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Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication | Annenberg School for Communication Please note that the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) has incorporated both the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), formerly directed by Monroe Price, and the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC), founded by Marwan M. Kraidy. READ MORE...

"Why It’s Been So Effective to Ridicule Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a Pathetic Finger Puppet" by Marwan M. Kraidy

Why It’s Been So Effective to Ridicule Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a Pathetic Finger Puppet Marwan M. Kraidy is Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World (Harvard University Press, June 2016)

The Naked Blogger of Cairo is on The Monkey Cage Blog's summer reading list about the Middle East! "Marwan Kraidy’s “The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World” is a deep dive into the cultural politics of the Arab uprisings. While the occasional theoretical jargon may at times be off-putting to the general reader, Kraidy’s sharp insights and rich descriptions of a new Arab generation’s irrepressible creative urges will amply reward the effort. Reading Kraidy’s accounts of the politically charted cultural gambits of wired Arab youth rekindles some of the seemingly lost spirit of the early days of the Arab uprisings and offers hope for the future."

What to read this summer about the Middle East Not your average beach books – engaging and important reads for everyone interested in the region.

The Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases PARGC Paper 4 by Arjun Appadurai. Red more & download here: http://bit.ly/28UvTUI.

New On Our Shelves Our latest releases including A Floating Chinaman, The Discovery of Chance, Cool Characters, and The Naked Blogger of Cairo as well as special features—Op-Ed & Inquiry, The Q&A, and Awards.

June 18: The 2nd International Conference on Communication and the Public: Body, Lived Space, and Mobile Media at the Penn Wharton China Center

Body, Lived Space, and Mobile Media | Annenberg School for Communication An International Conference at the Penn Wharton China Center, BeijingDate: 18 Jun 2016 - 9:00am to 19 Jun 2016 - 2:30pmLocation: Penn Wharton China Center, BeijingAudience: Invitees OnlyType: ConferenceToday, mobile technologies of all varieties increasingly dot the urban space around the world. Mor...

"In The Naked Blogger of Cairo, Marwan Kraidy builds on his decades of experience researching and writing about Arab media, culture, and politics to consider the ways in which people create rebellious art, attract public attention, and conjure new political imaginaries. At the heart of these processes Kraidy finds the human body, employed as tool, medium, symbol, and metaphor, tying the revolutionary activism we associate with the Arab uprisings of recent years to those of a longer past."

Creative Insurgency in the Arab World In The Naked Blogger of Cairo, Marwan Kraidy builds on his decades of experience researching and writing about Arab media, culture, and politics to consider the ways in which people create rebellious art, attract public attention, and conjure new political imaginaries. At the heart of these processe...

Out on Monday via Harvard University Press! https://t.co/0Li9nPDKMz

Call for Papers!
Global Fusion 2016: Media and the Global City | A Global Media and Communication Conference

Hosted by the School of Media and Communication
Temple University | Philadelphia, PA

October 21-23, 2016 | Submission deadline: May 16, 2016

http://bit.ly/1SQylzL

Call for Papers « Global Fusion 2016 Call for Papers Global Fusion 2016: Media and the Global CityA Global Media and Communication Conference Hosted by the School of Media and Communication Temple University Philadelphia, PA October 21-23, 2016 Conference begins Friday afternoon October 22, and ends at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 24.…

The Naked Blogger of Cairo, available on May 9th! http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737082

Marwan M. Kraidy talks about his new book, The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Marwan M. Kraidy talks about his new book, The Naked Blogger of Cairo Uprisings spread like wildfire across the Arab world from 2010 to 2012, fueled by a desire for popular sovereignty. Investigating what drives people to risk ...

Tomorrow!

In four weeks! PARGC Symposium - Convergence and Disjuncture in Global Digital Culture - bit.ly/1nYfZi3

In four weeks! PARGC Symposium - Convergence and Disjuncture in Global Digital Culture - bit.ly/1nYfZi3

2016 PARGC Symposium, Convergence and Disjuncture in Global Digital Culture, April 6-7, 2016. View agenda & RSVP http://bit.ly/1nYfZi3

Marwan Kraidy's new book, The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World, will be available through Harvard University Press on May 9, 2016.

