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  • Howells on Clarkson on Sky

    Our Reader in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Dr Richard Howells appeared live on Sky Television News to debate the “fracas” concerning BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson. The controversial presenter had been suspended by… Read more

  • CMCI Student Wins Gold at the ‘Jewellery Oscars’

    It’s congratulations again to CMCI student Isabella Liu, who has won multiple awards at the prestigious Goldsmiths Craftsmanship and Design Competition. The competition- which Isabella describes as the: ‘Jewellery Oscars‘- has been held annually by… Read more

  • The (R)evolution of Street Art

    Our MA student research group on ‘Culture, Governance and Cities’, are putting on a high-powered panel discussion on “The (R)evolution of Street Art: spatiality and perceptions in contemporary society”. The group argue that although it… Read more

  • Cultures in Disarray

    Our energetic departmental Postgraduate Society are inviting contributions to their 2015 conference: “Cultures in Disarray”. They have already lined up an impressive, international and professorial trio of keynote speakers: Nick Couldry of the London School… Read more

  • Colliding Worlds

    Dr Richard Howells, our Reader in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, has become a regular contributor to The Times Higher Education magazine’s “What Are You Reading?” column. His latest is a review of Arthur I… Read more

  • Careers in the Arts Event

    Our MA Arts and Cultural Management students have organised a ‘Careers in the Arts’ event on Thursday, 26 February from 6pm. It’s being held at ArtFix in Soho, and is an opportunity for them to… Read more

  • Thought for Food

    Should food be considered one of the cultural and creative industries? That was the question debated at the latest meeting of the King’s Asian CCI Research Society. Seven presentations, all researched and introduced by the… Read more

  • Booyakasha?

    The comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Ali G” formed the centerpiece of Dr Richard Howells’ guest seminar “Race, Identity and the Tricky Business of Being Funny About Either”, given to the Centre for Media Studies… Read more

  • Funding for Ricarda’s Translation Games

    Congratulations to CMCI’s Dr Ricarda Vidal, who along with Maria-Jose Blanco from the Spanish department has been awarded a small grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to design a new Translation Game… Read more

  • Blinded by the Light

    Dr Jo Enwtistle cordially invites members of the CMCI community to the opening reception of the Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes exhibition taking place on Tuesday 27 January 2015, 7.30pm, in the LSE Atrium Gallery, London School… Read more