Distinguished lectures – A Strengthened Global Dialogue
The black and white geometric design used to premise a talk on cultural relevance in international communication research gave the packed audience an instant insight into the speaker’s main position. The Taoist taijitu visually rendered his Yin/Yang theory of international communication, according to Professor Lee Chin-chuan, Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Media
New Young Mainland Scholars Arrived
Our Center's “Young Mainland Scholars” program has started today. Having received enthusiastic applications and gone through a rigorous selection, seventeen young scholars of journalism, media and communication are invited to visit our Center and the Department of Media and Communication for one month in two batches. The first one consisting of nine scholars has embarked
TV Interview with Lee: “Local Experiences, Global Theories”
In a CSSC Encounters interview aired by Community TV in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, Professor Lee Chin-Chuan emphasizes the centrality of cultural knowledge in reflecting on the local “lived and living experiences” to develop a broader and cosmopolitan perspective of how communication works in the world. To this end, he urges to reject both the imperialism
COM Cosponors a U.S.-China Media Conference with U Mass
The Department of Media and Communication cosponors a conference, entitled “The Future of U.S.-China Media Communication and Public Diplomacy in a Post-Crisis World,” with the University of Massachusetts and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, to be held in Amherst, MA from 23 to 25 August 2011. This marks the fourth conference of this kind.