John Corner
Professor of Communication Studies, Leeds University,
Managing Editor of Media, Culture & Society
6.30 – 8.00 pm (note slightly later start than usual)
27th January, 2010
The Boardroom, Old Broadcasting House
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds Metropolitan University
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Tony Bunyan essay
For those who were at Tony Bunyan's Taking Soundings talk on Surveillance culture the EU (or indeed, for those who missed it), here is a link to Tony's essay on the EU's response to the 'War on Terror' http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/oct/ecln/essay-11.pdf
It makes for an illuminating, if unsettling read, from one of the most well-informed observers of the State and Civil Liberties in Europe.
More on this and related topics can be found at http://www.statewatch.org/
It makes for an illuminating, if unsettling read, from one of the most well-informed observers of the State and Civil Liberties in Europe.
More on this and related topics can be found at http://www.statewatch.org/
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Climate & Violence Workshop
Securing the State: Securing the Corporate Nexus
The Coming Militarization of Climate Change
27 November 2009 9:30am-5:00pm
The Rosebowl 408
Leeds Metropolitan University
£10 (waged), £6 (unwaged)
The climate crisis deepens...
As part of the Climate and Violence series, this workshop will explore military and corporate responses to climate change and mass migration, and brings together key researchers on new military crowd control, surveillance and space technologies.
The world is holding its breath for a successful outcome to the International Panel of Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen December 2010. The meeting will bring together the world’s leading scientific experts in climate change, and its consequences.
The Copenhagen conference is rich in the number of technical issues covered including migration. However, what is less explored is how states will respond if told they could be facing over a billion people being forced to migrate if the world’s temperature rises by more than three degrees.
This workshop will, therefore, examine how the current revolution in military affairs has financed a new generation of weapons and control technologies in the "war against terror," and how these will become rapidly reoriented toward area denial and for border exclusion purposes.
How to book your place
To book your place for this workshop please visit the Leeds Met online Store
Speakers include experts on sub-lethal and paralysing weapons, new techniques of urban control and destruction, and the development of militarized robotics. Also discussed will be state responses to human security as the climate crisis deepens, and how these could go beyond the limits of international and humanitarian law.
The Coming Militarization of Climate Change
27 November 2009 9:30am-5:00pm
The Rosebowl 408
Leeds Metropolitan University
£10 (waged), £6 (unwaged)
The climate crisis deepens...
As part of the Climate and Violence series, this workshop will explore military and corporate responses to climate change and mass migration, and brings together key researchers on new military crowd control, surveillance and space technologies.
The world is holding its breath for a successful outcome to the International Panel of Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen December 2010. The meeting will bring together the world’s leading scientific experts in climate change, and its consequences.
The Copenhagen conference is rich in the number of technical issues covered including migration. However, what is less explored is how states will respond if told they could be facing over a billion people being forced to migrate if the world’s temperature rises by more than three degrees.
This workshop will, therefore, examine how the current revolution in military affairs has financed a new generation of weapons and control technologies in the "war against terror," and how these will become rapidly reoriented toward area denial and for border exclusion purposes.
How to book your place
To book your place for this workshop please visit the Leeds Met online Store
Speakers include experts on sub-lethal and paralysing weapons, new techniques of urban control and destruction, and the development of militarized robotics. Also discussed will be state responses to human security as the climate crisis deepens, and how these could go beyond the limits of international and humanitarian law.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
The Climate Crunch: Postcapitalism or Green New deal?
Emma Dowling (Writer, Researcher, Global Activist)
6.00 – 8.00 pm
25th November
Room 103, Humanities Building - Broadcaasting Place (rust-coloured exterior)
NEXT to our usual venue Old Broadcasting House
Leeds Metropolitan University
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
6.00 – 8.00 pm
25th November
Room 103, Humanities Building - Broadcaasting Place (rust-coloured exterior)
NEXT to our usual venue Old Broadcasting House
Leeds Metropolitan University
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
Climate Change Talk - Video
Here is a video from our talk on Climate Change from a few months ago:
29th April 2009 Chair - Roger Tyers
Speakers - Dr. Simon Lewis (The Royal Society, University of Leeds )
Dr. Paul Chatterton (University of Leeds)
Paddy Gillett (Plane Stupid)
29th April 2009 Chair - Roger Tyers
Speakers - Dr. Simon Lewis (The Royal Society, University of Leeds )
Dr. Paul Chatterton (University of Leeds)
Paddy Gillett (Plane Stupid)
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Money And Power - Book Launch
Wednesday, 28th October
6-8 pm
Old Broadcasting House,
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Sarah Bracking explores the role of governments and development finance institutions in managing the markets in which the poorest countries operate. These institutions - the 'Great Predators' - are trapping the populations of the south in a permanent cycle of austerity. Bracking shows how pseudo-public 'development' institutions retain complete economic control over Southern markets, yet the international system is itself unregulated. Operating in the interests of North America and the European Union, they have a political purpose, and yet serve to cloud the brute power relations between states.This book will be of interest to anyone studying debt and development, global financial institutions, and the way the world economy is regulated and governed.
For further information contact Barry Winter: b.winter@leedsmet.ac.uk
6-8 pm
Old Broadcasting House,
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Sarah Bracking explores the role of governments and development finance institutions in managing the markets in which the poorest countries operate. These institutions - the 'Great Predators' - are trapping the populations of the south in a permanent cycle of austerity. Bracking shows how pseudo-public 'development' institutions retain complete economic control over Southern markets, yet the international system is itself unregulated. Operating in the interests of North America and the European Union, they have a political purpose, and yet serve to cloud the brute power relations between states.This book will be of interest to anyone studying debt and development, global financial institutions, and the way the world economy is regulated and governed.
For further information contact Barry Winter: b.winter@leedsmet.ac.uk
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Richard Hoggart conference in Leeds
Richard Hoggart: Culture & Critique Conference
An international conference hosted by:
The School of Cultural Studies and The Institute of Northern StudiesLeeds Metropolitan University10-11 July 2009
Keynote speakers include Peter Bailey, Ros Brunt, Sue Owen, Jim McGuighan, Mac Daly, Jeremy Seabrook, John Corner, Sean Matthews, among others.
Conference Papers will be discussed on aspects of the work or influence of Richard Hoggart on the following themes:
. Cultural Studies: Then & Now. Uses of Literature. Cultural & Social History . Adult Education . Media, Culture & Society. Cultural Policy. Gender, Sexuality & Race
Papers will be organized into panel sessions of 90 minutes, each comprising three 20-minute papers and time for discussion.
An international conference hosted by:
The School of Cultural Studies and The Institute of Northern StudiesLeeds Metropolitan University10-11 July 2009
Keynote speakers include Peter Bailey, Ros Brunt, Sue Owen, Jim McGuighan, Mac Daly, Jeremy Seabrook, John Corner, Sean Matthews, among others.
Conference Papers will be discussed on aspects of the work or influence of Richard Hoggart on the following themes:
. Cultural Studies: Then & Now. Uses of Literature. Cultural & Social History . Adult Education . Media, Culture & Society. Cultural Policy. Gender, Sexuality & Race
Papers will be organized into panel sessions of 90 minutes, each comprising three 20-minute papers and time for discussion.
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