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A Round Table on Public Engagement: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Colleagues and PGRs are warmly invited to join us for an in-person round-table event

Participants will give brief snapshots of their experience before a moderated discussion, followed by audience Q&A. All most welcome! Location: LT A/Streatham Court, Streatham Campus Date: Wednesday 29 January Time: 3.30-5.00pm


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A Round Table on Public Engagement: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Wednesday 29 January, 3.30-5.00pm, LT A /Streatham Court 

Colleagues and PGRs are warmly invited to join us for an in-person round-table event bringing together high-profile experts from a range of disciplines to discuss the challenges and benefits of working in the public eye and engaging with mainstream and social media. Discussion will be lively and wide-ranging and cover topics including

  • Engaging with broad, non-academic publics (including on radio, TV and online)
  • The role of the public intellectual
  • Writing ‘trade’ books or journalism from a university setting
  • Responding to demands and timelines of commercial publishing/news cycles
  • Navigating visibility and the associated vulnerability and risk
  • Incentivising and valuing public engagement and dissemination

Our confirmed speakers have between them won multiple awards, created and delivered material for TV, radio, print and online platforms, have secured major publishing contracts and attracted considerable attention and publicity:

Daisy Hay (English & Creative Writing)

Francesca Stavrakopoulou (CAHRT, Religion & Theology)

Lee Elliot Major (School of Education)

Peter Riley (English & Creative Writing)

Emily Hauser (CAHRT, Classics)

Participants will give brief snapshots of their experience before a moderated discussion, followed by audience Q&A. All most welcome!

Location: LT A/Streatham Court, Streatham Campus

Date: Wednesday 29 January

Time: 3.30-5.00pm

Location:

Streatham Court