Date: 14th May 2014
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Venue: Room US.G.17, Ground Floor, University of East London, University Square Stratford<http://www.universitysquarestratford.ac.uk/>, 1 Salway Road, London, E15 1NN
Web page: http://culturalstudiesresearch.org/?p=1437
As previously announced, the CCSR annual lecture for 2014 will be given by the award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, who came to the attention of the world in June 2013 as one of the journalists responsible for the publication of documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The lecture will now take the form of a specially commissioned videocast recorded a few days before the event. Glenn will be talking about his new book No Place to Hide which will be published globally on May 13th, and responding to questions posed by members of CCSR about government surveillance, the law and investigative journalism.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with distinguished academics Christian Fuchs, Anthony Barnett and Jonathan Hardy, chaired by CCSR co-director Debra Benita Shaw.
Anthony Barnett has been one of the UK’s most important political commentators and activists for many years, founding both Charter 88 and open Democracy<http://www.opendemocracy.net/>. His publications include This Time: Our Constitutional Revolution (Vintage 1997).
Christian Fuchs is Professor of Social Media at the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute and the Centre for Social Media Resarch. He is editor of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (http://www.triple-c.at) and chair of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research. His most recent publications are Social Media: A Critical Introduction (2014), Digital Labour and Karl Marx (2014) and OccupyMedia! The Occupy Movement and Social Media in Crisis Capitalism (2014)
Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and a member of CCSR. He is a regular contributor to the journal Free Press and writes policy papers and submissions on UK and European media policy issues. He is also Secretary and Member of the National Council of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom www.cpbf.org.uk<http://www.cpbf.org.uk>
Debra Benita Shaw is a critical posthumanist interested in urban culture and the politics of information systems. Her third book Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space will be published by Rowman & Littlefield International in 2016. She blogs at posthumanremains.wordpress.com.
Please join us for what promises to be an exciting and provocative event. We will be serving wine in the foyer at 8.30. The event is FREE to attend but places are going fast so we would urge you to sign up via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ccsr-annual-lecture-2014-glenn-greenwald-tickets-10721421059 or use the link on the web page above.
Dr Debra Benita Shaw
Reader in Cultural Theory/Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Cultural Studies
School of Arts & Digital Industries,
University of East London
Docklands Campus
1-4 University Way
LONDON E16 2RD
culturalstudiesresearch.org
posthumanremains.wordpress.com
@CCSRuel
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