Social media and Political Horizons: Israel/Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond 14 June 2013  1-5pm  Samuel Alexander Building Organised by: Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester and Rebecca L. Stein, Duke University Sponsored by: The Simon Research Fund, The University of Manchester and The Duke University Office of Global Strategy and Programs and The Duke University Center for Jewish Studies   Programme 9.30 -10.00 Registration Samuel Alexander Classics foyer   10.00-12.00 Roundtable discussion S3.1 ‘"Now you get a picture, you can put it in your Facebook": Thoughts on activism, the movement of images, and Israel/Palestine’, Simon Faulkner, Manchester Metropolitan University  ‘Viral Occupation: Cameras and Networked Human Rights in the West Bank Rebecca L. Stein, Duke Uniersity  ‘Colonialism 2.0: cybercide as digital oppression' , Miriyam Aouragh, Oxford University ‘Social Media and Public Diplomacy: Nation branding through Twitter', Yasmin Ibrahim, Queen Mary ‘Collecting data for #pillarofdefense and #failing: on the complexities of real-time data collection on Twitter’, Farida Vis, Sheffield University Chair: Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester     12.00-1.00 Lunch S1.7   1.00-2.30  Public lecture SG1 Theresa Senft, NYU ‘My Body Belongs to Me? On Global Spheres, Networked Nudity and Feminist Activism’     Attendance is free but registration is required. Please email naveeda.raoufi@student.manchester.ac.uk   to register Registration deadline: 10 June 2013 --- Dr Adi Kuntsman https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/