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Reminder: 'Cultural diversity and the creative industries' Dec 13th. Please email Lee Mager to reserve a place. [log in to unmask] Room O.10, ground floor, Queen's Building, De Montfort University, Leicester, Mill Lane, Leicester LE1 10.30-11.00 Registration and coffee/tea 11.00-11.15 Welcome and introduction by Franco Bianchini and Tony Graves, De Montfort University, Leicester 11.15-11.40 'Rethinking urban cultural policies from an intercultural perspective' (Franco Bianchini, Director, International Cultural Planning and Policy Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, and co-author - with Jude Bloomfield - of Planning for the Intercultural City, Comedia, November 2004) 11.40-11.55 Discussion 11.55-12.20 'Cultural diversity and the Arts Council of England's New Audiences programme: a constructivist approach to evaluation' (Tony Graves, School of Media and Cultural Production, De Montfort University, Leicester) 12.20-12.35 Discussion 12.35-12.50 Break 12.50-13.15 'The Peepul Centre: a new intercultural initiative in Leicester' (Pawlet Warner, Peepul Centre, Leicester) 13.15-13.30 Discussion 13.30-14.30 Lunch 14.30-14.55 'Intercultural creativity in the performing arts in Europe: findings from Crossing the Rainbow, a report for the Informal European Theatre Meeting' (Jude Bloomfield, freelance writer and researcher and Associate, International Cultural Planning and Policy Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester) 14.55-15.10 Discussion 15.10-15.35 'Bringing "Bollywood" to the UK's East Midlands: reflections on localised strategies of engagement between regional cultural economies and transnational cultural industries" (Jaideep Mukherjee, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester) 15.35-15.50 Discussion 15.50-16.10 Break 16.10-17.00 Final discussion and close 17.15-18.15 Visit to the Leicester Creative Business Depot and to the Leicester Cultural Quarter site, Rutland Street, Leicester LE1, guided by Mike Candler, Project Director, Leicester Cultural Quarter Please email Lee Mager to reserve a place. [log in to unmask] more details at http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/geographyAndEnvironment/research/AP_CulturalIndustrySeminar.htm