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All civilizations have been built on surplus – an economic, political or cultural capital over and above a minimum which a given society requires to survive. But how is such surplus defined and measured? How is it produced and distributed? What indeed is the relationship between wealth and waste, excess and poverty, scarcity and conflict?

On 17 June Scott Rodgers and Tim Markham hosted Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication, in the Clore Management Centre at Birkbeck.

Pauline Green reflects on the long and rich history of music studies at Birkbeck.

Roger Graef, criminologist and documentary film-maker, gave a lecture in February 2013 to a cross section of students in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies.

Podcasts and blogs from our Cinema and Human Rights Days - held on 15/16 March.

Joel McKim, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, will be an invited keynote speaker at a conference on the 'Challenges and Futures in Communication' hosted by Concordia University.

Hilary Smith and Eleni Liarou, Associate Lecturers in film and television, receive Distinguished Teaching and Scholarship Awards.

Dr Sophie Hope, Lecturer in Arts Management, has recently taken part in the Friday Salon at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Lorraine Lim, Lecturer in Arts Management, has recently been to Seoul, Korea to present her research on cultural policy.

Matilda Egere Cooper, Lecturer in Journalism and award-winning music and lifestyle journalist, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme recently.