InterAsia Program

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2017 The Global Media Studies Initiative at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Social Science Research Council’s Transregional Virtual Research Institute, “Media, Activism and the New Political: InterAsian Perspectives,” is pleased to announce the inaugural Doctoral Institute on Global Media and Communication. We aim to facilitate and advance rigorous inter-disciplinary doctoral dissertation research on global media and communication in a range of contexts worldwide. We seek to create a sustained and diverse network of advanced graduate students by providing the opportunity to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress. Goals By bringing together PhD students from media and communication programs (and allied …

Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 1, University of Göttingen, Germany https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/lineages-of-the-people-embedded-and-transregional-histories-of-contemporary-populism/565338.html   Organizers Srirupa Roy, Paula Chakravartty, Gianpaolo Baiocchi Institutions University of Göttingen (Centre for Modern Indian Studies & Global and Transregional Studies Platform) Social Science Research Council, New York (InterAsia Program) New York University (Urban Democracy Lab) Overview The US presidential elections of November 2016 have shaken the enduring myth of American exceptionalism. For many international observers, the surprise and shock of Donald Trump’s electoral victory and the ascendancy of populist politics have occasioned a strong sense of political déjà-vu. The Trump victory seems to fit well into a wider global series. India,