Select Presentations
The School of Creative Industries is a RAE research active department. This page contains a selection of recent presentations from members of the school (invited presentations indicate fully funded by host).
2009
Miah, A. (2009, Dec) Mashing-Up Biology and Computing, AMPLIFIED Leicester, a NESTA event [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Nov) DaDaFest 09: Imperfect Moments, Liverpool [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Nov) The Ethics of Sport Enhancement, University of Cambridge, UK [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Oct) Reply to Paul Root-Wolpe, Human Enhancement Technologies Conference, University of Oxford and University of Geneva, Geneva [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Oct) Ecohuman: Human Enhancement for an Ecological Future, Royal College of Art [invited]
Clifford A. (2009, Sept) European Union Forum for Research in Art and Design (EUFRAD), Glasgow School of Art [invited]
Manderson, D. (2009, August) Session Chair, International Symposium of Electronic Art University of Ulster Belfast, UK
Clifford, A. (2009, August) Session Chair, International Symposium of Electronic Art University of Ulster Belfast, UK
Miah, A. (2009, August) Organizing Committee, International Symposium of Electronic Art University of Ulster Belfast, UK
Spielmann, Y. (2009, August) Keynote lecture, International Symposium of Electronic Art University of Ulster Belfast, UK
Miah, A. (2009, August) Ethics of Nanotechnology for Lifestyle, Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Seoul, South Korea [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, July) Social Justice and the Olympics, Supervising Professor at the International Olympic Academy, 17th International Seminar on Olympic Studies for Postgraduate Students [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Jun) Anti-Social Media, for Social Media: Uses and Abuses of the Web as a Social Space, University of Leicester [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Jun) BioArt as Bioethics, UK National Postgraduate Bioethics Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Jun) Man Made: The Future of Humanity, DANA Centre, Science Museum [invited]
Burnett, K. (2009, Jun) Organizer: Islands and Islanders — A International Symposium on Scotland's Contribution to Island Cultural Representations, Dicuil Institute, Isle of Benbecula. Dicuil Institute, Isle of Benbecula. [organizer]
Miah, A. (2009, Jun) Nanotechnology & the Posthuman Condition, Art and Science symposium, University of Sheffield [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Apr) “If my mother’s mtDNA is likely to harm me, can she choose the best replacement?”, Workshop on the Ethics of Mitochondrial DNA, University of Lancaster, Wales [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Apr) New Media, New Olympics, ACTIVE Institute, University of Aarhus Aalborg, Denmark [invited]
Spielmann, Y. (2009, Apr) Expanded Cinema:Activating the Space of Reception TATE Modern London, UK [invited]
Spielmann, Y. (2009, Apr) Co-Creativity in video-computer art: artists, engineers and media tools Co-Creativity in video-computer art: artists, engineers and media tools Tsukuba University Tokyo, Japan [invited]
Manderson, D. (2009, March) ‘The Beginnings of Solitude’, The Lonely Page conference, Queens University Belfast. [invited]
Jeffery, G. (2009, Mar) Panel on Health and Creative Industries What do you get if you cross social media with a) arts and b) health FACT, Liverpool Liverpool, UK
Miah, A. (2009, Mar) Social Media & Art/Health, Innovative Media for a Digital Economy final conference, London [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Feb) Evidence Session on Human Enhancement for Members of European Parliament, Brussels [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Feb) Social Media and the Olympics, Northern Voice,Vancouver [invited].
Miah, A. (2009, Feb) Workshop on Genomics in Sport, Maastricht University [invited]
Miah, A. (2009, Feb) Debate Chair, The role of the arts in an era of biotechnology, Hybrid, Birmingham [invited]
Grace, T. (2009, Jan) Finding the Seam [film] Practice Panel, MeCCSA.
2008
Miah, A. (2008, Dec) Debate on Human Enhancements in Sport, Washington, USA. [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, Nov) Panel Debate, Human Brain Enhancement, Words on Monday, Nature and Kings Place Music Foundation, London, UK. [invited]
Jeffrey, G. (2008, Oct) Panel: Young people, cities and citizenship, Signs of the City: Young People’s Photographic Imaginary of the European Metropolis, Goethe Institute London [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, Oct) Human Futures, BioCentre 2008 series: "People Power for the Third Millennium: Technology, Democracy and Human Rights, Symposium on "Arts and Technology: the role of the arts in democratic policy making" London, UK [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, Sept) Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support Emergent Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautic Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow, Scotland [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, August) (Panel Chair and Organizer) New Beijing, Great Journalism: Emergent journalistic practices at the Olympics, International Centre for Olympic Studies, 9th International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing, China
Hoermann, B (2008, Jun) Upstream engagement and nanotechnology, Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Malmo, Sweden.
