Christopher Gordon, Esq's Biography

Christopher Gordon, Esq's Professional Career

Career

trainee mangr Williamson Magor & Co (tea estates) Calcutta 1967-69, asst music offr Arts Cncl of GB 1969-72, theatre and mktg mangr Hampstead Theatre 1973, sr arts offr/festival admin London Borough of Camden 1973-77, co arts offr Hampshire CC 1977-85, exec dir Cncl of Regnl Arts Assocs 1985-91, chief exec English Regnl Arts Bds 1991-2000, freelance conslt in cultural policy and mgmnt; external examiner: MA Arts Admin Leicester Poly 1986-91, MA Euro Cultural Mgmnt Univ of Warwick 1993-96, occasional lectr 1993-, assoc fell 1998-; memb Cncl Univ of Southampton 1998-2004; visiting prof: Univ of Bologna 2002-, Univ of Turin 2004-08, London City Univ 2007-; lectr on cultural policy: Dijon, Barcelona, Turin, Salzburg; chair Festivals Panels Gr London Arts Assoc 1976-77; memb: Nat Film & Video Forum BFI 1991-2000, Planning and Devpt Bd Arts Cncl of GB 1986-91; Southern Arts Assoc: chair General Arts, chair Festivals Panels, memb Exec Ctee, memb Gen Cncl; chair Cncl of Europe Evaluation of Cultural Policy in: Latvia 1997-98, Italy 1995, Cyprus 2004, Turkey 2009; chair Advsy Bd Fondazione Fitzcarraldo Turin 1999-; hon treas Euro Forum for the Arts & Heritage (EFAH) 1996-99; chair Fondation Marcel Hicter (European Dip); memb: Bd Bournmouth Orch 1982-90, Bd Nuffield Theatre Southampton 2003-11; Winchester Cathedral Fabric Ctee 1996-; tstee Portsmouth Theatre Royal 1985-99, tstee and chair Hants Sculpture Tst 1987-; memb Editorial Bd Int Jl of Cultural Policy; FRSA

Christopher Gordon, Esq's Publications

Books and Publications

Cultural Policy in Italy (1995), Cultural Policy in Latvia (1997), European Perspectives on Cultural Policy (UNESCO 2001), Cultural Policy in Cyprus (2003), Gambling on Culture (2004), Cultural Policy and Social Inclusion (2004); articles in academic jls

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