 | Venu Dhupa is a creative consultant working in the area of cultural policy, arts and creative industries. Particularly interested in the arts where it touches social progress, democracy, leadership and innovation. Former posts include: Director Arts at the British Council (worldwide); Director of Creative Innovation at the Southbank Centre, Europe’s largest cultural centre; Fellowship Director at The UKs National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts; Chief Executive at the Nottingham Playhouse and Producer (Mobile Touring) at the Royal National Theatre. Other posts have included: Chair of the East Midlands Cultural Consortium (until 2002); Trustee of the Theatres Trust; Governor of Guildford Conservatoire; Council Member of Loughborough University. She has been awarded the prestigious National Asian Woman of Achievement Award for her contribution to the Arts and Culture. Photo: Jane Airey |
Tuesday 6 October 2009, 6.00pm Notre Dame University, London
Going back to our roots? History and Identity
"Just when Kant's formulation that 'the public exercise of reason should be free' had begun to seem so remote and exhausted, the Battle should reinforce one's faith in the enduring worth of dissent and of the free traffic in ideas"
Swapan Chakravorty, professor of english, Jadavpur University
