INTL: Three-week summer program in Austria
We wanted to alert you to an exciting new international media program…
For three weeks next summer, from July 29-August 18, 2007, 60 journalism students from top universities all over the world will have the opportunity to study global media and global issues in Salzburg, Austria. The prestigious Salzburg Seminar is for the first time
opening its programming to international graduate students and only a
few US schools have been invited to participate.
“The Salzburg Academy Program for Media and Global Change” will have students attending from universities in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the UK, South America and Africa. The faculty will come from the partnering institutions; among those scheduled to participate are Xiguang Li, the dean of Tsinghua University’s school of journalism, and
Stephen Jukes, the dean of Bournemouth University’s school of journalism (and the former foreign editor of Reuters).
This promises to be a dynamic program–its intent is to investigate the roles national and international media play in shaping global events and public policy. Students will jointly work on projects that will compare and evaluate media coverage of issues such as terrorism and climate change–student reporting will live on a dedicated Salzburg
Seminar website that will remain up, live and active after the end of the summer program.
The International Center for Media and Public Affairs (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland will be acting as the gateway for students attending American schools. You can access information about the Salzburg Academy program and the courses that will be offered, as well as an application at this site:
http://www.icmpa.umd.edu/pages/Salzburg_Academy.htm
If you would like to learn more about Schloss Leopoldskron, the 18th century palace where students will live, eat and study–the Schloss was also the location used as the von Trapp family home in “The Sound of Music”– you could go to the palace’s site:
http://www.schloss-leopoldskron.com/ (to read the site in English,
click on the language toggle on the top right of the page).
If you have questions please contact Prof. Susan Moeller (smoeller@umd.edu) who is the ICMPA director and the point person at Maryland for the program.
