Conference Sponsors
Thanks to our Conference Sponsors for all their support and assistance with the organisation of the conference:
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
The full conference programme with relevant details of speakers (including abstracts), venues, and special events can be found at the following FULL PROGRAMME. For an overview of the confirmed programme please see below. If you are speaking at the conference you can download the Information for speakers
Please note that due to our commitment to the environment, we will not be providing print copies of this full programme at the conference. You will be given a ‘Programme at a Glance’ at registration confirming times and rooms of panels etc but we recommend you download the full programme yourself in advance.
The conference will take place over two venues:
- Accademia Europea di Firenze (Palazzo Niccolini, Via Cavour, 37)
- Teatro Della compagnia (Via Cavour 50) in the centre of Florence.
For details of the venues including maps please visit the conference venue page (this page also has details of the conference dinners)
DAY 1
REGISTRATION OPENS at 14.00 @ Accademia Europea Di Firenze
15.30 to 17.00: PANELS
- MEDIA AND WAR IN UKRAINE
- MILITARISED SPACES
- CORPOREAL SPACES
- IMAGE WARS
17.30 – 17.30: Coffee
18.00 – 19.30: Special All Women Plenary organised by MWC Editors @ Teatro Della Compagnia
- WOMEN, CONFLICT & JOURNALISM
19.30 Opening Conference Dinner
Day 2
9.00- 10.30: PANELS @ Accademia Europea Di Firenze
- AESTHETICS OF LATE MODERN WAR
- NARRATIVE SPACES
- REPRESENTING SPACE OF TERRORISM/THE OTHER
- ETHICAL AND POLITICAL SPACES
10.00 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30: PANELS @ Accademia Europea Di Firenze
- CHALLENGES OF JOURNALISM
- PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICES
- SPACES OF IDENTITY
- CULTURAL SPACES OF MEMORY
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch (VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED)
14.00 – 15.30: PANELS @ Accademia Europea Di Firenze
- CULTURES OF WAR IN GRAPHIC NOVELS
- JOURNALIST’S EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE
- CULTURAL SPACES OF MEMORY
- DIGITAL/ONLINE SPACES
15.30 – 16.30: Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.30: KEYNOTE @ Teatro Della Compagnia
- Professor Andrew Hoskins: MWC Founding Editor and Interdisciplinary Research Professor, University of Glasgow
17.30 – 18.00: Coffee Break
18.00 – 19.30: FILM SCREENING @ Teatro Della Compagnia
- With Q & A with Director: FACES WE LOST: Piotr Cieplak
20.00: Closing Dinner