SOJC Events Calendar

Apr 4
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER 1:00 p.m.

IMPUNITY: Thursday, April 4   This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.   RSVP   The UO community is...
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER
April 4
1:00–7:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Ballroom

IMPUNITY: Thursday, April 4

 

This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.

 

RSVP

 

The UO community is invited to this enlightening 4-day symposium to listen to and converse with international journalists, writers in exile, and scholars of journalism starting April 4 to 7 in the EMU Ballroom. Dozens of global experts and partners will be on our campus to tell their stories of successful reporting despite extreme dangers and threat to their voice and journalistic integrity. Threatened journalists speak and inspire our students, faculty, and staff.

 

During this event, you’ll experience, witness, and engage in:

 

Graphic documentation of attacks on journalists is displayed.

Interludes of music and poetry stimulate contemplation, reflection, and discussion.

Conversation and connection with speakers and experts during coffee breaks and receptions.

Off-campus students reporting on how the journalism crisis in Mexico impacts migrant communities in Oregon.

 

 

Schedule:

1:00-2:00 p.m. Welcome remarks with Peter Laufer, Kim Stafford, Juan-Carlos Molleda, Tim DuRoche, Dennis Galvan 

 

2:00-2:30 p.m. Reporting Homefront News to Diasporas with Charlie Dietz, Julie Boboc, Marie Ponce 

 

2:30-3:30 p.m. In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, A Cover-up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press a conversation with Katherine Corcoran (with Tim DuRoche) 

 

4:00-5:00 p.m. Why I Have Not Returned to Mississippi since Covering MLK in the 60s a conversation with Jeff Kamen (with Peter Laufer)

 

5:00-6:00 p.m. UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication: Safe Spaces for Journalists in Conflict Situation a talk with Kate Musgrave

 

6:00-6:30 p.m. Musicians in Exile Music curated by Tim DuRoche 

 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception

 

Apr 5
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER 8:45 a.m.

FROM KABUL TO HARARE: Friday, April 5   This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.    RSVP   The...
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER
April 5
8:45 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) EMU Ballroom

FROM KABUL TO HARARE: Friday, April 5

 

This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.

 

 RSVP

 

The UO community is invited to this enlightening 4-day symposium to listen to and converse with international journalists, writers in exile, and scholars of journalism starting April 4 to 7 in the EMU Ballroom. Dozens of global experts and partners will be on our campus to tell their stories of successful reporting despite extreme dangers and threat to their voice and journalistic integrity. Threatened journalists speak and inspire our students, faculty, and staff.

 

During this event, you’ll experience, witness, and engage in:

 

Graphic documentation of attacks on journalists is displayed.

Interludes of music and poetry stimulate contemplation, reflection, and discussion.

Conversation and connection with speakers and experts during coffee breaks and receptions.

Off-campus students reporting on how the journalism crisis in Mexico impacts migrant communities in Oregon.

 

 

Schedule:

8:45-9:00 a.m. Welcoming remarks and poem with Peter Laufer and Kim Stafford 

 

9:00-10:00 a.m. Keeping the Lights On - Highlights from the Latest Research on Media in Exile and What they Need to Keep Reporting a talk with Alex Cole 

 

10:15-11:15 a.m. Sounds of Exile music and conversation with Won Kim (and Tim DuRoche) 

 

11:15-2:00 p.m. City Club of Eugene Event with Farai Gonzo, Charlie Dietz, and Kimberley Mangnun as speakers 

 

3:00-4:00 p.m. Taking Root in Foreign Soil a talk with Astrid Vehstedt 

 

4:00-5:00 p.m. Exiled from Kabul a talk with Baktash Siawash

 

5:00-5:30 p.m. Appetizers

 

5:30-6:30 p.m. My Tour of Duty as Journalist in Zimbabwe: The Intersectionality of the Social Institutions that Affect a Zimbabwean a talk with Farai Gonzo 

 

7:00-8:30 p.m. Screening of the documentary about Chipas journalists Juan de Dios García Davish and Maria de Jesús Peters

Apr 6
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER 8:45 a.m.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER/EL OTRO LADO: Saturday, April 6  https://gsi.uoregon.edu/extra-extra-symposium   This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section...
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER
April 6
8:45 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) EMU Ballroom

SOUTH OF THE BORDER/EL OTRO LADO: Saturday, April 6  https://gsi.uoregon.edu/extra-extra-symposium

 

This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.

 

 RSVP

 

The UO community is invited to this enlightening 4-day symposium to listen to and converse with international journalists, writers in exile, and scholars of journalism starting April 4 to 7 in the EMU Ballroom. Dozens of global experts and partners will be on our campus to tell their stories of successful reporting despite extreme dangers and threat to their voice and journalistic integrity. Threatened journalists speak and inspire our students, faculty, and staff.

 

During this event, you’ll experience, witness, and engage in:

 

Graphic documentation of attacks on journalists is displayed.

Interludes of music and poetry stimulate contemplation, reflection, and discussion.

Conversation and connection with speakers and experts during coffee breaks and receptions.

Off-campus students reporting on how the journalism crisis in Mexico impacts migrant communities in Oregon.

