Media (in)visibility: Gender and Sexual diversity in European popular  media culture

(16-17 October 2015)

 

The Department of Communication Studies at Rovira i Virgili University hosted the ECREA Gender and Communication off-event on 16-17 October 2015. Researchers from around Europe from the ECREA gender and communication section gathered to discuss issues on gender and communication in an enriching debate during two consecutive days.

The symposium started with a keynote address by Richard Dyer, Professor of Film Studies at King's College London and Professorial Fellow in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. 

 

It was not all academic, though: the participants at the symposium had a tight cultural programme Friday night visiting one of Tarragona's human tower teams. This visit gave the attendees an enriching insight into Catalan culture and traditions.  

Overall, it was a successful symposium for the participants as well as for the organizing committee. Here you can download a summary of all tweets on what was discussed on #genderandcom during the Symposium.

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Organized by ECREA’s Gender and Communication Section and supported by:

• Asterisc. Communication Research Group. Rovira i Virgili University.

• URV-REPSOL Chair in Excellence in Communication.

• GECA. Interuniversity Standing Research Seminar on “Gender, Aesthetics and Audiovisual Culture”, at the Complutense University of Madrid.

• Drac Màgic. Association working on the diffusion of Audiovisual Culture and Women.

• YECREA - Young Scholars Network of ECREA.

• Institut de la Comunicació de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (InCom-UAB).

 

Scientific committee 

Iolanda Tortajada, Frederik Dhaenens, Núria Araüna and Cilia Willem. 

 

Organizing committee

Cilia Willem (URV), Núria Araüna (URV), Iolanda Tortajada (URV), Frederik Dhaenens (UGent), Elena Oroz (Universidad Carlos III), Beatriz Herrero (URV), Carlota Moragas (URV), Lluïsa Bertran (URV), Hernando Gómez (GECA-UCM), Helle Kettner (URV), Antonio Caballero (URV).