
MiW brings together academics, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and media figures for a series of discussions about the role of emotion and ideas of therapy in popular culture in the UK.
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OUR NEXT EVENT: MiW Radio Seminar: Radio Recollections Wednesday July 6th 2011 6-7.30pm, UEL (University of East London) West Building WB2.01 with DAVID HENDY, BRETT KAHR, PETER LEWIS
~PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST IN OUR SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE PSYCHODYNAMIC & SOCIAL ASPECTS OF RADIO~ Please join us for our final seminar on radio this year which we hope will provoke and inspire you to think about emotional and symbolic engagement with radio in innovative ways. This will be relevant to students and scholars of media & cultural studies, psychologies, sociologies and psychoanalysis. Thank you to all of you who have attended and contributed over the year. Speakers David Hendy - Reader in Media and Communication, University of Westminster, former senior producer for BBC’s World Tonight & Analysis. Writer and presenter of 2011 series of five programmes for The Essay on Radio 3 – called ‘Rewiring the Mind’. Brett Kahr – Media psychotherapist; psychological commentator and presenter; Honorary Professor Media & the Inner World, Roehampton University, former Special Media Adviser to The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Peter Lewis - Senior Lecturer in Community Media, London Metropolitan University, former broadcaster and co-founder of The Radio Studies Network
Wednesday 6th July 2011, 6-7:30pm. University of East London (Docklands Campus) WEST BUILDING ROOM WB 2.01
PUBLIC TRANSPORT DLR Cyprus. Buses 101, 173, 262, 300, 366, 376, 474. This seminar has been produced by the Media & the Inner World AHRC Research Network ( www.miwnet.org), in collaboration with the University of East London, Roehampton University and London Metropolitan University. Jointly organised by Peter Lewis, London Metropolitan University and Hugh Ortega Breton, University of Surrey, on behalf of the Media & the Inner World Research Network. Warmest Regards, 1. Engaging Audiences: Radio Journalism and Suffering 8th Dec 2010, Roehampton University
2. Emotion and Symbolic Engagement with Radio 30th March 2011, London Metropolitan University Further details here Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture A Day Symposium
Media, Emotion & Sport
Michael Brearley Former England cricket captain; former President of the Institute of Psychoanalysis
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (tbc) (C4 presenter and broadcaster)
Helen Powell (Chair) Senior Lecturer in Media and Advertising UEL | Media Love
John Storey Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland
Carol Leader Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
John Adlam Group Therapist
Brett Kahr Hon Prof Media and the Inner World Roehampton | Media, Emotion & Social Unrest
Jeremy Gilbert Reader in Cultural Studies, UEL Writer; Activist
Suzanne Moore Columnist, The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday
Chris Scanlon Group Analyst
Michael Rustin Professor of Sociology, UEL Visiting Professor, Tavistock Clinic
| Media and the Inner World: Reflections and Future Directions
Candida Yates Senior Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies, UEL Director, MiW
Caroline Bainbridge Reader in Visual Culture, Roehampton University Director, MiW |
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| We are delighted to post initial details of a day symposium on ‘Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture’ to mark the end of the current grant period of our AHRC funded research network, Media and the Inner World. This will be held on the 5th Floor at the Tavistock Centre near Swiss Cottage tube station in London on Saturday 26th February 2011 from 10-6pm. Details of exact timings and a drinks reception will be circulated next week. We anticipate that this event will be oversubscribed and for catering purposes, we need confirmation of attendance. To book your free place, please email miwevents@googlemail.com, giving your name and occupation, which we are required to monitor by our funding body. Places are limited and will be allocated on a strictly first come, first served basis. W Please note that the limited number of places is booking up fast and will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis. Click here for Podcasts from our events!
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