Media, Arts & a Just Society
Media, Arts & a Just Society (MAJS) was developed through a collaboration across LMU’s Bellarmine College of the Liberal Arts, the School of Film and Television, and the College of Communication and Fine Arts. MAJS brings students and faculty from all storytelling disciplines together to create collaboratively.
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Media, Arts, & a Just Society Summer 2025 Fellowship Awarded to Six LMU Faculty Members Across Multiple Colleges
Media, Arts, & a Just Society has awarded six summer fellowships across three colleges. Supporting varied subjects such as the rise of Latin music, the detection of misinformation in social networks, and a podcast dedicated to LMU Greek Cinema Week, the MAJS Summer Fellowship secures LMU as a leader in the discourse on ethical media.
E2024 Connects Gen Z to Electoral Politics
“E2024 – short for the 2024 election – will follow candidates and issues through January 2025,” said Carol Costello. “We want them to gain an understanding of politics as ‘not so usual,’ to speak to their generation by covering the election from their perspective.”
Doreen St. Félix of The New Yorker Engages LMU Students on the Role of the Critic
It was standing room only as students, faculty, and staff crowded into the McIntosh Center to hear Doreen St. Félix, the award-winning critic, culture writer, and staff writer for The New Yorker. Her lecture, titled “Track Changes: The Authority of the Critic in Authoritarian Times,” was presented by LMU’s Media, Arts & a Just Society (MAJS).
2024 MAJS Summer Fellowships Recipients
MAJS Summer Fellowships support interdisciplinary course development, research, or creative projects that address any issue or topic surrounding media industries, texts, contexts, and ethical challenges.