Join us online for BAMC2020!
September 17–20, 2020 | Held online from Barcelona, Spain
Special Announcement: BAMC2020 will be held Online
Due to continued uncertainties surrounding the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, IAFOR has made the decision to hold BAMC2020 entirely online.
This decision has been made in light of the latest information concerning restrictions in travel and access to both Spain, and the University of Barcelona, the conference host venue.
Welcome to The Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture held in partnership with the University of Barcelona, Spain.
IAFOR is very excited to be returning to the vibrant city of Barcelona, and continuing our relationship with the University. Barcelona is one of Europe’s most diverse and exciting cities, that has long been at the intersection of different cultures, religions, languages and peoples. Its rich intellectual and artistic traditions have made the city the home to writers, visionaries, artists and dissidents of all backgrounds. It continues to be a place where ideas and ideologies jostle for position, conservatism and change, a place of questioning and subversion; high, low, popular culture and counterculture. As a city it has embraced difference and been forced to embrace difference like few others, and its long history and its present attest to, and contextualise questions of independence, globalisation and belonging, as issues driven by regionalism, nationalism and ethnocentrism play out in the city’s political arenas.
Barcelona is therefore an excellent venue to explore the IAFOR2020 conference theme of “Embracing Difference”, and this conference, held alongside a parallel event in Education, will invite scholars, academics and practitioners to come together from around the world to exchange ideas and invite research collaborations that will be all the richer for exploring, embracing and celebrating our differences.
Inspiring Global Research Collaborations
IAFOR's unique global platform facilitates discussion around specific subject areas, with the goal of generating new knowledge and understanding, forging and expanding new international, intercultural and interdisciplinary research networks and partnerships. We have no doubt that BAMC2020 will offer a remarkable opportunity for the sharing of research and best practice and for the meeting of people and ideas.
Due to continued uncertainties surrounding the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, IAFOR has made the decision to hold BAMC2020 entirely online.
– The BAMC2020 Organising Committee
Isabel Alonso-Breto, University of Barcelona, Spain
Sue Ballyn, University of Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Camps-Gaset, University of Barcelona, Spain
Joseph Haldane, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
Donald E. Hall, University of Rochester, USA
Baden Offord, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia & Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Cornelis Martin Renes, University of Barcelona, Spain
IAFOR Journal of Education (Scopus Indexed Journal)
This conference is associated with the Scopus and DOAJ listed IAFOR Journal of Education.
- Venue & Location: Held online from Barcelona, Spain
- Dates: Thursday, September 17, 2020 to Sunday, September 20, 2020
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2020*
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2020
- Registration Deadline for Presenters: August 28, 2020
*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
Speakers
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Isabel Alonso-BretoUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Herman Bashiron MendolicchioUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Stephen CoplandArtist
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Nuria Fuentes-PeláezUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Donald E. HallUniversity of Rochester, USA
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Emilienne MalfattoDocumentary Photographer
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Gloria MonteroNovelist, Playwright & Poet
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Baden OffordCurtin University, Australia
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Cornelis Martin RenesUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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John RyanFreelance Writer, Australia
Programme
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KNOCK KNOCK… WHO’S THERE?Keynote Presentation: Gloria Montero
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Utopia Depends on a U-turn: Intertextuality, New Writing and Educating for DiversityKeynote Presentation: John Ryan
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In Conversation with Gloria MonteroDiscussion Panel: Isabel Alonso-Breto & Gloria Montero
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The Relevance of the Humanities and Arts in Uncertain TimesKeynote Presentation: Baden Offord
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Embracing Difference: The Work of ArtPanel Presentation: Emilienne Malfatto, Stephen Copland, Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio & Martin Renes
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Parenting Education Within Contexts of Vulnerability and Child Protection: Positive Parenting, Resilience and VulnerabilityFeatured Presentation: Nuria Fuentes-Peláez
Organising Committee
The Organising Committee of The Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (BAMC) is composed of distinguished academics who are experts in their fields. Organising Committee members may also be members of IAFOR's International Academic Advisory Board. The Organising Committee is responsible for nominating and vetting Keynote and Featured Speakers; developing the conference programme, including special workshops, panels, targeted sessions, and so forth; event outreach and promotion; recommending and attracting future Organising Committee members; working with IAFOR to select PhD students and early career academics for IAFOR-funded grants and scholarships; and overseeing the reviewing of abstracts submitted to the conference.
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Isabel Alonso-BretoUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Sue BallynUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Montserrat Camps-GasetUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
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Joseph HaldaneThe International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
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Donald E. HallUniversity of Rochester, USA
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Baden OffordCurtin University, Australia
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Cornelis Martin RenesUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
2020 Review Committee
The BAMC2020 Review Committee will be announced here shortly.
IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by conference Organising Committee members under the guidance of the Academic Governing Board. Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.
If you would like to apply to serve on the BAMC2019 Review Committee, please visit our application page.