Credit: Vilnius University / Ugnius Bagdonavičius
Dear all,
My name is Silvia Peterssen, and I began my EU-funded postdoctoral research project DARE at the Faculty of Philology this past October. It is a pleasure to connect with you.
I would like to warmly invite you to the first seminar of the DARE series, where I will introduce and contextualise the project. The seminar will take place in person at K. Donelaičio auditorija and online via MS Teams on 11 December, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. After the talk, everyone is invited to continue the discussion with a cup of hot tea or coffee and some snacks.
Please find the key information below:
Analysing abortion and polarisation in news media discourse: Contextualisation of project DARE
This seminar will introduce and contextualise the EU-funded postdoctoral project DARE, discussing its main theoretical framework. As the opening event of the DARE seminar series, the talk will first outline the objectives and timeline of the project. After that, since DARE aims to critically analyse how polarisation surrounding abortion has been represented in European news discourse between 2020 and 2025, an overview of abortion access in Europe during the outbreak and aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic will be presented. This will be followed by a summary of the key concepts and literature on abortion and polarisation in political and media discourse. Finally, these theoretical tools will be integrated into the framework of Feminist Socio-Cognitive Critical Discourse Studies.
MS Teams link: Analysing abortion and polarisation in news media discourse: Contextualisation of project DARE | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams
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Thank you very much for your time. I look forward to seeing you on 11 December!
Best regards,
Silvia