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🎙️ Understanding culture, media and creative industries and the emergent relationship between them: kcl.ac.uk/cmci

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
King’s mourns the passing of Dr Ruth Adams, Reader in Cultural & Creative Industries @kingscmci.bsky.social, who died on Saturday, 29th of August 2026, at the age of 57. Dr Ruth Adams joined King’s in 2003 and was instrumental in establishing the MA in Cultural & Creative Industries.
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Dr Ruth Adams (1969-2026) | King's College London
King’s mourns the passing of Dr Ruth Adams, Reader in Cultural & Creative Industries, who died on Saturday 29th of August 2026 at the age of 57.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📚 On 30 June, we are delighted to host a joint book launch celebrating recent publications by Dr Clare Carolin and Dr Munira Cheema. The authors will be joined by Dr Asif Akhtar (LSE) and Prof @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk. Moderated by Jelena Sofronijevic, intro by Dr Jamie Hakim ⬇️
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A Conversation about Art, Media, and the State | King's College London
Please join us for a joint book launch celebrating recent publications by Dr Clare Carolin and Dr Munira Cheema.
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
⚡ A new undergraduate degree in Global Media and Languages is now available at King’s with @kingscmci.bsky.social and @kingsdllc.bsky.social. Learn more about the programme at King’s Undergraduate Open Days on 27 June and 5 September, taking place on our Strand campus in central London ⬇️
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King's launches BA in Global Media and Languages | King's College London
A new undergraduate degree in Global Media and Languages is now available at King’s with the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Culture...
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🗓️ 4 March, 15:30-17:00 📍 Strand Campus & online Join us and the School of Global Affairs, @kingsioppn.bsky.social, King's Culture, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social for an interdisciplinary event exploring how creative work, mental health support & peacebuilding can come together to transform lives ⬇️
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Weaving Lives Together in Nigeria: An Integrated Mental Health, Peacebuilding and Creative Livelihoods Intervention | King's College London
Join us for a discussion on the psychosocial support and peacebuilding organisations in Nigeria, with a keynote by Honourable Minister Hannatu Musa Musawa.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
❤️‍🔥 'Prepare to get obsessed.' In her new article for @theconversation.com, Dr Shelley Galpin explores how Emerald Fennell’s bold visual style and fearless approach to complex, morally ambiguous characters make her uniquely suited to adapt Emily Brontë’s iconic novel ⬇️
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COMMENT: Why Emerald Fennell was so well placed to adapt Wuthering Heights – period drama expert explains | King's College London
From Kate Bush’s otherworldly pop anthem to Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon embracing on the wild Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights is one of the most adapted works of literature in the western wor...
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
❄️ The CMCI Winter Festival returns for its 4th year, celebrating creativity, the arts and human expression at King's! Explore our 13 unique events and exhibitions over the three-day festival, running from 17 to 19 December ⬇️
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Empowering Culture, Inspiring Change: CMCI Winter Festival 2025 | King's College London
The CMCI Winter Festival is an exemplary network of time, energy and immense organisation, mastered across our three-year degree, and put into practice, showcasing 13 unique events and exhibitions
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🫶 In the North East of Nigeria, communities affected by violent extremism are rebuilding lives through creativity, care, and connection. Weaving Lives Together combines mental health support with creative production to foster healing, peace & economic independence ⬇️
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Weaving Lives Together | One King's Impact
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Our very own Sarah Atkinson launching this brilliant new Doctoral programme 👇
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu... @komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London
Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🎵 Why are musicians leaving Spotify? Streaming transformed the industry, but concerns over fair compensation and creative control are driving change. Could this shift redefine how we access and value music? Dr Andrew White @apw1970.bsky.social explains for @theconversation.com ⤵️
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COMMENT: Why musicians are leaving Spotify – and what it means for the music you love | King's College London
Spotify is haemorrhaging artists. In the last few months alone a handful of indie bands have exited the streaming platform. If that includes some of your favourite musicians, you may be wondering how ...
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🖌️ Want to be part of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale? Applications are now open for the @britishcouncil.bsky.social 2026 Venice Fellowships Programme. 2 places are available for @kingsartshums.bsky.social graduate students! Find out more & apply by Monday 24 November ⤵️
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Applications open for Student Fellowships at the 2026 Venice Art Biennale | King's College London
King’s Culture, the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities are delighted to again be part of the British Council’s 2026 Venice Fellowships Programme.
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🗣️ 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
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🛂 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 ⬇️
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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.
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🏰 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 🔽
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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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
💭 '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 🔽
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'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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🌊 ‘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 ⤵️
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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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🧜‍♀️ 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 ⤵️
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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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
👏 Congratulations to Sofía Ramírez Sandoval (CMCI MA) and Lilien Ezeugwu (CMCI PhD), who will represent King's College London at the 2025 Venice Biennale!
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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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
📚 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
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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.
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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's @kingscmci.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
😁 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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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.
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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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⬇️🧵
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