Cultural and Media Policy Studies News and Events

The Institute of Advanced Studies is sponsoring a Visiting Fellowship for the Global Research Prtiority in International Development. Organised by Jonathan Vickery, this means a week of 7 events, exploring the GRP-ID Annual theme 'Creative Economies and Cultural Activism'.

Mike van Graan is a playwright, cultural activist, executive director and UNESCO technical advisor. He is a central figure in South Africa’s cultural sector as much as the African continent’s nascent creative economy. As a playwright he is nationally renowned; he set up one of the nation’s most prestigious cultural consultancies; he is the pioneer behind the now world-famous pan-African arts and policy organisation, The Arterial Network (AN), and is now Executive Director of the African Arts Institute (AFAI). Both the organisations are in Cape Town, and both have played a significant role in empowering black cultural agency in the post-Apartheid era. Both organisations are explicit in their commitment to the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, but are also pragmatic in working for economic development.

SEE the week's itinerary: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/internationaldevelopment/

SEE Culture Matters BLOG: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/cp/blog/

CCPS in colloboration with a range of departments (Theatre Studies, Film&TV, Hispanic Studies, WISC, CIM, WBS and the Connecting Cultures GRP) is delighted to be welcoming two visiting scholars from Brazil as part of the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) Visiting Fellows Scheme. These international visiting fellows will be joining us for a three week visit from the 18th May-8th June 2015. For the first of those weeks we will welcome Dr Carlos Falci (University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte), in the middle week he will be joined by Prof Gilson Schwartz (University of Sao Paulo) and in the final week Prof Schwartz will be with us. For a schedule of activities please click here.

Students from the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies have a digital place to call their own in the form of a new student blog written by students for students. Catch up with their reflections, reports on life and study, loves and hates and where their Warwick journey is taking them here

http://studentblogs.warwick.ac.uk/ccps/