Events
SOLUM: Jim Brogden photographs 2007-2025
The exhibition will reveal a researcher-photographer attuned to the quiet eloquence of place and the stories embedded in its contours
Mycelium (dir. Jacob Whiting, 2025) with artist Q&A
Join us for a screening of local filmmaker Jacob Whiting’s recently released short, Mycelium (2025), followed by an artist Q&A.
Research Seminar: ‘Visibility, invisibilities and hypervisibility of female professionals in the Dutch screen industry’
Based on research in collaboration with professional organizations I discuss how female screen professionals navigate challenges in their work through visibility, invisibility and hypervisibility.
Healthy Users: The Governance of Well-being on Social Media
In this book talk, Niall Docherty will present empirical and theoretical findings from Healthy Users (2025, UC Press) to show how living well online is not as simple as it seems
When the Political is Personal: Gendering Mourning in the Royal Courts of Castile and Portugal
A joint seminar by CHIA and the Institute for Medieval Studies, featuring Professor Núria Silleras-Fernández (University of Colorado Boulder)
Peering Through the Cracks. Polish Musicians in Tehran 1942 to 1945: The Case of Irena Valdi-Gołębiowska
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Enda Walsh in conversation with Denis Flannery
The School of English presents a special event involving the playwright, screenwriter and librettist Enda Walsh in conversation with Dr Denis Flannery
The Cultural Industries in Long-Term Historical Context
Marking the publication of the new, fifth edition of David Hesmondhalgh’s book The Cultural Industries, a discussion between David Hesmondhalgh and Anamik Saha followed by Q&A
Symposium: Cultures of Platformisation in Africa
What are the social and cultural implications of platforms and platformisation in Africa? This in-person and online seminar critically assesses accelerating and expansive platformisation
The Roland x0x Series: If synthesizers and drum machines were videogames
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Book launch for J. R. Carpenter's new poetry collection: p a u s e
Join us to celebrate the launch of Dr J. R. Carpenter's new collection of ecopoetry: p a u s e.
Roundtable on the Media Image of Africa
This roundtable discussion brings together contemporary expertise on Africa’s media image from a variety of perspectives.
The Most Musical Part of the Land: Opera-going in Northern England in the 1920s
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Professor Cathy Johnson's Inaugural Lecture – ‘Television Matters: Power, Platforms and the Public Good’
From childhood viewing to global platforms, this talk explores the structural decline of broadcast television, what’s at stake and why we should all care.
A heavy load: reading domestic work in Ghana through contemporary art and infrastructural critique
Join us for a seminar hosted by the Feminisms Research Group, with speaker Dr Gill Park (Lecturer in Curating and Contemporary Art in the School of Fine Art History of Art and Cultural Studies).
2026 Jay Blumler Lecture with Guest Speaker Professor Jeffrey Alexander
"Theory of Trump"
EPOD 2026 Conference - Beyond the Classroom: The Power of Podcasts in Shaping the Future of Learning and Media
Education through Podcasting (EPOD) is a conference and book series where experts share research and practice on learning through recorded audio, media, and podcasting in educational contexts
- One day event
- Reoccuring events