Professor Hugo de Burgh, Professor of Journalism and priligy sans ordonnance Director of the China Media Centre, has been awarded a Lectureship from Gresham College.
A specialist in China’s media. Hugo de Burgh established the China Media Centre at the University of Westminster in 2005. He has advised many people in UK public life, from Gordon Brown (for whom CMC organised a series of seminars on China in Downing Street) to Boris Johnson whom he accompanied on his first visit to China. His most recent book is China’s Media in the Emerging World Order (2020).
The title of his forthcoming Gresham Lecture is China through its Media.
Gresham College has provided free public lectures since 1597, making it London’s oldest higher education institution. It offers lectures and a number of events in art, architecture, literature, business, history, IT, law, mathematics, science, music and religion. Past lecturers have included Joan Bakewell, Mary Beard, Lord Desai, Helena Kennedy, Alan Rusbridger. Forthcoming lecturers include Yorick Wilks (Artificial Intelligence, Oxford) and Chris Whitty (Chief Scientific Adviser). More information: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/about/
See also: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/professor-hugo-de-burgh-awarded-a-gresham-college-lectureship
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