Decom hosts National Media History Meeting

   The Department of Communication (Decom) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) is holding the XII National Meeting of Media History promoted by the Brazilian Association of Media History Researchers (ALCAR), from June 19th to 21st, with the theme Media and Extracts of Time: memory, present and future. The main objective of the meeting is to bring together research that interconnects the fields of History and Communication and that seeks to fill gaps in the historiography of the field across the country.
   For three days, themes concerning communication and media practices and their relations with the construction of memory and history of the field and with the deontological processes that mark each of the areas involved will be debated. The intention of the carrying out institutions is to provide a conducive environment for the exchange of knowledge, as well as strengthening research on the history of communication in all its nuances.
   For more information about the event, visit the link.
   http://www.cchla.ufrn.br/alcar2019/inscricoes.html

Agora signs up for Portuguese Courses for Foreigners

   The Ágora Institute enrolls, until March 14th, Thursday, foreign students and teachers for the Portuguese for Foreigners courses of the Languages ​​without Borders Program (IsF). The course is entirely free and classes start on March 25th.    Foreign students and teachers linked to the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) can request…

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Georisk Research Group holds 1st Internal Seminar

Image: Mariana Silva Last Friday, May 26th, the new members of the Georisk Research Group met to present and discuss individual projects. The purpose of this seminar, according to coordinator Lutiane Almeida, is to share ideas and knowledge that can strengthen research efforts around themes involving risks, vulnerabilities and exposure to disasters. On the occasion,…

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UFRN starts academic period 2020.1

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) begins the 2020.1 academic period this Monday, 17th. The institution's student body is made up of more than 40 thousand students, distributed in 112 undergraduate and 134 postgraduate courses between the campuses of Natal, Macaíba, Santa Cruz, Currais Novos and Caicó. More than 4 thousand new…

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