Enacting Academic Solidarity: Advocacy, Campaigning and Media

The ongoing genocide in Palestine has reignited debates within university communities about the responsibility of students, scholars and academic institutions during times of social and political crisis. How can students and academics better convey their political messages through the use of media, how can they design advocacy strategies and increase impact, and finally how can they reclaim their research for political impact?

Hosted by the Centre for Lebanese Studies, this workshop is one in a four-part series that aims to address the practical aspects of doing academic solidarity. Join us for our second session,

Enacting Academic Solidarity: Advocacy, Campaigning and Media

28 June 2024 – Online

1-2:30pm UK | 3-4:30pm Lebanon

Please register here

Our speakers will discuss and show ways through which we can turn our academic work into a powerful political engagement tool.

The workshop is open to academics, scholars, researchers, postgraduate students and other university staff members worldwide. No prior experience in solidarity work is required to participate.

Speakers:

Dr. Anne Alexander: Founding director of Cambridge Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on big data, activist media in the Middle East and the political economy of the Internet.

Dr. Walid El Houri: Senior Media & Communications Specialist at the Centre for Lebanese Studies and Co-founder and Co-editor of UntoldMag.org.