What’s the problem with creativity in media studies? That was the question posed by our guest speaker Professor David Gauntlett  (University of Westminster) in the latest CMCI departmental research seminar. The idea of a creative life is… Read more

CMCI’s Professor Richard Howells has just returned from France as an invited member of the Délégation de King’s College Londres to L’université Paris Diderot (also known as Paris 7). The two days of meetings in… Read more

CMCI’s Dr Nick Wilson and Dr Jonathan Gross continue to spread the word about their Towards Cultural Democracy project and report –this time with a presentation on a newly commissioned piece of research to some… Read more

CMCI’s Research Seminar series got off to a strong start with an extremely well-attended presentation on Hollywood and China. Our guest speaker, Professor Aynne Kokas (University of Virginia, USA) argued that the growth of China’s media… Read more

People seemed to be lining up in Amsterdam to laud CMCI Research Associate Dr Wendy Burke on the launch of her book: Images of Occupation in Dutch Film. This took place at the city’s EYE… Read more

Another CMCI monograph has made it into paperback: Dr Jessica Rapson’s Topographies of Suffering: Buchenwald, Babi Yar, Lidice. This book examines the Holocaust via three sites: the former concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany; the mass… Read more

CMCI’s Professor Richard Howells has an article in the latest Exeter College, Oxford University, magazine about their 20th century art collection. Professor Howells was a Visiting Fellow at Exeter earlier this year, and was impressed… Read more

Here’s more recent recognition for CMCI research: Dr Jo Entwistle’s “Configuring Light” project has been shortlisted for the Professional Lighting Design Recognition Award 2017 in the category, ‘Award for Research’. The final award will be… Read more

Anna Reading, Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 She was part of a series called “The Choral History of Britain” which in its first episode  examined “singing for… Read more

CMCI’s Dr Ricarda Vidal will be leading a “ludic session” on language games with her collaborator Maria-José Blanco as part of “Anna Freud and Play”, a one day conference on play in the theories and practice of… Read more