 

 

Schedule

8:45-9:00 a.m. Welcome remarks and poem with Peter Laufer and Kim Stafford 

 

9:00-10:00 a.m. Finding Sanctuary in Arizona with Chipas journalists in Arizona exile until their return to Mexico, a conversation with Juan de Dios García Davish and Maria de Jesús Peters (with Gabriella Martinez)

 

10:30-11:30 a.m. In (Racial) Exile: Editor Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Portland, Oregon, Advocate a talk with Kimberley Mangnun 

 

11:30-1:30 p.m. Buffet lunch break 

 

1:30-2:30 p.m. Censorship that Doesn’t Stain Hands: Uncovering Stealth Threats to Independent Journalism in Latin America a talk with Javier Borelli

 

2:30-3:30 p.m. Edward R. Murrow Fellowship Latin American journalists speak of their home country professional and personal experiences a panel moderated by Chris Chavez 

 

4:00-5:00 p.m. Gone but Not Forgotten: Family and Friends Left Behind a conversation with Markos Kounalakis (with Peter Laufer) 

 

5:00-6:00 p.m. Threats and Responses Unique to Photojournalism a conversation with Dan Morrison, a veteran war correspondent (with Peter Laufer)

Apr 7
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER 9:15 a.m.

OUR OWN BACKYARD: Sunday, April 7 This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.    RSVP   The UO community...
EXTRA! EXTRA! DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER
April 7
9:15 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
EMU EMU Ballroom

OUR OWN BACKYARD: Sunday, April 7

This is a 4-day symposium! Please register for each section you'd like to attend.

 

 RSVP

 

The UO community is invited to this enlightening 4-day symposium to listen to and converse with international journalists, writers in exile, and scholars of journalism starting April 4 to 7 in the EMU Ballroom. Dozens of global experts and partners will be on our campus to tell their stories of successful reporting despite extreme dangers and threat to their voice and journalistic integrity. Threatened journalists speak and inspire our students, faculty, and staff.

 

During this event, you’ll experience, witness, and engage in:

 

Graphic documentation of attacks on journalists is displayed.

Interludes of music and poetry stimulate contemplation, reflection, and discussion.

Conversation and connection with speakers and experts during coffee breaks and receptions.

Off-campus students reporting on how the journalism crisis in Mexico impacts migrant communities in Oregon.

 

Schedule: 

 

9:15-9:30 a.m. Welcome remarks and poem with Peter Laufer and Kim Stafford  

 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Old and New Threats: Mexican Journalists and their Struggles in a New Age a talk with Jan-Albert Hootsen 

 

10:30-12:00 p.m. Reporting Homefront News to Diasporas a conversation with Instructor Charlie Deitz as he debriefs students Julia Boboc and Mario Ponce about their weekend field work in Lane County 

 

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch with Endnote – The Legacy of “Don’t Kill the Messenger”  a talk with David Frank

 

1:30-2:00 p.m. Closing remarks with Peter Laufer

Apr 17
Registration Deadline for Undergraduate Symposium

Registration due April 17th. Participation in the Undergraduate Research Symposium empowers undergraduates to share their ideas, discoveries, and artistic work with the campus...
Registration Deadline for Undergraduate Symposium
April 17

Registration due April 17th.

Participation in the Undergraduate Research Symposium empowers undergraduates to share their ideas, discoveries, and artistic work with the campus and the local community. The event traditionally takes place in the EMU in the style of an academic conference and includes all types of academic research, allowing you to present your work through a poster, oral presentation, creative work, works in progress, or in a performance.

Apr 19
Data|Media|Digital Symposium

We invite submissions from UO graduate students for 15-minute presentations on any aspect of data, media, or digital studies for a symposium in the UO Knight Library DREAM Lab on...
Data|Media|Digital Symposium
April 19
Knight Library 122 DREAM Lab

We invite submissions from UO graduate students for 15-minute presentations on any aspect of data, media, or digital studies for a symposium in the UO Knight Library DREAM Lab on Friday, April 19, week 3 of the spring term at the Data|Media|Digital Symposium. Enter your submission at https://bit.ly/nmcc-dmd by 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday, January 30. Decisions about all submissions will be shared in early February. Presentations can be based on work in progress or research and work in the final stages of development. Proposals should specify clear scholarly or pedagogical goals and should articulate how the design or argument of a data/media/digital project might address those goals.  Any kind of data, media, or digital studies project is welcome. If you aren’t sure if your project fits our call, then it probably does, but please get in touch, and any member of our co-organizing committee can offer you guidance: Mattie Burkert: mburkert@uoregon.edu, Courtney Cox: cmcox@uoregon.edu, and Maxwell Foxman: mfoxman@uoregon.edu. We look forward to sustaining cross-disciplinary conversations and building an inter-departmental community at the UO.

May 10
Graduate Research Forum 10:00 a.m.

The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a one-day conference showcasing the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly...
Graduate Research Forum
May 10
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Ford Alumni Center

The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a one-day conference showcasing the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster session and the panel presentations!

To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 17, 2024. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300. Panels will instead be pre-selected. All accepted panels will receive $250 per panelist.

For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum

May 16
NMCC Annual Lecture 3:00 p.m.

The 2024 New Media and Culture Certificate Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Aimée Morrison. Professor Morrison is a faculty member in the Department of...
NMCC Annual Lecture
May 16
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Knight Library Browsing Room

The 2024 New Media and Culture Certificate Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Aimée Morrison.

Professor Morrison is a faculty member in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo, where she supervises graduate students in New Media Studies, Critical Social Media, Photography Studies, the History and Theory of Media, and Critical Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability Studies.

During her visit, Morrison will deliver a talk and will be available to talk with NMCC students about new media studies, digital humanities, podcasting, critical making, accessibility, public scholarship, digital pedagogy, and more.

Jun 17
School of Journalism and Communication Commencement Ceremony 4:00 p.m.

Join us for the 2024 commencement ceremony for the School of Journalism and Communication in Matthew Knight Arena. For further event details please call 541-346-3602

School of Journalism and Communication Commencement Ceremony
June 17
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Matthew Knight Arena

Join us for the 2024 commencement ceremony for the School of Journalism and Communication in Matthew Knight Arena. For further event details please call 541-346-3602

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