2024 – 2025

Conference
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The School’s Reception at the 2025 ICA in Denver, USA
Date: 14 June 2025
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Venue: Centennial Ballroom G+H, Hyatt Regency, Denver

Seminars and Symposium
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We Have Never Been Silent: Lowkey Media and Resilient Islamic Public in China
Date: 20 June 2025
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Jing Wang, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

When Conflict Is Real: Reimagining the Study of Children, Youth and Media in International and Global Conflict Zones
Date: 9 June 2025
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Dr. Yael Warshel, President, Invisible Light and Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies. Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angele

Visual Media for Informed and Engaged Citizenship: A Computational Research Agenda
Date: 7 May 2025
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Yilang Peng, Assistant Professor, Department of Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics University of Georgia, USA

Generative AI for Persuasion and Public Health Communication: Navigating the Potentials and Challenges
Date: 9 April 2025
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: Room 313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Jingwen Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Davis

Global Perspectives on AI, Platforms & Cultural Production
Date: 26 Mar 2025
Time: 10:30am-12:00nn
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Thomas Poell, Professor, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Computational Visual Analysis in Political Communication
Date: 16 Dec 2024
Time: 10:30am-12:00nn
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Yingdan Lu, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Northwestern University, USA

A Brief Discussion on Several Basic Issues in Communication Studies
Date: 27 Nov 2024
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: Room 313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Guoliang Zhang, Professor, School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The AI Assemblage: Mapping the Shifting Rules and Relationships Shaping Platform Governance
Date: 22 Nov 2024
Time: 10:30am-12:00nn
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Chris Chao Su, Assistant Professor, College of Communication, Boston University, USA

Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication – What’s Changed and Why?
Date: 25 Oct 2024
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: NAH313, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Speaker: Prof. Daya Thussu, Professor, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University