Please join us for the launch of the History, Heritage and Archives Research Cluster in the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University (BCU). The cluster meets on a monthly basis and seeks to connect academics, archivists and librarians, community groups and heritage professionals. This event event will introduce our work and set […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Creative Industries: Collaborative PhDs in the Creative Industries 1600-1730 Wednesday 13 June C424, Curzon, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Martin Cox | Art and Cultural Impact: Exploring Alternative Models for Creative Practices, Policy and Sustainability in Contemporary Urban Space Government arts funding has provided an official policy framework for cultural intermediation, […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Creative Industries: Austerity, and the Psychosocial Consequences of Cultural Work 1600-1730 Wednesday 6 June *please note room change* C424, Curzon, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Jack Newsinger (Nottingham) and David Lee (Leeds) | Austerity, and the Psychosocial Consequences of Cultural Work Austerity, understood as a profoundly negative economic […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Pop Music: Heavy metal cultural translation 1600-1730 Wednesday 30 May *please note room change* C424, Curzon, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Prof. Karl Spracklen (Leeds Beckett University)- Throat-singing as extreme Other: an exploration of Mongolian and Central Asian style in extreme metal Throat-singing is a form of singing practiced in […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Popular Music: What is Research-Led Teaching in Popular Music Studies? 1600-1730 Wednesday 23 May C424, Curzon, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link An abiding issue addressed by many academics concerns the purpose of their teaching, learning and research. This is not to question the intrinsic value of knowledge and its pursuit […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Popular Music – Songwriting 1600-1730 Wednesday 16 May 2018 P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Brazillian resistance as cultural translation Professor David Treece, King’s College London In the context of Brazil’s post-2016 crisis, the presentation examines how a songwriting repertoire from the 1960s and 70s might still convey ideas of resistance […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Popular Music – Vox Pop 4: Short Takes on Popular Music 1600-1730 Wednesday 9 May 2018 P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link manifesto | manɪˈfɛstəʊ | noun (plural manifestos) a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate. These manifestos present ideas […]
Popular Music Works in Progress 1600-1730 Wednesday 2 May 2018 P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University Wednesday, 2 May 2018 from 16:00 to 17:30 (BST) Sarah Raine and Professor Tim Wall | 'Hidden Histories’: An invitation for collaboration In this session, we will be introducing an idea for a research project that brings together a lot of work that […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Screen Cultures – Special session on Afrofuturism 1600-1730 Wednesday 25 April P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Juice Aleem - What is Afrofuturism? Juice will be going through the roots of Afrofuturism in regard to what it is and what it can be. Showcasing where we might see it in common […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Screen Cultures – Current Work in Screen Cultures 1600-1730 Wednesday 11 April P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University In this session, speakers will share research initially presented at the Society for Film and Media Studies conference held in March 2018, in Toronto. Speakers will also report back on roundtables attended during the […]