri(Lecturer, Sophia University) "Media, Islam and Gender in Turkey"
16:30-17:15) CHIBA Yushi(Ph.D Student, Kyoto University) "Arab Terrestrial Nework in the Satellite Era: The Case of Media City"