Dr James Kennell
Tourism and Events Research
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Event Management in the Chinese Century: CFP
Posted on October 15, 2019 Leave a Comment
There are now revised timelines for submission – see end of this post With my colleague, Dr Mingguang Liu, from Zheijang International Studies University, we have just published a call for papers for a special issue of the journal Event Management on ‘Event Management in the Chinese Century’. You can read the full CFP here. […]
Moon Festival
Posted on July 13, 2018 Leave a Comment
I’ve recently become involved with a fantastic new festival, as part of their advisory board. Moon Festival is a unique multi-event festival, taking place now and culminating in events to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the moon landings in July 2019. Their really exciting programme, which celebrates the moon in ways involving different cultures, […]
Free Webinar – Economic Turbulence and the creative sector
Posted on November 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
I will be presenting in this exciting free webinar aimed at cultural and creative businesses in the south-west of England. It is being delivered by ‘ThriveBath’, a training and support programme for the cultural and voluntary sectors in the Bath and North East Somerset area. I will be discussing the impact of economic turbulence on the creative and cultural sector in […]
Event Horizons 2014
Posted on January 29, 2014 Leave a Comment
I’ll be speaking at the Event Horizons conference in Falmouth, Cornwall, next week. The conference run from 6-7 February and will be bringing together the regional cultural and events sectors to explore two key issues – digital technology and sustainability. I’ll be speaking on 7th February on the topic of ‘responsible events’ and taking part […]
London vs. New York: Who is winning?
Posted on November 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
These are the details of an event being run by the London branch of the Institute of Economic Development. I became secretary of the branch a few months ago and I’m really looking forward to working with them, especially on events and where we can develop links into our work in EDReC at the University […]
Ethnographic methods in events research
Posted on January 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
A colleague and I have had a paper accepted for the ‘Global Events Congress IV: Events and Festivals Research: The State of the Art’ event, to be held in Leeds from 14-16 July 2010. Our paper looks at how the application of methods from ethnography can contribute to events management research. Bekah carried out participant observation, photographic and auto-photographic […]
