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  • Cohen on the history behind recent events in Ferguson, MO

    On 19 August, CMCI cultural historian Dr Harvey G Cohen appeared on a live televised BBC News Channel segment, commenting on recent disturbing events that have unfolded since Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, was shot… Read more

  • A Critical Theory of Navajo Design

    CMCI visual culture specialist Dr Richard Howells has a new scholarly article out this month. “Looking for Utopia: Creation, Creativity and a Utopian Theory of Design” combines cultural theory with a case study on Navajo… Read more

  • Cultural Institute supports CMCI research ideas

    From a ‘random walks’ app to explain complex mathematics to a music video that acts as a therapeutic tool for people hearing voices, the Cultural Institute at King’s will be supporting eight academics from across… Read more

  • New Korean and Chinese Editions of Howells’ Visual Culture

    Korean and Chinese editions of Dr Richard Howells’ Visual Culture have just been published. These are translations of the second edition of Howells’ successful publication, this version co-written with his former PhD student Dr Joaquim… Read more

  • Research Funding Success for CMCI Doctoral Students

    Two research projects led by PhD students at the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries have won financial support from the King’s Cultural Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Scheme. Toby Bennett will be working in collaboration… Read more

  • Don’t worry, everything is in control, despite appearances…

    If you were walking through the Chesham Building on the afternoon of Tuesday 15 July and happened to spy numerous bulky men dressed as U.S. Secret Service agents running up and down the outside staircases… Read more

  • A Century Apart

    CMCI’s Reader in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Dr Richard Howells has had book reviews published in two consecutive editions of the Times Higher Education supplement this month –even though the books were published over… Read more

  • A WEEK OF THE TRAMP IN BOLOGNA

    CMCI cultural historian Dr Harvey G Cohen spent most of the last week of June at perhaps the most enjoyable conference he has ever had the pleasure of attending: a conference celebrating the centenary of… Read more

  • Dr Ricarda Vidal at The Cultural Capital Exchange (TCCE) annual conference

    Dr Ricarda Vidal was recently one of the presenters at The Cultural Capital Exchange (TCCE) annual conference “Culture, Creativity and the Academy – building a new ‘Grand Partnership’” which took place on 24 June at the… Read more

  • CMCI Expert Comments on Rolf Harris Case on Sky TV and LBC

    CMCI’s Dr Richard Howells was called to give instant expert live reaction to Sky TV News about family entertainer Rolf Harris’ conviction on 12 counts of indecent assault between 1968 and 1986. Dr Howells said… Read more