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STUART HOOD COMMEMORATION Two events will take place later this year to mark the centenary of the birth of Stuart Hood, an important figure in twentieth century broadcasting, academic life and literature. The Edinburgh one on Friday 4 September, will take the form of a day-conference with talks/ discussion on Hood's novels, his role in broadcasting, his wartime involvement behind enemy lines in Italy and his political significance. The event is sponsored by the Saltire Society, the Association of Scottish Literary Studies and the National Library of Scotland, with the support of the Tannahill Fund - and will take place in the NLS, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. The principal speaker will be the distinguished television drama producer Tony Garnett. Full details can be found at http://bit.ly/stuarthood. Further information can be obtained from the ASLS office - [log in to unmask] Information about the London event (at the Open University premises in London on Saturday 28 November) will be circulated later in the year. Sincerely, David Hutchison Honorary Professor in Media Policy Glasgow Caledonian University .................... -------------------------------------------------------- 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. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------