Several CPC-affiliated scholars were recognised for their outstanding teaching at the 2016 School of Communication Teaching Awards last week. Knut De Swert won the award for Large Courses in 1st or 2nd year for the Political Communication and Journalism course. Yph Lelkes and Judith Möller were awarded the prize for Best Specialization Seminar for the course Citizens and the Public…
Many CPC-affiliated researchers enjoyed a tremendous ICA earlier this month in Fukuoka, Japan. Several people won prizes, including Magdalena Wojcieszak who was awarded the prestigious ICA Young Scholar Award. Mark Boukes and Rens Vliegenthart won the top faculty paper award in the Journalism Studies division. Jasper van de Pol was awarded a best student paper prize in the Political Communication division. Tom Powell…
This week, most scholars who are related to CPC are travelling to Fukuoka, Japan, to present their newest research at the 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). On this occasion, Magdalena Wojcieszak will receive the ICA’s Young Scholar Award! Congratulations again! On Saturday, Rachid Azrout gave a presentation at the Universiteitsdag of the University of Amsterdam. Last week, Joost van Spanje and…
On Friday, 3 June 2016, Prof Rens Vliegenthart was elected chair of the Young Academy (Jonge Akademie, KNAW). Congratulations! Find more information here; and the interview in de Volkskrant that Rens Vliegenthart gave on the occasion of his appointment.
By Tom Powell A defining feature of genocide is numbers: 6 million dead in the holocaust, 1.5 million in Cambodia, 800,000 in Rwanda, 400,000 in Darfur. The mind boggles. Quite literally. To get a feel for these numbers, simply take yourself – in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love – and multiply this by hundreds of thousands….
When are democratic processes at one level of government preferable to those posed by another? Today, Wednesday 1st June, Professor Damian Chalmers of the London School of Economics and Political Science will give an ACCESS EUROPE lecture entitled “Democratic authority in the European Union.” Doors open at 12 noon when lunch will be provided. Lecture begins at 12:30. Location: Allard Pierson…