Dr Les Roberts BA (London) PhD (Middlesex)

Reader in Cultural and Media Studies Communication and Media

Digital Memories: Art, Archives and Activism Conference (co-organiser) (University of Liverpool in London, 2019)
Eighth International Tourism and Media Conference (co-organiser) (2018)
Sites of Popular Music Heritage Conference (co-organiser) (2011)
Liminal Landscapes: Remapping the Field Conference (co-organiser) (2010)
Mapping, Memory and the City Conference (co-organiser) (2010)
City in Film: Architecture, Urban Space and the Moving Image Conference (co-organiser) (2008)
Mapping Music History: Travel and Tourism, School of Music, Liverpool, September 2017, by Invitation (2019)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, January 2020., Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2020)
I-Media-Cities Conference, Cinematek, Brussels, March 2019., Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2019)
Geomedia conference, Karlstad, Sweden, May 2019, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2019)
Department of Cultural Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, November 2017, by Invitation (2017)
Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua, Italy, May 2017, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2017)
Location London Conference, University of London/UCL, March 2014, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2014)
Cinematic Bologna Workshop, Urban Centre (Biblioteca Sala Borsa), Bologna, Italy, December 2012, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2012)
Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, July 2012, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (2012)

Programme Director - MA Digital Culture and Communication (Department, 2016 - present)
Department Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies (Department, 2019 - 2022)
Culture, Space and Memory Research Group Lead (Department, 2018 - 2022)