We are delighted to announce the next event in our online global seminar series. Please join us for an online panel discussion on gendered experiences of the Second World War on Tuesday 8 September fr...

Podcast Episode · History’s Greatest Leaders · August 16 · 40m

Dr Shuangyu Li has been recognised for his outstanding impact on student learning and the teaching profession.

Zsofia Balatoni analyses how the Chinese tea brand Chagee constructs a myth of “Chineseness” in Singapore, turning everyday consumption into a vehicle of soft power.

When an algorithm flags the wrong person for police attention, who bears the cost?

Steven Williams examines the relationship between queerness and playing video games.

Professor Emily Apter explored the meaning of language justice in the current political sphere in the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities conference keynote lecture on 7 May.

Queer@King’s and the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (CLAMS) invite applications to participate in a workshop exploring and shaping the future of queer medieval studies.

Professor Emily Apter explores the idea of 'global criticality' as a rubric for a vision of language politics.

Dr Nisha Kapoor explored the concept of ‘data nationalism’ at the Interdisciplinary Humanities annual lecture on 9 March on ‘Governing by Data: Surveillance, Tech Capital and Majoritarianism in…

For World Book Day, we asked ten academic experts to share a work of fiction that has challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.

Dr Emily Pillinger publishes Music as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity with Dr Miranda Stanyon.

The art and craft of stop-motion animation has been celebrated in several exhibitions recently, including a show at London’s South Bank Centre and last year’s Tim Burton retrospective at the Design…

Actors in romantic films aren’t really dating — not often, anyway — but studios have spent 100 years banking on viewers to believe

Professor Kevin K. Gaines situates Stevie Wonder’s 1979 album, “Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants,” within the artist’s engagement with global cultures and social movements.

Four new projects under the Activist-in-Residence scheme by the Global Cultures Institute seek to address social challenges by bringing activists and researchers together.

Bringing together experts from a range of perspectives, this broad-ranging panel discussion will look at the digital transformations currently at work in education and what these changes mean for the ...

The British anti-apartheid movement’s focus on Rhodesia after 1965 widened the movement to include other anti-colonial struggles in the region and provided new grounds for the movement to critique…

Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.

A new Master’s degree in Culture, Politics & Society by the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities is now open for applications.

Nodegoat is a web-based research environment for the humanities.

Nationalism usually works on the basis that a nation should imagine itself as a “we”, with a common identity, history and culture. But it doesn’t always clearly say who the “we” are. Instead, it…

Éile Rasmussen, student on the Global Cultures MA, has won the AKC Leathes Prize for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities for her essay on the ethic of radical, relational love.

Lauren Castle-Baker describes how the Global Cultures MA has influenced the way she approaches her career.

Dr Rosa Andújar, Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts in the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities, has been appointed as the Pedro Henríquez Ureña Chair (Cátedra Pedro Henríquez Ureña) by the Bibliot...

Jessie Sumroy, who graduated from the Liberal Arts BA this summer, received the Jelf Medal for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

Development of a new James Bond film is underway at Amazon Studios, with the creater of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, now attached to write the screenplay, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Dylan Huw (BA Liberal Arts with a Major in Film Studies, 2014-2017) has been selected by Arts Council of Wales to represent Wales at the 61st International Art Exhibition in Venice.

The Bank of England has announced a redesign of its banknotes and invited the public to suggest new themes that might feature on them. Victoria Cleland, the Bank of England’s chief cashier, said this…

Speakers debated the possibility of achieving true multilingualism in universities at the latest Language Debates event on 23 June, hosted by Language Acts and Worldmaking.

Is AI the future of advertising? As the industry becomes a $1trillion phenomenon is new technology and political upheaval going to upend it?

In the latest Spotlight on Arts & Humanities, we look at the work of Dr Emily Pillinger, who works in the Department of Classics and in the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities. She developed a ...

Dr Christopher Holliday from the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities asks what the James Bond franchise will look like with Denis Villeneuve at the helm.

Pixar built its name on original animated movies such as 'Toy Story,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'Up.' But in recent years, its sequels have been the moneymakers.