Dr Adel Iskandar
Dr Islandar is touring Australia courtesy of the Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney and the Cultural Research Network
Dr Adel Iskandar is a Middle East media scholar and activist who is having a major impact in the interdisciplinary study of international communication, global media, multicultural studies and postcolonialism. His book, Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East (2002, co-authored with M. el-Nawawy) - the first major analysis of the famous Arab satellite station - received the 2003 Choice Outstanding Academic Title in the Humanities). His work is highly regarded for contributing unique new knowledge on the news media and the public sphere in the Middle East and its impact on Arab audiences both in the Middle East and in the diaspora (especially in North America). As a diasporic Egyptian-Canadian scholar currently working in the US, he brings to the field an in-depth knowledge of culture, politics and society in the Middle East combined with a thorough command of contemporary media and cultural theory. His research focuses on the relationship between media and minority acculturation, alternative media in the Arab world, and the reform of journalistic practices. He uses the concept of "contextual objectivity" to critique the mainstream media's coverage of war.
Adel works in the School of International Service, American University, Washington. He is currently working on two books: US Public Diplomacy, Culture, and Arab Audiences and El-Islam: Muslims and the Internet. His edited book, Edward Said: Emancipation and Representation, is forthcoming with the University of California Press (2006). In addition, he is active on a number of community engagement initiatives.
3 August CCR Seminar, 2pm Super's Cottage Bldg ET, Parramatta RSVP by 27 July to m.oneill@uws.edu.au
7-8 August CCR Master Class, Bldg EZ, RSVP by 19 July to m.oneill@uws.edu.au
15 August Public Lecture, 6 for 6.30 start, Riverside Theatre, Church street, Parramatta RSVP by 9 August to m.oneill@uws.edu.au download flier [pdf 181kb]
18 August "Beyond Al-Jazeera: The future of alternative and independent media in the Arab world", Z2 The Glasshouse, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Friday, 18th August 12-2pm RSVP j.chappell@qut.edu.au before 11 August
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