Cursus
The Europaeum: “Media & Fear” 2025 Lisbon Workshop
- Datum
- dinsdag 7 januari 2025 - vrijdag 10 januari 2025
- Bezoekadres
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon
Fear is a powerful emotion that is thought to obscure, undermine or derationalize
decision-making. It can either trigger or paralyze action, inducing irrational behavior,
generating moral panics or fostering responses to keep people safe. Fear gives high
visibility to inflammatory discourses that furnish a central stage across the information
environment, creating a loss of control and predictability alongside an intensification
of uncertainty, threat, risk and insecurity across different publics. While reports on
fear-inducing conditions and events have the potential to induce action and create
solidarity for those being effected, the media also instigate hate against marginalized
social groups who have become the target of what Ruth Wodak (2015) has called “the
normalization of shameless politics”.
The Europaeum would like to invite applications to participate in the Lisbon Media &
Communications Winter School 2025 from postgraduate students of any discipline at
Europaeum member universities. We welcome applications to attend or present a
paper on the theme of media and fear in different temporalities and geographies.
Successful candidates will be provided with accommodation free of charge and will be
reimbursed reasonable travel expenses within Europe.
How to apply
Applications should include the Europaeum application form, a brief CV, a statement of purpose (up to 500 words), and a reference letter from their supervisor or academic advisor. Those who wish to submit a paper should also add a short abstract of the proposed paper (up to 500 words). Under an agreement with the Media & Communications Winter School at the UCP, some Europaeum students will be invited to present their papers, others to audit the event without presenting formally. The Europaeum will contribute the same funds towards expenses (namely, accommodation, travel, and meals) to both groups. All submissions should be sent to applications@europaeum.org by the deadline of 2 September 2024.
Website Europaeum