Whose Cosmopolitanism Launch Festival, March 2009

The Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC) at the
University of Manchester will be holding its launch festival, Whose
Cosmopolitanism, from 2-6 March 2009.

This cultural and academic festival includes:

Debating Cosmopolitan Cultures: Common Places/Imagined Politics, with
Prof David Harvey (City University of New York)
Prof Tariq Ramadan (St Antony?s College, Oxford)
Prof Jacqueline Rose (University of London)
Tuesday 3 March, Manchester Town Hall, 2-5pm

The Right to the City: Belonging and Exclusion, with
Don Flynn (Migrants? Rights Network)
Irene Khan (Amnesty International)
Sir Richard Leese (Manchester City Council)
Alex Poots (Manchester International Festival)
Katya Sander (Danish Academy of Art)
Gary Younge (The Guardian)
Tuesday 3 March, Manchester Town Hall, 6.30-8.30pm

There will also be:
Writers' night with Jackie Kay and Joe Pemberton (with The Centre for
New Writing)
Preview Screening of Jia Zhangke's 24 City/Ershisi chengji (2008)
Present Pasts: Ruinous Recollections of Manchester Art Exhibition
'If you read this, I'll give it to you', Katya Sander
Workshops with David Harvey, Tariq Ramadan and Jacqueline Rose.

Please see attached the poster for more information. Although these
events are free, you need to register through the following website:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/ricc/aboutus/launch/



Dr. Darien Jane Rozentals
Research Coordinator
Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC)
Level 2, Arthur Lewis Building
The University of Manchester
+44 (0) 7853 915 424