Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's

🗣️ Hear from Professor Roberta Comunian (@kingscmci.bsky.social), Professor Eka Ikpe (African Leadership Centre @kings-sga.bsky.social), @martaforesti.bsky.social & @tiziana.bsky.social.

🗓️ Saturday 13 September 2025, 11:00am-12:30pm
📍 King’s College London, Bush House
🎟️ Free, ticket required

All Other Passports: shapes and sounds of visa inequality | King's College London Mark the beginning of LDF25 with an exhibition by LAGO Collective & King’s College London in the historic Bush House.

🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia.

On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️

Why Can't We Stop Watching Rich People Period Dramas? Call it the Bridgerton effect, or the fact we're living through a new Gilded Age. Either way: “Beautiful escapism” is in.

🏰 Beautiful escapism or a reflection of our life?

Dr Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries @kingscmci.bsky.social, spoke to Town & Country Magazine about our fascination with period dramas 🔽

'Urgent and deeply resonant': researchers discuss vulnerability in academic work On 23 April 2025, the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s hosted a workshop titled “Vulnerability in Research” as part of its ongoing Research Seminar Series.

💭 'Vulnerability in Research speaks not only to how we engage with and support marginalised and vulnerable groups but also to how we, as researchers, navigate the personal, professional and political risks that come with politically charged or justice-oriented work'.

Read more about our workshop 🔽

Exhibition brings a haunting exploration of colonial violence to the Strand The tales of women who have migrated to and from London along the Thames are the subject of a new exhibition based on extensive research by King’s College London.

🌊 ‘The River’s Stomach (Songs of Empire)’, an audio-visual installation by Dr @kate-mcmillan.bsky.social, commissioned by theCOLAB, is now open on the Strand!

Located in the Strand Lane ‘Roman’ Bath, it tells the stories of women who have migrated to and from London along the Thames ⤵️

ARTIST'S GARDEN — theCOLAB

🎨 The River’s Stomach (Songs of Empire) is presented by theCOLAB, an independent women-led collaborative laboratory working to bring together people, land, and art.

theCOLAB creates opportunities for artists to use unusual sites as experimental laboratories to realise their most ambitious work ⤵️

The River’s Stomach (Songs of Empire) Weaving together the mediums of sound, video, and objects, Kate McMillan presents imaginary stories based on extensive research on women who have migrated from and to London along the Thames.

🧜‍♀️ Located in an unusual @nationaltrust.org.uk site, Dr @kate-mcmillan.bsky.social's new commission presents a haunting exploration of the residues of colonial violence and the systemic forgetting of women’s stories.

🗓️ 22 May – 2 July 2025
📍 5 Strand Lane, London WC2R 2NA
🎟️ Free entry

Learn more ⤵️

King's announces its 2025 Venice Student Fellows Sofía Ramírez Sandoval (CMCI MA) and Lilien Ezeugwu (CMCI PhD) will participate in the 2025 Venice Biennale.

👏 Congratulations to Sofía Ramírez Sandoval (CMCI MA) and Lilien Ezeugwu (CMCI PhD), who will represent King's College London at the 2025 Venice Biennale!

New PhD Studentship to investigate changes in library service in England Applications are open for a fully funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership CASE studentship (LISS-DTP), starting October 2025.

📚 Applications are open for a fully funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership CASE studentship to investigate changes in the provision of library services in England.

⏰ Deadline: 7 March 2025

Find out more & apply ⤵️
#fundedopportunity #studentship

British sense of humour draws young Europeans to UK shows and films The ‘unique’ and ‘ironic’ British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, new King's research has revealed.

😁 The ‘unique’ and ‘ironic’ British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, new King's research has revealed.

Find out more about 'Screen Encounters with Britain' 🔽

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Why are UK-made television shows SO popular amongst young Europeans?!

New research from @kingsartshums.bsky.social reveals it's all down to the ‘unique’ and ‘ironic’ British sense of humour. 😉

#KingsQs⬇️🧵