Adi, A & Miah, A. (2008, Jun) Framing Beijing's Olympic Bid: Human Rights Advocacy Groups and Online Mainstream International Media, International Media, Changes and Challenges: China’s Media, University of Westminster, London
Manderson, D. (2008, May) ‘Creative Crossroads’, paper presented at The Creative Paradox conference, University of Bedfordshire.
Manderson, D. (2008, March) ‘The Creative Crucible’, paper presented to the University of the West of Scotland Research Group,
Miah, A. (2008, May) Posthuman Designs, St James Martin Institute for the 21st Century, Programme on Biomedical Ethics and Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford, UK. [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, May) Human Enhancement in Performative Cultures, The Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Enhancement Medicine, Free University of Brussels & Société pour la Philosophie de la Technique and the Centre for Inter-disciplinary Research in Bioethics (CRIB) Brussels [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, May) New Media and the Olympics, Olympic Legacies, University of Greenwich, London, UK [invited]
Adi, A. (2008, Feb) Framing China’s Olympic Games: Public Relations & International Media, Invited presentation for the National Olympic Academy of the British Olympic Association, London, UK [invited]
Miah, A. (2008, Feb) A Case for Human Enhancement, Royal College of Art, London, UK [invited].
Burnett, K. & Grace, T.(2008, Jan) Session on Country and the City, MeCCSA Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK.
Miah, A. (2008, Jan) Media Freedom at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, London Metropolitan University, invited seminar.
Spielmann, Y. (2008, Jan) Video : A new technology and a new medium, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Film Theatre, invited lecture.
2007
Gilkison, A. (2007, June) Trauma in Post-1960 British male-Authored 'Serial Autofiction', MEN AND MADNESS: Representing Male Psychopathology and Mental Disorder in Modern and Contemporary Culture, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
León Solís, F. (2005) ‘Nation and Television’, 3rd Annual Research Conference, University of the West of Scotland, 9-10 May 2007.
León Solís, F. (2005) Estatut y Mesianismo’, International Conference of the Association of Contemporary Iberian Studies (ACIS), September 2007.
Miah, A. (2007, July) New Beijing, Great Journalism?, Ubiquitous Media, Asian Transformations, Theory, Culture & Society 25th Anniversary Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
Miah, A. (2007, Apr) Whose Posthuman Future?,
Café Scientifique, Glasgow, UK [invited].
Miah, A. (2007, Apr) Popular Science: The Rules of Engagement,
Annual Meeting of theSociety for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, UK [invited].
Miah, A. (2007, Mar) New Media Futures: The Challenge from Posthumanity, ‘Our Sporting Future’, the annual conference of the Australian Sports Commission, Brisbane, March, 2007 [invited].
Smith, A. (June 2007). “Scottish Cultural Policy and the Performance of Nationhood”. Re-Thinking Practice and Theory a joint conference by the Congress on Research in Dance and the Society of Dance History Scholars. (21-24.06.07).
Smith, A. (January 2007). Paper: Representations of the Nation in Cultural Policy: A Case Study of Post-Devolution Scotland. MECCSA / AMPE Annual Conference, Coventry University (12.01.07).
2006
Miah, A. (2006, Dec) Human Enhancement & the Bioethics of Cultural Studies Loughborough University [invited].
Miah, A. (2006, Nov) Alternative Media, New Voices, Project on Image, Identity, Technology: Towards the Beijing Olympics of 2008, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Nov 27-28, 2006 [invited].
Miah, A. (2006, July) The New Media at the Olympics: Citizen Journalists and Non-Accredited Media, Global Olympiad, Chinese Media, Symposium organized by the Communication University of China & the Annenberg School of Communication, Project for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Beijing [invited].
Smith, A. (November 2006). Paper: Mediated Representations of the Nation in Dance: The Case of Scottish Ballet in the Scottish Press. 4th International Language, Communication, Culture Conference, Lusofona University in Lisbon, Portugal (28-30/11/06).
