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Public Spheres and Inequalities Division’s
International Guest Lectures:
Winter Semester 26/27

Media, Race & Representation

Public Spheres and Inequalities Division

Organised by Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr and Thawab Hilal

27 Oct 2026 – 12 Jan 2027
15:00–17:00
Rudolfskai 42, Salzburg

This winter semester, the Public Spheres and Inequalities Division at the Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, presents two guest lecture series:

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Arab Media Landscape in Focus:
Conflict, Voice, and Representation

Funded by Erasmus+ KA171

Organised by Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr and Thawab Hilal , the programme brings together international scholars, journalists, and practitioners from Austria, Germany, France, the UK, Lebanon, and Egypt. Across nine lectures, they will explore media, race, conflict, representation, and social inequalities from diverse academic and professional perspectives.

Schedule Overview

All lectures: 15:00–17:00 · Rudolfskai 42

Constructing French Islamophobia

Daniel Baker
PhD, Cardiff University

27.10.2026 HS 209

Lebanese Media and Audiences During the 2026 War

Jad Melki
Lebanese American University

16.11.2026 HS 386

Media Literacy of Marginalized Identities: An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Decolonizing Media and Society

Jad Melki
Lebanese American University

17.11.2026 HS 209

Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC) Circle in Salzburg

Christine Bayer-Borrero
Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg

24.11.2026 HS 209

Whose Voices Are Heard? Diversity and Representation in Egyptian Media

Naila Hamdy
American University in Cairo

30.11.2026 HS 386

Intersectional Im/Mobilisation and Postcolonial States

Syntia Hasenöhrl
Independent researcher and lecturer

01.12.2026 HS 209

Women Journalists and Reporting on Minoritized Groups

Alice Beazer
Technical University of Munich

15.12.2026 HS 209

Comparing the Media Coverage of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees

Hannah Mauracher
Salzburger Nachrichten

12.01.2027 HS 209