Homa Hoodfar. Game Studies fellowship.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 11, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- News outlets around the world pick up a report that Homa Hoodfar has been indicted in Iran on as-yet-unknown charges, after Iranian sources were previously quoted saying Hoodfar was investigated in relation with feminist and security-related activities: Reuters, Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, CTVNews.ca, LaPresse Montreal Gazette, CBC.ca, GlobalNews.ca, CJAD.com, Metro News, The Toronto Star, EuroNews, Zee News India, Times Free Press, Radio Free Europe, Swiss Info, Lancaster Online. A Canadian Press story on the indictment is picked up by dozens of other news outlets, including The Interior News, Caledonia courier, Aldergrove Star, Kelowna Capital News and Houston Today; Le Monde reports that Homa Hoodfar's family still had not been able to communicate with her since the arrest, which is also mentioned also in a piece in the Edmonton Sun about a call from journalist Mohammed Fahmy for Canadian legislation setting out the government's responsibility to act in cases of imprisonment of Canadians abroad; The Spanish-language service of Radio Canada International reruns an interview with Hoodfar's niece Amanda Ghahremani, originally broadcast on June 30.
- Hastac posts an invitation for applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in game studies and design at Concordia.
