CULCORC Seminar Series
Seminar On The Czech Citizen Parliament: Analysing Media Change, Participation and Democracy
28 January 2026
In this event, the Czech Citizen Parliament was examined as an illustrative case, through which the broader dynamics of contemporary democratic practices can be explored.
MeDeMAP Seminar
Mapping Media for Future Democracies
13 January 2026
The event included a debate on journalism and democracy, featuring perspectives from journalists, civil society organisations, and academics, as well as an interactive workshop on the MeDeMAP map— an innovative spatial interface that provides access to quantitative data on European political information environments.
Roundtable and film screening
Regulating Media for Future Democracies: Political and People’s Voices
13 January 2026
Members of the European Parliament, national parliamentarians, European Commission officials, and policy actors discussed the intersection of media regulation and democratic governance.
PhD Course on Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical Analysis and Discursive-Material Analysis
3-7 November 2025
CULCORC Seminar Series
21 October 2025
A roundtable discussion focusing on the intersections of society, media, and childhood with Karolína Šimková,Tereza Javornicky Brumovská and Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen.
CULCORC Seminar Series
30 April 2025
(De)constructing peace A multi-methods and multi-stakeholder project on mediated peace discourses on the Russian-Ukrainian war by David Ongenaert
Book Launch
Democracy and Media in Europe
9 April 2025
A conversation on democracy and media in Europe took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted at Rüstem’s Bookshop. The event brought together Nico Carpentier, Aysu Arsoy, Hakan Karahasan, and Mine Yücel for an engaging exchange on media and democratic practices.
10th MCAP-BNU International Media Conference 2025
TTIS-VII- Global Approaches to Media and Democracy
18-19 February 2025
Discussion centred on the book Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer.
Book Seminar
“Democracy and the media at a crossroads: what are the goals, and who is in charge?”
5 February 2025
Nico Carpentier (Charles University) with Mari-Liis Jakobson (Tallinn University, Associate Professor of Political Sociology), Piret Ehin (University of Tartu, Professor of Comparative Politics). Chaired by Andres Jõesaar (Tallinn University, Associate Professor of Media Policy).
Archive: PDF
IMWK Research Talks: Media and Democracy in Europe at a Crossroads
IMWK Research Talk
“Democracy and media in Europe”
31 January 2025 @ 10am
Nico Carpentier (Charles University), Anne Grüne (Uni Erfurt), Tanja Thomas (Uni Tübingen) and Jeffrey Wimmer discuss the new book, Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach, by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer.
IAMCR Webinar on Democracy and Media: Reflections from around the world
Webinar on Democracy and Media
IAMCR Webinar Series
Democracy and media: Reflections from around the world. A roundtable discussion
22 January 2025
In this webinar, four communication and media studies scholars reflect on the intersection of democracy and media using the recently published book “Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach”(*), authored by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, as a source of inspiration.
Doing Research in an Epoch of Ecological Unravelling
22 May 2024
A masterclass organised by the Oriental Institute at the Czech Academy of Sciences and hosted by CULCORC.
Research Seminar by Kirill Filimonov
13 May 2024
Research Seminar, Whose Nature?: Discursive-material struggles over the environment on Swedish television.
“Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis”
11 October 2023
A book presentation organised by Gerardo Costabile Nicoletta to meet and discuss Veronia Strang’s latest publication, Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis, which is especially interesting for environmental humanities scholars, anthropologists and in general for those who are interested in the semiotics of nature.
PhD Course on Discourse Studies and Method
23-27 October 2023
The course aims to discuss two methods in the field of discourse studies: Discourse-theoretical analysis (DTA) and Discursive-material analysis (DMA). Both are grounded in so-called high theory, with discourse theory as its main starting point, but with elements of actor-network theory and new materialism.