Thanks Paul, I was wondering why my professional career was meaningless -
and now thanks to you I realise that I've been too busy spilling port on my
tweed jacket whilst planning weekend jaunts fox hunting.
Does your day have a session on 'Stereotypes and Divisiveness' ?
Andy Medhurst
deep in the ivy-clad quads of Sussex University
--On 06 March 2006 16:30 +0000 Paul Cobley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Has British media studies been stagnating in recent years?
> Has it lost its cutting edge?
> Is this a result of its incorporation into the old universities?
> Has the RAE had an effect on the matter?
> What was the role of the polys (later, the new universities) in
> maintaining the cutting edge of communication, media and cultural studies
> from the late seventies to the early nineties?
> Can the new universities regain ground that they might have lost in this
> subject area?
> Why might media studies in the new universities be particularly relevant
> for a diverse student body?
> Do these institutions offer greater representation, access and a relation
> of media theory to everyday life?
> What does the future hold for communication, media and cultural studies in
> this sector?
>
> These questions and more will be considered at
>
> ?Media studies, the new universities and the cutting edge?
>
> The 4th ?Nonverbal arts; verbal discourses? one-day conference
>
> featuring
>
> John Beynon (Glamorgan)
> Ros Brunt (Sheffield Hallam)
> Dorothy Hobson (Wolverhampton)
> Wendy Wheeler (London Metropolitan)
>
> 17 May 2006
>
> at
>
> London Metropolitan University
>
> Attendance price: £25 (£20 students and unemployed)
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Paul Cobley
> Reader in Communications
> London Metropolitan University
> 31 Jewry Street
> LONDON EC3N 2EY
> UK
>
> Email: <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Tel. ++44 (0)207 320 3086
Andy Medhurst
Media and Cultural Studies
University of Sussex
01273-877787
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