The new PhD in Computational Media Design welcomes Henry Jenkins to a talk on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds" on June 1st at 05:30 PM (Lisbon time). The academic community is invited to participate via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82094275403 *Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds* Often, film instructors tell their students that the story is the core, but in fact, with transmedia entertainment franchises, the world may be as much or more important as story in shaping this experience. This lecture will explore different understandings of fictional worlds and offer some examples of how they can be used to ground transmedia experiences. *Bio* Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author or editor of 20 books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture*, *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Culture *(with Sam Ford and Joshua Green), and *By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism* (with Sangita Shresthova and others). He has two more books that just came out this past spring -- *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* and *Comics and Stuff*. He is the co-host of the *How Do You Like It So Far?* podcast which explores popular culture in a changing world and has run the *Confessions of an Aca-Fan* blog for more than 15 years. -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral@uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc