This Winter Semester, courses on Arab Media Systems, Media and Inequalities: Media and Race and Global Communication, offered by Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr and Thawab Hilal, feature guest lectures which bring together international scholars, journalists, and practitioners to explore how media, inequality, and global narratives intersect. Join us!

 

Schedule Overview 

 

Tuesday, 21 October 2025 — 5:15 PM

Room: HS 386

Eman Helal — Salam Habibi: A Photojournalistic Project to Counter Discrimination

—

Tuesday, 28 October 2025 — 5:15 PM

Room: HS 386

Hannah Mauracher, Salzburger Nachrichten — Comparing the Media Coverage of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees

—

Monday, 10 November 2025 — 3:15 PM

Room: HS 382

Jad Melki, Lebanese American University — Media Literacy of Marginalized Identities: An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Decolonizing Media and Society

—

Tuesday, 11 November 2025 — 5:15 PM

Room: HS 386

AnaNzinga Weiß, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München — Diversity in German Newsrooms

—

Monday, 24 November 2025 — 3:15 PM

Room: HS 382

The What If Project (MJ Daoud and Alexander Karam) — Seeing Beyond Our Lens: Bias, Emotion and the Arab Media Landscape

—

Tuesday, 25 November 2025 

— 3:15 PM — Room: HS 383

The What If Project (MJ Daoud and Alexander Karam) — Global Narratives, Local Reactions: How Communication Shapes Our View of Conflict

 

— ‎ 5:15 PM — Room: HS 386

The What If Project (MJ Daoud and Alexander Karam) — Race, Bias, and the Media: How Perception Shapes Coverage of Violence

—

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

— 3:15 PM — Room: HS 383

Tom Divon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem — The Rise of War Influencers: Creators, Platforms, and the Visibility of Conflict Zones

 

— 5:15 PM — Room: HS 386

Christine Bayer-Borrero, Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg — Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC) Circle in Salzburg

—

Monday, 15 December 2025 — 3:15 PM

Room: HS 382

Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University — Introduction to Global Journalism

—

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 — 5:15 PM

Room: HS 386

Maia Loh, Afro-Asian Institute Salzburg — Decolonizing Salzburg …or how to deal with colonialism and coloniality in Austria?

—

Monday, 12 January 2026 — 3:15 PM

Room: HS 382

Zahera Harb, City St George’s, University of London — Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)

—

Tuesday, 13 January 2026 — 3:15 PM

Room: HS 383

Omar Al-Ghazzi, London School of Economics and Political Science — Reporting on Gaza

—

Tuesday, 20 January 2026 — 5:15 PM

Room: HS 386

Daniel Baker — Constructing French Islamophobia

—

All details on topics, dates, and rooms can be found in the attached posters.