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  • Abbey International

    It’s certainly quite a setting: Our photograph shows Wroxton Abbey, a Jacobean mansion in Oxfordshire, where CMCI’s Reader in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Dr Richard Howells gave a guest seminar to visiting American students… Read more

  • Ruth in Rio

    CMCI’s Dr Ruth Adams is just back from a very busy time in Rio de Janeiro.  She gave two guest lectures to the Department of Communication at PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University): one on the creative… Read more

  • Weekend Reading

    Dr Ricarda Vidal’s collaborative artist book Revolve:R (http://www.revolve-r.com/)  will be on display at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Art Book Fair ‘Room & Book’ this weekend. https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/seasons/roombook-ica-art-book-fair. Revolve:R is the result of a year-long… Read more

  • Howells Oxford Scholarship

    Dr Richard Howells, our Reader in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, has been awarded a Visiting Scholarship at St John’s College, University of Oxford. The award was made on the basis of his research and… Read more

  • Full House at The Power of Death

    We don’t see many coffins in the River Room… But corpses aside there was a large turnout for our round table event on the Aesthetics of Death, supported by a film screening and book launch… Read more

  • Anna Reading: Just the Ticket

    The creative side of Anna Reading, our Head of Department and Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, is big in the news at the moment. The Phenomenal People project, which Anna is involved with along… Read more

  • When Two (or more) Tribes….

    In a break from party politics, CMCI’s Dr Ruth Adams appeared on BBC Radio 4‘s flagship “Today” programme on the morning of the General Election. She was discussing whether ‘pop tribes‘ are still a recognizable… Read more

  • Award for Jocelyn

    Congratulations to CMCI doctoral student Jocelyn Yi-Hsuan Lai, who tied for the first place in the fifth Young Scholar Award from the European Association of Taiwan Studies. She won the award for her essay “Imaging Taiwanese… Read more

  • April and Eleanor say “Go for it!”

    If you have been reading this blog, thinking how much you would like to study with us, but are worried about the cost, then don’t miss this month’s deadline to apply to the King’s Master’s… Read more

  • Translation Games on Tour

    CMCI’s Dr Ricarda Vidal takes her Translation Games project on tour –this time to Wokingham as part of the Library Fest event. The aim is (once again) to inspire participants to see different art forms… Read more