Colleagues in London may be interested in this forthcoming event at London
South Bank University:

Culture and the Role of the State

Speaker: Munira Mirza, Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Industries for
the Mayor of London
Munira has a background in journalism, lecturing and policy research, and has
worked for a range of cultural and charitable organisations including the Royal
Society of Arts and Tate. She is a member of Arts Council London, MLA
London, a Council Member on the UK Committee of the European Cultural
Foundation and is a founding member of the Manifesto Club. She did her PhD at
the University of Kent on the subject of local cultural policies in the UK.  
Cultural Metropolis, her policy document setting out a vision for cultural
strategy in London, is available at:
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/culture/cultural-metropolis/

Chair/discussant: James Heartfield, University of Westminster
James is the author of Need and Desire in the Post-Material Economy (1998),
Great Expectations: the creative industries in the New Economy (2000), and
The Creativity Gap: Why Less Hype Is More Innovation In The Culture Sector
(2005).

7pm, Tuesday 24 February 2009
Events Theatre, Keyworth Building
London South Bank University, Keyworth Street  SE1

To book a place, kindly RSVP to [log in to unmask] or download the booking
form here:
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/rbdo/external/Culture09flyer&bookingform.pdf