Smith, A. (May 2006). Poster: The Body Politic: Scotland, Dance, Cultural Policy & National Identity, Paisley Research Conference, University of the West of Scotland (10/05/06).
2005
Burnett, K. & Blain, N.(2005) Rebuilding the place of identity: heritage, and the fashioning of history and locality in the BBC’s Restoration MeCCSA AMPE January
Campbell, E. (2005, Jan) 'Le Dictionnaire est-il sexiste?'. Franco-Scottish Society, Glasgow.
Grace, T. (2005) Digital Film Futures, Cinema and Technology Conference, April 7-9, Institute for Cultural Research at Lancaster University.
León Solís, F. (2005) ‘Spanish Monarchy: Stories versus History’, International Conference on Celebrity Culture, University of the West of Scotland, 12-14 September 2005.
León Solís, F. (2005) ‘Whose Mediterranean: A case of ‘us’ and ‘them’, International Conference of the Association of Mediterranean Studies, University of Messina, May 25-28 2005.
Miah, A. (2005) World Anti-Doping Agency Gene Doping Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec [invited]
Miah, A. (2005) European College of Sport Science, Annual Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, Jul [invited]
Miah, A. (2005) The Royal Institution of Great Britain with EPSRC, London, UK, 23 Jun, 2005 [invited]
Miah, A. (2005) London 2012 & Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow, 20 Jun, [invited]
Miah, A. (2005) Harvard Law School & Ethics, Law & Biotechnology Society, Harvard University, USA April 2005 [invited]
Neely, S. (2005) A one-day event on screen and theatre adaptation, Centre for Screen Studies in conjunction with the Edwin
Morgan Centre for Creative Writing, University of Glasgow, June [invited]
Smith, A.(2005) New Scholars Conference, Society of Dance Research, University of Wolverhampton.
2004
Burnett, K. (= Ray Burnett) (2004) Scotland's Polar Explorers: Mediating the Local and the National in Heritage Narratives and Representation. The Politics of Cultural Memory, MIRIAD/CULTURAL MEMORY AND ETHICS Conference Manchester Metropolitan University, November 2004
Burnett, K. (= Ray Burnett) (2004 Scottish Polar Exploration and the Representation of National Heroic Endeavour (1880 –1914) Visual Culture and Taste in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Centre for Visual Culture in Britain, University of Northumbria
León Solís, F.(2004) ‘La Postmodernización de la Monarquía Española’, Conference of the Contemporary Association of Iberian Studies, September 2004.
León Solís, F.(2004) The Mediterranean as Myth, in Visualising Paradise: the Mediterranean, International Conference Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Leeds, 13-15 September 2004.
León Solís, F..(2004) Boda Real: La postmodernización de la monarquía española, in Conference of the Association of Contemporary Iberian Studies (ACIS), 9-11 September 2004.
León Solís, F. (2004) EU Enlargement: A Spanish Perspective, What does EU enlargement really mean for Scotland, International Conference, 22-23 April 2004, University of the West of Scotland.
Miah, Bioética e superação de limites. Keynote paper for National Olympic Forum of Brazil, June [invited].
Miah, A. (2004) Cyberspace and the Public Understanding of Ethics, Barcelona Forum 2004, InfoDialogue, May.
Miah, A. (2004) Virtual Seduction and Cyber-Sex-Tourism, European Federation of Sexology, May [invited].
Miah, A. (2004) Not Another Human Clone!, Nexxus Bioscience Network, Glasgow Science Centre, April [invited].
Neely, S. (2004) 'Scotland and the heritage film', European Cinema Research Forum, Northumbria University, July 2004.
Neely, S. (2004) 'Issues of 'Britishness': Scotland and alternative heritages', Screen, University of Glasgow, July.
Neely, S. (2004) 'Issues of 'Britishness': the heritage films of Ireland, Scotland and Wales', Postgraduate Irish Film Symposium, University of Ulster, Coleraine, April.
2003
Burnett, K. (2003) (with Patrick Tierney, David Barkin, Deborah J. Chavez and Julian Miranda) ' Leisure Travel, Vacations, Constraints and Visitation to Natural Area Attractions: A Comparison of Residents of Barcelona, Glasgow, Los Angeles and Morelia, Mexico ' The 4th Social Aspects and Recreation Research Symposium Linking People to the Outdoors: Connections for Healthy Lands, People and Communities February 4-6, 2004 Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco State University
Burnett, K. (2003) (= Mike Danson) Adding or Subtracting Value?: rural enterprise, quality food promotion and Scotland's cluster strategy Reinventing Regions in a Global Economy RSA Conference, Pisa, Italy.
