Professor Jim McGuigan
biography : publications : workshops & talks : links
Conference Contributions (including guest lectures and research seminars)
2010
Nov ‘Cool Capitalism at Work’,
Coolness – Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference,
Languages of Emotion,
Freie Universitat, Berlin
-keynote
June ‘Creative Labour, Cultural Work and Individualisation’,
Future of Cultural Work conference,
Open University/King’s College, University of London
- paper
‘From Cultural Populism to Cool Capitalism’,
Symposium on Populism,
University of Jyvaskyla,
Finland
- keynote
March ‘Cultural Analysis’,
Public Sociology Research Group,
Department of Social Sciences,
Loughborough University
- research seminar
2009
Dec ‘Cool Capitalism, Creativity and Individualisation’,
Behaviour Guides and Law conference,
IFK Internationales Forchungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften,
Vienna
- keynote
Nov ‘The Cool Capitalism Thesis’,
Warwick Arts Centre,
University of Warwick
- public lecture
Oct ‘The Cool Capitalism Thesis’,
Department of Sociological Studies,
University of Sheffield
- research seminar
July ‘The “Good of its Kind” Argument’,
Richard Hoggart – Culture and Critique Conference,
Leeds Metropolitan University
- keynote
May ‘The Creative Class Thesis and Cultural Policy’,
The State and Cultural Policy conference,
Agora/Israeli Lottery,
Jersusalem Theatre,
Jersusalem
- keynote
‘The Creative Class Thesis and Cultural Policy’ Symposium on Cultural Policy and Ethics,
Business School,
University of South Australia,
Adelaide, - keynote
Mar
‘Cultural Public Sphere – Critical Measure of Public Culture’, Public Culture and Festivals symposium, Euro-Festival Consortium,ICCR, MUMOK, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria - research paper
Feb
‘On “Cool”’,Cultural Analysis and Media Research Group, Department of Social Sciences,
Loughborough University, - research seminar
2008
Dec
‘On “Cool”’, Media Research Seminar, London Metropolitan University, - guest speaker
Nov ‘‘The Cultural Public Sphere- A Critical Measure of Public Culture?’,
A Politicized Art Symposium,
School of Art and Design,
Loughborough University
- keynote
Sept
‘On “Cool”’, New Directions in Popular Culture – Locating Popular Cultures conference, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Leeds - keynote
Aug
‘”Doing a Florida Thing” – The Creative Class Thesis and Cultural Policy’, - paper.
‘New Directions in Cultural Policy Research’, - plenary panel
5th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research,
Yeditipe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2007
July
‘Mobile Privatisation’,
Media, Communication, Information Conference,
International Association for Media & Communication Research,
UNESCO, Paris.
Mar
‘Beyond Cultural Policy’,
Privatising Culture symposium,
Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow,
Variant magazine
- invited paper.
2006
Dec
‘The New Spirit of Capitalism’,
Cultural Analysis and Media Research Group,
Department of Social Sciences,
Loughborough University
- research seminar presentation.
Nov
‘Cultural Planning’,
Local Authority Arts conference,
Centre for Contemporary Arts and Glasgow City Halls, Glasgow,
Scottish Arts Council
- panel discussant.
May
‘Neo-Liberalism, Urban Regeneration and Cultural Policy’,
Trade Liberalization and Identity Politics – Testing the Limits of the State conference,
University of Windsor,
Ontario, Canada
- keynote.‘The Cultural Public Sphere’,
Department of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Cambridge
- invited research seminar.
April
‘Richard Hoggart and the Way We Live Now’,
The Uses of Richard Hoggart – An International, Interdisciplinary
Conference on Richard Hoggart’s Work and Influence,
University of Sheffield
- invited paper.
2005
Nov
‘Neo-Liberalism, Culture and Policy’,
Media and Politics Group, Political Studies Association,
University of East Anglia
- invited paper.
Nov
‘Neo-Liberalism, Culture and Policy’,
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark
- guest lecture.
LECTURE TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
March 'Towards a Sociology of the Mobile Phone'.
Media and Communications Programme,
Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.
'The Cultural Public Sphere',
Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University, Melbourne.
'The Cultural Public Sphere',
Media and Communications Programme,
Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.
'The Cultural Public Sphere',
Centre for Ideas,
The Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne.
