CPD Director Participates in Conferences in Lebanon and Qatar

CPD Director Philip Seib participated in conferences in Beirut, Lebanon and Doha, Qatar on October 28-30, and October 31-November 1, respectively.

In Lebanon, the American University in Beirut hosted the annual conference of the Arab-US Association of Communication Educators. Speakers included two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Dana Priest of The Washington Post, NPR’s Andy Carvin, and Lebanon’s Minister of Education and Higher Education Hassan Diab. Seib presented on the topic of “Al-Jazeera English and Global News Literacy” and also moderated a research panel on “Digital Activism and Political Change.” A complete conference program may be found here.

In Doha, the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in collaboration with CPD brought experts and Al Jazeera staff together to discuss the network’s past, present, and future during the “Al Jazeera at 15 Years” conference. Seib presented on “Al Jazeera and Public Diplomacy,” and served on a panel with the network’s new director general, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al-Thani.

Press & Video Coverage

To read CPD Director Philip Seib's blog about Al Jazeera and public diplomacy written post-conference, please click here. The blog was also re-published in The Huffington Post and by other aggregates.

Seib is cited in the article “Qatar Calling” in The Financial Times

Coverage of the Al Jazeera conference in The Peninsula (Qatar)

To read Philip Seib's op-ed in Foreign Affairs, "The Resignation of Wadah Khanfar and the Future of Al Jazeera", please click here.

To find out more about Philip Seib's book, "The Al Jazeera Effect: How the New Global Media Are Reshaping World Politics," please click here.

Photo: Shaival Dalal