Blog

  • “Olá” to our Visting Professor

    CMCI is delighted to welcome Danilo Rothberg from Brazil as a visiting professor to the department. He comes to us from the Communication and Media Studies programme at Sao Paulo State University, which is part… Read more

  • The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

    CMCI’s Dr Richard Howells wrote the double-page culture feature in the week’s Times Higher Education (out November 27th). It’s a an article on the a forthcoming TV docudrama on the Christopher Jefferies/Joanna Yates controversy in… Read more

  • King’s Asian Cultural and Creative Industries Research Society Success

    King’s Asian CCI Research Society conducted their first self-organised event ‘Creative Spaces in Asia’ -and are celebrating a great success. The event attracted attendees from a variety of academic backgrounds and institutions and comprised student… Read more

  • Dr Adams, Country Life, and the Counry House

    The British country house continues to provide a fine example of contested culture – and to create a lot of interesting work for our CMCI expert, Dr Ruth Adams. Ruth explains that the continued popularity… Read more

  • Bridget on the ‘Net

    CMCI lecturer Dr Bridget Conor can be heard on the Internet talking about her new book in an interview “all the way from London” on the American-based New Books Network. It’s called: Screenwriting: Creative Labour… Read more

  • Bright Ideas

    It’s been a busy autumn for CMCI senior lecturer Dr Jo Entwistle. Jo, who runs our PhD programme, has been dealing with light and fashion at two events in London. The first was a “Lighting… Read more

  • Dead Pleased

    Congratulations to CMCI lecturer Dr Ricarda Vidal on the publication of her book The Power of Death: Contemporary Reflections of Death in Western Society, which she has co-edited with Maria-Jose Blanco from the Spanish department.… Read more

  • Dr Howells Recommends…

    I really do recommend going to see “Rembrandt: The Late Works” just along the street at the National Gallery. It’s a remarkable opportunity to see so many of Rembrandt’s late (and I believe best) pictures… Read more

  • Cohen Comments on Hip Lexicographer Calloway on Radio 4

    On 28 October 2014, CMCI cultural historian Dr Harvey G Cohen appeared on the Radio 4 documentary “Dr Hepcat and the Hepcat’s Dictionary,” which focused on African American entertainer Cab Calloway’s best-selling 1938 book “The Hepster’s… Read more

  • I Can’t Believe It’s Not Rutter

    Kudos to CMCI Senior Lecturer Dr Nick Wilson, who is having a carol he composed performed at The Children’s Trust Christmas Concert at London’s Cadogan Hall. The concert is in aid of the trust, and… Read more