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Read more at: Annenberg School of Communication - University of Pennsylvania, publishes Dr Farmanfarmaian's report as part of their Iran Media Program

Annenberg School of Communication - University of Pennsylvania, publishes Dr Farmanfarmaian's report as part of their Iran Media Program

7 February 2017

The Annenberg School for Communication's Iran Media Program publishes Dr Farmanfarmaian's timely report entitled Iran's Rhetoric Aggression: Instrumentalizing Foreign Policy Power through the Media . Your comments and questions are welcome on our Twitter @U_Cambridge .


Read more at: Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian and General Elazar Stern speak at the invitation of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum - MENAF

Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian and General Elazar Stern speak at the invitation of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum - MENAF

7 February 2017

MENAF, a non-partisan and independent student organisation, received General Stern in Cambridge for an exclusive interview with academic and expert Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, on February 2, 2017. For more information please visit CMENAF's website or Facebook page .


Read more at: University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project Conference held in Doha, January 7-8, 2017

University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project Conference held in Doha, January 7-8, 2017

12 January 2017

On January 7-8, 2017, the final Conference for the Media in Political Transition in the southern Mediterranean was held in Doha, the Al Jazeera headquarters. The Conference brought together the eight academics from Morocco, and seven from Turkey, who make up the scholarly team for this second tranche of the research...


Read more at: Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian receives £480,000 grant renewal from Al Jazeera Center for Studies

Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian receives £480,000 grant renewal from Al Jazeera Center for Studies

12 January 2017

Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian receives £480,000 grant renewal from Al Jazeera Center for Studies. The grant, to last into 2017, will fund research in Turkey and Morocco as part of the University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Media Project. It follows a successful first year, in which research on ‘Media in Political Transition’...


Read more at: Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian and Dr Ali Sonay awarded a Philomathia Forum 2017 grant

Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian and Dr Ali Sonay awarded a Philomathia Forum 2017 grant

12 December 2016

The Forum to be held on April 10, 2017 under the title "Democratic Resilience and the Media: The Effects of Policy and Communication Strategies on Community Cohesion in Times of Threat" will discuss how the media empower or exclude different citizen groups at times of crisis and what this implies for democratic resilience...


Read more at: MPhil Candidate Nikta Daijavad, under the auspices of CIRMENA, organises first Iran Reading Group meeting in POLIS
MPhil Candidate Nikta Daijavad, under the auspices of CIRMENA, organises first Iran Reading Group meeting in POLIS

MPhil Candidate Nikta Daijavad, under the auspices of CIRMENA, organises first Iran Reading Group meeting in POLIS

29 November 2016

On Monday 28th November 2016, the first Iran Reading Group meeting took place in POLIS to discuss Roger Hardy's 'The Poisoned Well' chapter on Iran. MPhil Candidate Nikta Daijavad , in conjunction with CIRMENA, will be organising regular meetings for the group. For further information, please contact nd410@cam.ac.uk .


Read more at: Final Conference in Doha, January 7-8, 2017 of the University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project

Final Conference in Doha, January 7-8, 2017 of the University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project

11 November 2016

Principal Investigator, Dr Farmanfarmaian, and Director of AJ Center for Studies, Dr Salah Eddin Elzein, will host the final conference of the University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project (January 7-8, 2017, Doha), which will coincide with the 10th anniversary of AJ Center for Studies. Academic...


Read more at: Al Jazeera to Celebrate 20th Anniversary and Al Jazeera English to Celebrate 10th

Al Jazeera to Celebrate 20th Anniversary and Al Jazeera English to Celebrate 10th

9 November 2016

Twenty years ago, the media landscape was changed forever in the Middle East. On November 1, 1996, Al Jazeera went live and launched its first broadcast . It has since expanded into a media network with several outlets, including the internet and news channels in multiple languages. The English-language 24-hours news...


Read more at: Dr Farmanfarmaian will be speaking as part of a panel on 'New media, new possibilities, new dangers?' at the Festival of Ideas on Saturday, October 22
Dr Farmanfarmaian will be speaking as part of a panel on 'New media, new possibilities, new dangers?' at the Festival of Ideas on Saturday, October 22

Dr Farmanfarmaian will be speaking as part of a panel on 'New media, new possibilities, new dangers?' at the Festival of Ideas on Saturday, October 22

14 October 2016

'New media, new possibilities, new dangers?' Does the development of new digital technologies and instant access to the internet provide new opportunities or present new dangers? How can good journalism thrive in these new circumstances? With Professor Jane Singer, Mary Fitzgerald from Open Democracy, Roxane Farmanfarmaian...


Read more at: Hazem Kandil presents his new book: 'The Power Triangle: Military, Security, and Politics in Regime Change'. ARB, room 119, October 21, 12-2pm
Hazem Kandil presents his new book:  'The Power Triangle:  Military, Security, and Politics  in Regime Change'.    ARB, room 119, October 21, 12-2pm

Hazem Kandil presents his new book: 'The Power Triangle: Military, Security, and Politics in Regime Change'. ARB, room 119, October 21, 12-2pm

14 October 2016

Hazem Kandil, Cambridge University Lecturer in Political Sociology and Fellow of St Catharine’s College, presents his new book: The Power Triangle: Military, Security, and Politics in Regime Change. Iran, Egypt, and Turkey all experienced remarkably similar coup-installed regimes in the middle of the twentieth century, and...


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