CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
6th Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication
Media and Courage
6-9 JANUARY 2026
The 5th Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication takes a comparative and global approach to the study of media and courage. Jointly organized by the Faculty of Human Sciences (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) and the Center for Media@Risk (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania), the Lisbon Winter School offers an opportunity for doctoral students and early career post-doctoral researchers to strategize around the study of media and courage together with senior scholars in the field. It is held in coordination with the Annenberg Schools of the University of Southern California & University of Pennsylvania, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Journalism and Communication, the University of Helsinki’s Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, and The Europaeum.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
To be published in late April 2025.
PAPER PROPOSALS
Proposals should be sent to lisbonwinterschool@gmail.com no later than 5 September 2025 and include a paper title, extended abstract in English (700 words), name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation and a brief bio (max. 100 words) mentioning ongoing research. Applicants will be informed of the result of their submissions by late-September.
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION
Presenters will be required to send in full papers (max. 6500 words) before the event. The deadline will be announced after the publication of the call for applications.