Burnett, K. (2003) (= Siobhan Drummond) Festivals and a' that: critical reflections on the development and management of Scotland's cultural resources . Journeys of Expression II: Cultural Festivals/Events & Tourism, IFEA, Vienna, Austria
Campbell, E. (2003) 'La Femme, l'arabe, l'insulte et le dictionnaire'. The Burn Conference, Brechin, 25 October 2003.
Dominguez, C. (2003) "Hola, estás sola? , de Icíar Bollain, reinventando motherhood" Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, Annual Conference. Chester 2-4 September.
Drake, P. (2003) ''Magic moments': the textuality of musical memory in contemporary Hollywood cinema', IASPM Conference , McGill University, July 3rd-7th 2003.
Drake, P. and Miah, A. (2003) Cultural Computer Games, Media Communication and Cultural Studies Association Annual Meeting, Brighton, December.
Gifford, A. and Blain, N. (2003) Learning and Teaching Approaches to Political Identity Construction in the Scottish Press (With Neil Blain).
Giraud-Johnstone L.(2003) "Comment motiver des apprenants non-linguistes par l'intermédiaire des tâches?", XXVème Congrès de l'Apliut in Auch (IUT Toulouse III), June.
León Solís, F..(2003) Operación Triunfo y el problema de España, Conference of the Association of Iberian Studies (ACIS) in September 2003.
Miah, A. (2003) Intersections between Art and Medicine, The State of the Real, Glasgow School of Art, November.
Miah, A. (2003) Bioethics Through the Media, Who Twists the Helix, Cambridge, March.
Miah, A. (2003) A Cultural Philosophy, for International Festival and Events Association, Vienna, March.
Neely, S. (2003) 'Cultural Ventriloquism: The Voice-over in Adaptations of Contemporary Irish and Scottish Literature', Postgraduate Irish Film Symposium, Trinity College Dublin, April.
Savage, B. (2003) Cultural Priorities in Computer Game Playing, Computer Games Seminar, University of the West of Scotland, June.
2002
Burnett, K. (= Ray Burnett) (2002) Archiving Cultural Resources and the Mediation of Island History: the case of Eriskay, Scotland. Islands of the World VII Conference, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Campbell, E. (2002) 'Causons chiffons: la femme, l'apparence et le dictionnaire', WIFIS, National Library of Scotland, 2 November.
Dominguez, C. (2002) " Ay, Carmela!, Land and Freedom y Libertarias : Análisis del discurso feminista y de las cuestiones de protagonismo en los tres films" Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, Annual Conference. Valencia 5-6 September 2002.
Gibson, G. (2002) Teaching Children Creative Writing The end of an idea? Creativity in Question, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, March 2002
Hermanns, K. (2002) Questioning Music Copyright From An Actor-Network-Theory Perspective: Excluded Middle, Excluding Difference? Creativity in Question, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, March.
2001
Blain, N. (2001) 'Devolved Scotland? Addressing the broadcasting audience in 2001' (Scottish Media and Communication Association Annual Conference, Bridge of Allan).
Giraud-Johnstone, L. & Ralf Russow, (November 2001) Enhancing Students autonomy through learning technology, University of the West of Scotland, Elicit 2001, Languages and IT Initiative.
Hermanns, K. (2001) Level-Playing or Devil-Paying? - Intellectual Property Rights, the Music Industry and Developing Countries from an Actor-Network-Theory Perspective, Music & Power, British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Annual Conference London, April.
Jamieson, G. (2001) Settings and Locations in Scottish Television Dramaî SMCA, Stirling
León Solís, F.(2001) La transición y la semiótica del recuerdo, Conference of the Association of Iberian Studies (ACIS), September.
Miah, A. (2001) 19. Simulating Sport in Virtual Arenas
Sports Information In The 3rd Millennium, 11th Annual meeting of the
International Association Of Sports Information World Congress, Lausanne, Switz, April, 2001.
Neely, S. (2001) London or Perish? 11:9 and some new attempts at publishing in Scotland, British Braids Conference, Brunel University, April.
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