School

Media and Sexual Violence

October 7 to 11, 2024

CES | Alta (Coimbra, PT) >> applications until 31 July

Day 1: Gender violence, media and feminisms

10h00-11h00 - Welcome session
11h00-12h30 - Media, gender and violence. Keynote by Karen Boyle
14h30-16h00 - Feminist activisms in Portugal in the 21st century: communication challenges. Keynote by Carla Cerqueira
16h00-17h00 - Book presentation (title to be announced)
18h00-20h00 - Film screening (title to be announced) and debate. Moderator: Rita Alcaire

Day 2: Child sexual abuse

9h30-11h00 - The family is a dangerous place: sexual violence in contemporary Portuguese novels by women authors. Workshop by Júlia Garraio
11h30-13h00 - Sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Portuguese Catholic Church. What do the ecclesiastical archives tell us? Seminar by Júlia Garraio, Francisco Azevedo Mendes, Rita Almeida de Carvalho and Sérgio Pinto (Historical Research Group of the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse of Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church)
15h00-17h30 - Prevention of sexual violence against children: challenges and obstacles. Training session with Ângelo Fernandes (Quebrar o Silêncio)

Day 3: Journalism and sexual violence

9h00-11h00 - Methodologies for analysing the media. Workshop by Inês Amaral and Rita Basílio Simões
11h30-13h00 - Media representations of sexual violence in war repertoires. Seminar by Sofia José Santos
15h00- 17h00 - Media and Sexual Violence. Sofia José Santos in conversation with Joana Amaral Cardoso, Paula Cosme Pinto and Ana Rita Brito (roundtable)

Day 4: Imaginaries of sexual violence and political and legal challenges

9h00-11h00 - The representation of sexual violence in audiovisual fiction. Workshop by Rita Alcaire
11h30-13h00 - Islamophobia and the media. Seminar by Marta Araújo
14h30-16h00 - Representations of false accusations of sexual offences in the Portuguese press. Seminar by Maria João Faustino
16h30-18h00 - Attrition in rape offences: between procedural efficiency and rape myths. Keynote by Isabel Ventura

Day 5: Activisms and struggles for change

9h00-10h30 - Music and social transformation. Workshop by Alexandre Sousa Carvalho
11h00-12h30 - Rethinking masculinities in the fight against sexual violence. Tatiana Moura in conversation with Gary Barker and Ricardo Higuera Mellado
14h30-16h00 - Sexual harassment in academia. Discussion led by Daniela Sofia Neto
16h00-17h00 - Closing session - Talk and evaluation of the School