'A Community of Communities',
'Cultural Studies and Cool Capitalism',
School of Creative Communication, University of Canberra.
'Cities and Culture-Led Regeneration',
School of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong.
'The Cultural Public Sphere',
School of Theatre, Film and Dance, University of New South Wales,
Sydney.
'Cultural Studies and Cool Capitalism',
School of Communication, Design and Media, University of Western Sydney.
'Cities and Culture-Led Regeneration',
School of Social Sciences, University of Newcastle.
'Towards a Sociology of the Mobile Phone',
Business Hub, Wellington.
'Cities and Culture-Led Regeneration',
Wellington Institute of Technology & Wellington City Council.
'The Cultural Public Sphere',
'Towards a Sociology of the Mobile Phone',
School of Political Science and Communication, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
2004
Nov 'Cities and Culture-Led Regeneration',
Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies Special Research Lecture & Liverpool 800 Local and Urban History Research Seminar,
University of Liverpool
- guest lecture.
Sept ‘Neo-Liberalism, Culture and Policy’,
Kulture, Offentligheit og Demokrati,
University of Bergen,
Norway
- keynote.
‘Why Cultural Studies?’
University of Bergen,
Norway
- guest lecture.
July ‘Neo-Liberalism, Culture and Policy’
Communication and Democracy conference (Political Economy section)
- International Association for Media & Communication Research,
Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
‘The Mobile Phone and Popular Culture’
Communication and Democracy conference (Popular Culture working group)
- International Association for Media & Communication Research,
Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
June ‘The Cultural Public Sphere’
Symposium Publicum
- Art Republic project,
University of Luneburg,
Germany
- guest lecture.
May ‘The Cultural Public Sphere’,
Loughborough University
- inaugural lecture.
‘Cities and Culture-Led Regeneration’,
[City in (Culture] in City)
- 9th International Cultural Studies symposium,
Ege University Faculty of Letters, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
- keynote.
Jan ‘Neo-Liberalism and Cultural Policy’,
New Public Management and the Rhetoric of Culture research seminar,
University of Warwick Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
- keynote.
2003
Nov ‘Towards a Sociology of the Mobile Phone’,
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Technological Development symposium,
University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- keynote.
March ‘Rhetorics of Culture and Knowledge’,
Culture in Knowledge Society workshop,
Swedish Institute for Studies of Education and Research (SISTER),
Stockholm, Sweden
- keynote.
2002
July 'Public Culture and Corporate Sponsorship',
Intercultural Communication conference
- International Association for Media and Communication Research,
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
- paper.
March 'The Millennium Dome: Sponsoring, Meaning and Visiting',
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick
- guest lecture.
Jan 'The Millennium Dome: Sponsoring, Meaning and Visiting',
Cultural Sites, Cultural Theory, Cultural Policy
- 2nd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research,
Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
- plenary session.
2001
Nov 'Cultural Analysis and the Millennium Dome',
Department of Social Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- guest lecture.
May 'The Social Construction of a Cultural Disaster:
New Labour's Millennium Experience' (4th version),
School of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University
- guest lecture/research seminar.
April 'The Public Sphere: Recent Developments',
Department of Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
- research seminar.
April 'The Social Construction of a Cultural Disaster:
New Labour's Millennium Experience' (3rd version),
Department of Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
- guest lecture.
Jan 'The Social Construction of a Cultural Disaster:
New Labour's Millennium Experience' (2nd version),
UK Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group,
Loughborough University
- research seminar.
2000
Dec 'Issues in Cultural Analysis and Policy Orientation',
Power, Aesthetics, Media conference, Cultural Disorder project,
University of Bergen, Norway
- keynote.
Nov 'The Social Construction of a Cultural Disaster:
New Labour's Millennium Experience' (1st version),
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick
- guest lecture.
Aug 'Problems of Cultual Analysis and Policy in the Information Age',
Cultural Policies - New Technologies, Arts and Politics Summer school,
University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- keynote.
June 'The "Disastrous" Dome: Damned and Doomed',
3rd International Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference,
University of Birmingham
- paper.
June 'Culture and Security',
3rd International Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference,
University of Birmingham
- discussant paper.
May 'Making Sense of the Millennium Dome',
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sheffield
- research seminar.
March 'Turning the Dome Around',
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick
- guest lecture.
