Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London invites you to three events in the next week and a half: Andrew Ross, Anne Markusen and Edna Dos Santos (UNCTAD).

This is both an extension of our usual events and a precursor to the launch of the new MA/MSc Creative cities at KCL. Moreover, we have a £6K scholarship on offer. See

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/cci/ma/ccities/

NYU's Prof Andrew Ross speaking at King's College London March 3rd

Professor Andrew Ross (NYU) will give a talk titled "Modern Convenience, Ancient Wages" at 6pm in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Room K6.29, 6th Floor, King’s Building, Strand Campus).  With books like No-Collar, Fast Boat to China and Nice Work If You Can Get It, Ross has gained a reputation as one of the leading scholars on how labor has been reconfigured in our globalized, digital age. In this lecture, Ross will present some of his insightful views on the changing nature of work in the cultural and creative industries. This talk is open to the general public.

The Cities Group Annual Lecture - 7 March

Professor Ann Markusen presents the annual lecture for the Cities Group. The topic of this years talk is 'The Geography of Urban Creativity'. The lecture takes place in The Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre in the Main Building of the Strand Campus of King's College London from 6.30-8.00pm. There will be a drinks reception afterwards.

Creative Economy Report  March 11th

Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg, Chief of the Creative Economy and Industries Programme at UNCTAD will launch the latest Creative Economy Report on Friday 11 March 2011 at 5pm in the Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre (King's College London, Strand Campus). There will also be a panel discussion.

More information  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/cci/

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