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The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London
and the University of Notre Dame London Centre
invite you to:
'Losing the War of Academic Independence:
Tales from the Trenches on Both Sides of the Atlantic'
a public lecture with David Gunkel and Paul A Taylor, authors of the recent
Times Higher Education Supplement article 'Winning the War of Independence'
on differences between higher education in the US and UK.
Friday 23rd October, 5.30-7.30pm
at
University of Notre Dame London Centre
1 Suffolk Street
London SW1Y 4HG
The lecture will be introduced by Ann Mroz and Greg Kucich and chaired by
Mica Nava.
Refreshments will be served.
David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of
Communication at Northern Illinois University. He is author of Hacking
Cyberspace (2001) and Thinking Otherwise: Philosophy, Communication,
Technology (2007).
Paul A. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Communications Studies
at the University of Leeds and has been a visiting scholar in the US. He is a
regular contributor to Radio 4 and author of Hackers: Crime in the Digital
Sublime (1999) and the forthcoming Zizek and the Media.
Ann Mroz is editor of Times Higher Education.
Greg Kucich is director of the London Program, University of Notre Dame in
England.
Mica Nava is co-director of the Centre for Cultural Studies Research,
University of East London, and author of Visceral Cosmopolitanism (2007).
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