Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies

The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) was a research centre at the University of Birmingham. It was founded in 1963 by Richard Hoggart, its first director.

It is notable for producing many key studies and researchers. Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist), who became the centre s director in 1968, developed his seminal Encoding/Decoding model here.

Empirical researchers included David Morley and Charlotte Brunsden, who produced The Nationwide Project at the Centre. Dorothy Hobson s research about the reception of Crossroads (soap opera) was based on her MA dissertation.

The curriculum was closed in 2002.

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*[http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/jrls/cjc/BackIssues/18.1/schulman.html] Conditions of their Own Making: An Intellectual History of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham by Norma Schulman *[http://www.sociology.bham.ac.uk/cccs_publications.htm CCCS Publications - Stencilled Papers by CCCS]