The First Students Workshop on Peace, Religion and Media will be held in Iran, from November 9 to 22. The deadline for applications is July 20.

The program is aimed at providing participants an opportunity to explore the complicated relationship between religion and media. Participants will take part in a short course on religion and media theories and participate in the Second International Conference on Religion and Media.

Applicants should be 22- to 30-year-old graduate students or researchers, journalists and media activists, NGO workers, peace and human rights activists and community leaders.

The workshop, hosted by the University of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), will be held in Tehran, Qom and the Caspian Sea beach. Accommodation, food and local travel will be covered, but participants will need to pay for their travel to Iran.

For more information visit: http://www.religion-media.com/workshop.htm
or contact workshop@religion-media.com.

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