1999
Nov 'The New Labour Millennium Experience@co.uk' (2nd version),
1st International Conference on Cultural Policy Research,
University of Bergen, Norway
- paper.
July 'The New Labour Millennium Experience@co.uk' (1st version),
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, A Conference in Pursuit of the English,
European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, UK
- paper.
April 'New Labour, Cultural Policy Proper and as Display',
Nordic Tribunal on Cultural Policy 1999,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- keynote.
1998
Nov 'British Identity and "the People's Princess"',
2nd English Culture conference - Culture, Education, Identity,
University of Lisbon, Portugal
- keynote.
March 'Cultural Populism',
'Culture and the Public Sphere',
University of Vaxjo, Sweden
- research seminars.
1997
Dec ‘New Labour and Cultural Policy',
Association of Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
annual conference - Future Perfect?,
Sheffield Hallam University
- keynote.
Nov 'National Government and the Cultural Public Sphere',
Cultural Crossroads - Ownership, Access, Identity conference,
Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Sydney, Australia
- paper.
Oct 'Discourses of Cultural Policy',
Department of Communication and Media Studies,
Goldsmiths College, University of London
- research seminar.
March 'What Price the Public Sphere?',
Electronic Empires conference,
Coventry University
- paper.
March 'Culture and the Public Sphere',
MA in Cultural Policy and Planning,
De Montfort University, Leicester
- guest lecture.
1996
Sept 'Popular Culture, Identity and the Public Sphere',
Dreams of Nationhood conference,
University of Warwick
- paper.
July 'Popular Culture, Identity and the Public Sphere',
Popular Culture strand of the Collective Identity and Symbolic Representation conference, ICCR/CERI,
National Centre for Political Science, Paris, France
- keynote.
March 'Discourses of Cultural Policy',
Teaching Culture and the Cultures of Teaching conference,
University of Sussex
- paper.
1995
‘Cultural Populism Revisited’,
Centre for Popular Culture, Manchester Metropolitan University
- guest lecture/research seminar.
"'A Slow Reach Again for Control" - Raymond Williams and the Vicissitudes of Cultural Policy',
Knowledge, Limits and the Future conference,
University of Glamorgan
- paper.
'Questions of Value', School of Arts,
De Montfort University, Leicester
– research seminar.
1994
'Questions of Value',
Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths' College, University of London
- research seminar.
'Questions of Value',
Centre for British Cultural Studies, University of Warwick
- guest lecture.
'Questions of Value',
Popular Culture and the Politics of the Popular conference,
University of Sunderland
- keynote.
1993
'The Public Sphere and Mobile Privatisation',
Media and Politics conference,
Athens, Greece
- keynote.
'Cultural Populism' (2nd version),
School of Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester
- guest lecture.
1992
'Cultural Populism' (1st version),
School of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University
- guest lecture.
'Shifting Paradigms in British Television Research',
British Television day school,
University of Liege, Belgium
- guest lecture.
1976-91
Papers presented and guest lectures delivered at the universities of Bradford, Essex, Hull, Lancashire, Leeds (Education and Sociology departments), Leicester, London and Rostock; Open University, Crewe and Alsager College, Ripon & York St John College, Leeds WEA, various local authority and in-service courses for teachers, the National Association for Teachers of English conference at the University of York; conferences in, for instance, cultural economics and planning (Maastricht), international television studies (London), sociology of culture (various); Birmingham Film and Television Festival; and at such venues as the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tricycle Theatre and Tyneside Cinema: covering topics in the areas of social and cultural theory, popular culture, cultural policy, television, media education and youth culture.
e.g.s
1989 'British Youth Culture', 'British Television', English Summer School, University of
Rostock, Germany - guest lectures.
1987 'Media Education', Birmingham Film and Video Festival - panel contribution.
1986 'The Cognitive Dimension: "Edge of Darkness"', International Television Studies
conference, Institute of Education, University of London - paper.
'Discourses of Arts Policy', Crewe & Alsager College of Higher Education - guest
lecture.
1982 'Serious Writing and the State', Cultural Economics and Planning conference,
Maastricht, Holland - paper.
1981 'Writers and the Arts Council', Institute of Contemporary Arts, London – guest lecture.
1976 'The Plays and Productions of Trevor Griffiths', Literature, Society & the Sociology of Literature conference, University of Essex - paper/workshop.