2073 Petaling Jaya, South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities (SEARCH), first International Conference in May 2009, Call for papers

The South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities (SEARCH), under the Taylor’s College School of Communication in Petaling Jaya, is organizing its first International Conference in May 2009.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Conference. We have some very distinguished plenary speakers for the 2 days. Abstracts have been received from a variety of countries, so there will some interesting parallel sessions with a truly international flavour.

We have extended the date for abstract submission and hope that several of you will participate in the conference. We look forward to receiving some abstracts soon from some of you. Selected papers from the conference will be published in the SEARCH journal (which is blind peer reviewed). The following are details of the 1st International SEARCH Conference, 2009.

 1st International SEARCH Conference, 2009

The South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities (SEARCH)

 Conference date

 From May 29 and 30 2009
Venue:  Sheraton Hotel, Subang Jaya

Other information

Theme: Politics, ethics and ownership in media management.
Sub-themes: Political communication, Media representation of minorities, Ethics in communication, Media ownership, Other themes related to media management

Abstract submission:  31 January  2009
Notification of acceptance: 28 February 2009

Plenary speakers:

Prof. Pal Ahluwalia FASSA Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia.
Prof. M. Ashraf Rizvi Chairman, Center of Media Management, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India
Assoc. Prof. Zaharom Nain Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Benjamin Detenber Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Fees (per person):
International participants @ 250 Euro
Local participants @ RM350
Local students @ RM150

 

 Enquiries:

Abstract submission: Miss Usha Devi, ushadevi.r@taylors.edu.my
Conference information: Miss Nicole Yang, yang.laifong@taylors.edu.my

Please check out the website for more details and updates at  http://search.taylors.edu.my/ , and pass this message along.

 Justin Victor
Vice-Chairperson, Organising Committee
SEARCH CONFERENCE 09