Dr. Amir Saeed’s Publication News 2

Dr Amir Saeed’s has the following forthcoming articles
“British-Asian Music and Cultural Resistance in contemporary popular music” Forthcoming Post Colonial Britain (editor) Rinella Cere Palgrave London 2009
Radical Politics and British Muslims in Radical Politics Today (Jonathan Pugh editor) Foreword by Tony Benn. Routledge London 2009
Musical Jihad in John Storey (editor) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader 4th Edition Longman London 2009
Dr Amir Saeed Took Part on feature on Malcolm X on the “Hayaat Show” broadcast on the Islam Channel. Sunday 14 December 2008 this was available at SKY Platform in UK – Channel 813. This is also available online – www.islamchannel.tv
Dr Amir Saeed was invited to give the following papers in the last academic year:
(Islamophobia and Capitalism) at the Thinking Thru’ Islamophobia symposium at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies University of Leeds in May 2008.
(Hip –Hop and Islam) at the Diasporas, Migration and Identities conference in Loughborough University July 2008.
Paper Given to Gentoo (Sunderland Housing Group) on “Questions of Identity and “Race”.“ September 2008

Dr. Amir Saeed’s Publication News 1

Dr Amir Saeed has had the following publications in 2008
Between Marx and Muhammed: Class politics and British Muslims
http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/soundings/class_and_culture/saeed.html
2004 article “My Jihad” (Soundings Issue 27) has been selected for inclusion in book called “Race, Identity and Belonging”
“Race, Identity and Belonging” Lawrence and Wishart 2008 edited by Sally Davison and Jonathan Rutherford, introduction by George Shire)
The article Media, Racism and Islamophobia: The Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Media. In Sociology Compass (1) (2007) available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00039.x Has been selected by the editors of Sociology Compass to be a Teaching & Learning Guide
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Media, Racism and Islamophobia: The Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Media.
The guide is available at:

http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/sociology/article_view?article_id=soco_tr_bpl160

See 2009

See 2009 is excited to introduce the festival’s very first pitching session for aspiring filmmakers. The session takes place at 10:00am on Sunday 22nd February. Take a look below for all the details on how to enter.
Pitching for Docs
See Festival 2009 is offering emerging filmmakers a fabulous opportunity to bounce their ideas off an established sounding board of industry experts. This small scale, intimate session will be perfect for up-and-coming filmmakers who are looking to experience the world of pitching for the first time, or for those that would like the practice with the execs in a friendly environment, and for free!
Hosted by Hannah Patterson, winner of Britdoc 08 Short Pitch for Shelter in Place the panel will feature Jo Lapping from BBC Storyville, Aysha Rafaele from Channel 4′s First Cut, Lina Prestwood from Current TV and Rebecca Frankel from Fourdocs.
There’s not long to enter so don’t miss out!
To Enter:
Please send through a one page treatment to see@seefestival.org by Friday 6th February.
Rules and Regulations:
* Your idea can range from short to feature length.
* Your project can be any factual genre, at any stage of development and for any platform.
* Entries to be received by 6th Feb, successful candidates will be contacted by 13th Feb.
* You may apply individually or in a pair.
* The pitch length should not exceed 5 minutes. You will then have 5 minutes to answer questions from the panel and receive feedback.
* Within your 5 minutes you will be allowed to show a clip of up to 1 minute. Please ensure the DVD works before the session begins.
* Candidates must not have a previous directorial broadcast credit in factual television.
Tickets for the festival and special launch screening are available from The Brighton Dome on 01273 709 709 or http://www.brightonticketshop.com