[csaa-forum] UQ CCCS Lecture: Arabic citizens of the EU: Prof Christine Slade: 25th August @ 5.30pm

[Rebecca Ralph]

CENTRE FOR CRITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES,
 university of queensland presents a lECTURE:



Arabic citizens of the EU: 'Prisoners behind netting, cut off from all social life, deprived of identity'?

Professor Christina Slade





Thursday 25th August, 5.30-6.30pm
University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia Campus,  Building 11 [see map<http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.html?menu=1&x=g.56&y=localY&z=0&xc%5b%5d=&yc%5b%5d=&id=&facilityType=&backURL=&mx=0&my=0&mapcoord=?167,128>]





Migration issues came to the fore in Europe over 2010 and 2011, typified by Nicolas Sarkozy. His fear is symptomatic of the concerns about migrants, particularly Muslim, across Europe: that they retreat into ethnic worlds, including media worlds, watching satellite television in their own tongues and not engaging [cid:image001.gif at 01CC5297.D7E992D0] in the social or political life of the host country.

The nation state has traditionally controlled the formal mechanisms of citizenship. In the EU, a transnational entity, those powers are already diluted. Cultural citizenship is far more globalised. Access to satellite television and the internet does connect those of living away from our countries of birth in real time to other nations. This paper draws on the first large scale quantitative and qualitative study of what Arabic speakers in the EU are watching to question assumptions about identity and participation, and the role of media use in constructing citizenship.

About the Presenter:

Professor Christina Slade is Dean of the Schools of Arts and of Social Sciences at City University London. She led the 'Media and Citizenship' project as Professor of Media Theory at the University of Utrecht. Trained as a philosopher of logic and language, her research has focussed on issues of the media since 1990. Her monograph,'The Real Thing: doing philosophy with media' (2002) examines the role of reason in the media, while the 'From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture', (2010) jointly edited with Martina Möllering, looks at linguistic, legal and philosophical aspects of citizenship testing.

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

Getting here: We encourage people to use public transport to reach the University where possible - for more details on this please follow the link: http://www.translink.com.au/uq.  Parking is available on the campus using the pay and display system. Further information: Rebecca Ralph- ph. 3346 7407 or email on admin.cccs at uq.edu.au<mailto:admin.cccs at uq.edu.au>



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