Program

• 12.00 – 12.15 Welcome and Introduction to the project, the Winter School and the Student Conference
• 12.15 – 13.00 Introduction to the University of Bologna, the Department of Arts and the Asia Institute
• 13.00 – 14.30 Lunch Break
• 15.00 – 17.00 Session 1: Keynote lecture

Millennial North Korea: Cell Phones, Forbidden Media, and Living Creatively with Surveillance, Kim Suk-Young (UCLA)

• 09.15 – 11.00 Session 2

‘Information Cartels’ and ‘Auras of Objectivity’: An Overview of Japan’s Media in the 21st Century, Steven Green (Toyo University)

• 11.15 – 13.00 Session 3

Transnational Neoliberalism: Political Subjects and Technological Media, Qianxiong Yang (UCLA)

• 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch Break
• 14.15 – 16.00 Session 4

Political leadership, visual culture, and symbolic power, Marco Solaroli (University of Bologna)

• Visit to University of Bologna Museum
• Visit to the Asia Institute

• Free day

• 09.15 – 11.00 Session 5

Translation, Disinformation and Wuhan Diary, Michael Berry (UCLA)

• 11.15 – 13.00 Session 6

Understanding Film Policies: Supporting and Regulating the Film Industry in Europe and the US, Marco Cucco (University of Bologna)

• 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch Break
• 14.30 – 17.00 Student Workshop – Open Space

Visual Politics: Political Communication in Italy, Japan and the US, Veronica Barfucci (University of Warwick)

• 10.30 – 12.30 Session 7

War, Frames and Media, Simone Papale (University of Bologna)

• 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break
• 14.30 – 16.30 Session 8

Pop Culture and World Politics, Marco Milani (University of Bologna)

• 16.30 – 17.00 Closing ceremony