Dr Rong Fong presenting on the growth of Chinese representation of South East Asia #MECCSA2026 @deptmedialeic.bsky.social

Chloe Cheng presenting on the oldest Chinese community located in Liverpool and the films that capture their experiences #MECCSA2026 @deptmedialeic.bsky.social

Day 3 of #MECCSA2026 has kicked off and I’m delighted to chair the panel on Diaspora, Migration and the Media that includes some fascinating presentations

Dr Medrado sharing very insightful reflections about her Rio, Brazil project Favel AI and utilising empathy for repoliticisation #MECCSA2026 @deptmedialeic.bsky.social

Second keynote in full swing now delivered by Dr Andrea Medrado on whose empathy counts in debates about AI #Meccsa2026

This year marks 60 years of Media & Communication at Leicester @uniofleicester.bsky.social As part of this celebration, we are honoured to host the #MeCCSA2026 Conference from 2-4 September 2026. Keynote speakers include Dr Andrea Medrado, Prof Anamik Saha, & Prof Helen Wood. meccsa2026.le.ac.uk

#MeCCSA2026 Join us at Reception from 18:10-19:10 in Room 0.02, then social event--pub quiz at Old Horse (LE2 1NE), starts at 19:30. @meccsa.bsky.social

I’m excited to chair the #Meccsa2026 panel on Nation, Ethnicity and Belonging where we have some fascinating presentations @deptmedialeic.bsky.social

Professor Anamik Saha has kicked off his keynote on diversity and the culture war at #Meccsa2026 @deptmedialeic.bsky.social

It was a real pleasure to chair the Somali Week Festival session on the Transitional Justice Commitee’s work in the Somali Region of Ethiopia @SOAS. It was particularly heartening to reunite with my sister Dr Fowsia Abdiqadir who’s leading it and listen to her inspiring work!

And it’s official! #MeCCSA2026 Will be hosted by our school at the University of Leicester. We’re excited! Special thanks to the key organiser Julian Matthews, PhD

Day 2 at #MeCCSA2025 continues to be awesome. Some really inspiring research in media, communication and cultural studies is coming through which is heartening to see given the attacks on the sector we’ve been seeing. And Edinburgh is the perfect backdrop!

Super happy to have presented yesterday at the #MeCCSA2025 conference on African diaspora and cultural development. Thanks to all the colleagues who engaged so well

We had a wonderfully insightful day at the Institute for Digital Culture discussing the datafication of the culture sector with colleagues from @DCMS , @smithsonian, @artukdotorg and Surface Impression amongst many others

It was a pleasure to speak at the Türkiye-Africa Media Forum yesterday and visiting Istanbul is always a treat!

Happy new year folks! May we see the back of all the suffering of the past year and the resurrection of collective care and humanity. 🎉🎈🙌🏽