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Following on from highly successful and internationally renowned symposia on David Bowie, Morrissey and The Smiths, University of Limerick wll host RIOT GRRRL: A Day Symposium on Women and Rock Music. It will take place at University of Limerick, Ireland on April 16th. Organised by the Department of Sociology, the free event, which is open to the public, will explore the significant contribution that women have made to rock music. There will be a public interview and an unplugged performance with the San Antonio band Girl In A Coma. The band have toured with Morrissey and The Pogues as well as many other performers. They are signed to Joan Jett's Blackheart Records Label in New York. RIOT GRRRL will feature papers by a number of noted experts including Dr. Helen Reddington (University of East London) and Dr Julia Downes(Durham University), panel discussions, a documentary screening of Kerri Koch's documentary 'Don't Need You' (Urban Cowgirl Productions) and a public interview with Girl In A Coma by Eoin Devereux. Further details from [log in to unmask] Free Tickets for the day event may be booked from Eventbrite.ie For further details see RIOT GRRRL Limerick on Facebook Organisers: Eoin Devereux, Martin Power and Aileen Dillane -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------