Dr. Merfat Alardawi

Supervisor of Communication Department

Assistant Professor of Drama and Film Studies

Visual and Audio Production Department

Faculty of Communication and Media

E-mail: malaradawe@kau.edu.sa

Conferences & Seminars Participation

• Presented and organized the third Student Seminar on Film Criticism, titled "Film Criticism: Tools and Techniques of Analysis", Visual and Audio Production Department, Faculty of Communication and Media, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 15 April 2025.
• Attended a workshop of "Television Drama: Between Creativity and Influence", Majallat Al-Ghurfah 19, San Diego, California, USA, 7 April 2025.
• Participation in a workshop of cinematic films, and practical applications, in addition to judging the shows participating in the activities of the Compass program (Bosala) organized by the Red Sea and the West of Saudi Arabia History Centre, with the participation of an elite group of academics, researchers and interested parties, King Abdulaziz Foundation (Darah), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21-25 July 2024.
• Attended the Postgraduate Student Forum Events, which was held by the Seminars and Conferences Unit at the College of Arts and Humanities, King Faisal Conference Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 19-20 May 2024.
• Participation in the 2^nd Illuminations Research Meeting on the occasion of World Radio Day and presented a paper entitled "Podcasts, Saudis podcasters and digital marketing", College of Communication and Media, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 13 February 2024.
• Presented and organized the initiative to hold a festival entitled "We dream through their eyes: The first students' film festival of Visual and Audio Production Department", King Faisal Conference Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 14 November 2023.
• Attended a workshop on strengthening cooperation mechanisms between the Film Commission (Ministry of Culture) and Saudi universities entitled "The role of Saudi universities in developing talents in the film sector", Crowne Plaza Hotel - Digital City, Riyadh, 27 September 2023.
• Presented a workshop for students of dramatic and documentary production entitled "Foreign drama and documentary", Visual and Audio Production Department, Faculty of Communication and Media, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1 February 2023.
• Presented a workshop entitled "A critical vision with Saudi eyes about culture of films hybridization", Visual and Audio Production Department, Faculty of Communication and Media, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 29 January 2023.
• Presented a workshop on the major foundations for establishing a critical opinion of any cinematic work entitled "How to criticize a cinematic film", Jeddah Book Fair 2022, Jeddah, 12 December 2022.
• Attended the internal audit workshop on the quality management system according to a specification of 9001:2015 ISO, Deanship of Quality and Academic Accreditation, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2022.
• Participation in the 12^th Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH2021) and presented a paper entitled "Turkish dramas and Saudi female perceptions of socio-cultural values", Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 24-26 May 2021.
• Attended the 11^th Asian Conference entitled "Media, Communication and Film (Media Asia 2020)", IAFOR Research Centre, Kyoto, Japan, 11-14 November 2020.
• Attended a workshop of "Creating a Research Video - Introduction to Digital Storytelling", Dublin City University, Ireland, 2020.
• Attended a workshop of "Research methods theory: Realist evaluation methods", Postgraduates Studies Research Service Unit, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2020.
• Attended a doctoral qualification program for "The Joint Supervision Program", University Education Development Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2017.
• Participation in the 1^st conference on new media: reality and challenges, with a paper entitled "The social and psychological effects of internet addiction", Faculty of Communication and Media, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2015.
• Participation in the 3^rd communication seminar and presented a paper entitled "New media studies: an analytic and theoretical survey (2010-2014)", Communication Skills Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2015.
• Presented a workshop on the mechanism of electronic tests to faculty members' staff, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2011.
• Attended a workshop on curriculum and training portfolio for the female students bisected, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2011.
• Attended a workshop on the Academic Ccreditation, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 2011.