The Naked Blogger of Cairo — Marwan M. Kraidy | Harvard University Press Across the Arab world, protesters voiced dissent through slogans, graffiti, puppetry, videos, and satire that called for the overthrow of dictatorial regimes. Investigating what drives people to risk everything to express themselves in rebellious art, Marwan M. Kraidy uncovers the creative insurgenc…

Save-the-Date for the 2016 PARGC Symposium, "Convergence and Disjuncture in Global Digital Culture," April 6-7, 2016.

Is There a Global Digital Culture? The 2016 PARGC Symposium considers this question as an intellectual provocation to revisit how the universal relates to the particular, the global to the local, the digital to the material, the human to the post-human. Symposium participants will grapple with the problematic notion of “global digital culture,” exploring dynamics of convergence and disjuncture in the digital era.

PARGC 2016 Symposium | Annenberg School for Communication Convergence and Disjuncture in Global Digital CultureDate: 06 Apr 2016 - 4:00pm to 07 Apr 2016 - 7:00pmLocation: Annenberg School for Communication, Rooms 500 & 109Audience: Open to the PublicType: ConferenceIs There a Global Digital Culture? The 2016 PARGC Symposium considers this question as an in…

"Cuban writers, Kraidy points out, have made significant and enduring contributions to the study of cross-cultural contact and mixture. In addition, the development of Cuba’s media system separate and distinct from an increasingly interpenetrated global media marketplace presents fascinating opportunities for comparative media research. Kraidy is keen on developing research collaborations through the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication, which he directs."

Annenberg Faculty Visit Cuba | Annenberg School for Communication

PARGC is pleased to welcome Yesim Kaptan as a visiting scholar from Izmir University of Economics!

Yesim Kaptan, Ph.D. | Annenberg School for Communication Yeşim Kaptan is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Communication at Izmir University of Economics. She received her Ph.D. in Communication and Culture and Folklore and Ethnomusicology (double major) from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2010. She earned an M.A. in Folklore from Indiana Unive…

"Marwan Kraidy from the University of Pennsylvania says, 'What Donald Trump is doing is serving ISIL's mission and purpose. He's working out of their playbook. So the more the United States appears to be anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, the better ISIL, or ISIS, will do in getting recruits.'"

Philadelphia mayor would like to ban Donald Trump from city Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter wants to ban Donald Trump from the city after the Republican presidential candidate called for a national ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

In two weeks!

PARGC Colloquium by Mohamed Zayani | Annenberg School for Communication Networked Publics and Digital Contention: The Politics of Everyday Life in TunisiaDate: 12 Nov 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:30pmLocation: Annenberg School for Communication, Room 300Audience: University-WideType: LectureAbstract: How is the adoption of digital media in the Arab world affecting the relationsh…

Call for papers! The 2nd International Conference on Communication and the Public: “Body, Lived Space, and Mobile Media” is seeking submissions. The conference will be held at the Penn Wharton China Center in Beijing on June 18-19, 2016. http://bit.ly/1XxkxIY

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Post-workshop hike at the North Sea dunes.

Morning break in the Persian Garden at NIAS.

Corporeality in Arab Public Culture: The State of the Field http://bit.ly/1L9dRLH

PARGC is proud to cosponsor a talk by Jenny Yang, Comic/Writer on November 4th at Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Asian America Across the Disciplines: Jenny Yang | Annenberg School for Communication Unpacking the Hegelian Hegemony of Dominant Socio-Cultural Norms through Modern Comedic Vectors: Let's Get Funny About RaceDate: 04 Nov 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:00pmLocation: Annenberg School for Communication, Room 109Audience: University-WideType: LectureJenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based writer and stan…

Featuring Arjun Appadurai http://bit.ly/1MEJLzj

Next week: PARGC will be in the Netherlands for our joint workshop with the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, "Corporeality in Arab Public Culture" http://bit.ly/1L9dRLH

PARGC/NIAS Workshop - Corporeality in Arab Public Culture: The State of the Field | Annenberg... Date: 19 Oct 2015 - 5:00pm to 21 Oct 2015 - 12:00pmLocation: Netherlands Institute for Advanced StudyAudience: Invitees OnlyType: WorkshopCORPOREALITY IN ARAB PUBLIC CULTURE: THE STATE OF THE FIELD NIAS-PARGC Workshop October 19-21, 2015, NIAS, Wassenaar, Netherlands At once deeply private and unequ…