Conference Schedule, Media, Democracy, & Diversity Conference, U.Va.

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Conference Schedule

April 2, 2010

Times	Event
9:00 a.m.	Registration - Ballroom Lobby, Newcomb Hall
10-11:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions This Strange Relationship: Mass Media and the Cultural Politics of Racial Representation (South Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall) Mediating Disaster: Haiti and the Politics of Representation (Kaleidoscope, 3rd floor, Newcomb Hall) Race and Gender Matters: Building a Diverse Science, Technology, and Engineering Community (Newcomb Hall, Room 480) Islamic Bodies and Neoliberal Places in Contemporary Egyptian Cinema (Newcomb Hall, Room 481)
11:00-11:15 a.m.	Break & Refreshments - Newcomb Hall Main Lounge
11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Alternative Media and Immigration (Newcomb Hall, Room 480) Everyone Has a Voice: The Disruptive Power of New Media Technologies on Politics, Business, and Mass Communication (South Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall) The Politics of Giving: Beyond Media Representations of Humanitarianism and Aid in Haiti (Kaleidoscope, 3rd floor, Newcomb Hall) Photography, Patriarchy, and Intimacy: Vernacular Albums of Mid-Twentieth Century Egyptian Youths (Newcomb Hall, Room 481)
12:20-1:40p.m.	Luncheon - Newcomb Hall Ballroom Presentation of inaugural John T. Casteen III Diversity - Equity - Inclusion Leadership Award Keynote Address: *Representation, Shame, and the Politics of Engaging* Melissa Harris-Lacewell, MSNBC contributor and Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
1:45-2:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Embracing Gender Identity and Sexual Diversity in Our Faith Communities (Kaleidoscope, 3rd floor, Newcomb Hall) Reel Bad Arabs - Hollywood's Portayal of Middle Eastern People (South Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall) Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness: A Documentary Screening and Discussion (Minor Hall, Room 125) (Please note that this session will run until approximately 3:30 p.m.)