[ecrea] Media, Culture and Racism: Registration now open

Media, Culture and Racism:
An interdisciplinary symposium sponsored by Centre for Media and Culture 
Research

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

This event is free and open to all, but places are limited. Please 
register at http://sl-symposium2013.eventbrite.co.uk

This symposium seeks to bring together academics, journalists, arts 
practitioners, teachers, and policymakers to explore the enduring legacy 
of the Stephen Lawrence case, and to promote interdisciplinary dialogue 
about its impact, 20 years on; at a time when racism is bubbling up in 
areas of British life, from politics to music to football, the issues 
raised by the case, and its wider resonance in public and cultural life, 
need to be revisited.

Invited speakers include:

• Professor Les Back (Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths University of 
London)
• Professor Simon Cottle (Media and Communication, Cardiff School of 
Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies)
• Rehana Minhas (Equality in Education, led the development of the 
Stephen Lawrence Standard in schools and colleges in Leeds)

Film screenings and the display of artworks will be programmed as an 
integral part of the event.

Call for papers, performative presentations, films and artworks

We are still accepting proposals until Friday 8 March for papers, 
workshops, performances (including the spoken word), films, artworks and 
other innovative formats, on themes including but not limited to:

• Institutional racism and multiculturalism
• Media representations, journalism and public debate
• Policing, race relations and the law
• Educational intersections, inequality and diversity
• Collective memory, sites of memory and memorialisation
• Artistic and cultural expressions, interventions and responses

Your proposal should be no more that 250 words, and accompanied by a 
100-word biography and your contact information. For artworks and films 
please provide a brief description of the work (including form/format, 
dimensions, duration, etc.), and only send links to images, sound and 
video. Please send your proposals to Tahera Aziz [(azizta /at/ lsbu.ac.uk)], 
putting ‘Stephen Lawrence Symposium’ in the subject line.



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