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Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries @ King's
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🎙️ Understanding culture, media and creative industries and the emergent relationship between them: kcl.ac.uk/cmci
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🎵 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 ⤵️
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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November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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🖌️ 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 ⤵️
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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October 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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🗣️ 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
September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🛂 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 ⬇️
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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September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🏰 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 🔽
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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July 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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💭 '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 🔽
'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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June 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🌊 ‘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 ⤵️
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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May 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🧜‍♀️ 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 ⤵️
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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May 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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👏 Congratulations to Sofía Ramírez Sandoval (CMCI MA) and Lilien Ezeugwu (CMCI PhD), who will represent King's College London at the 2025 Venice Biennale!
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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April 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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📚 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
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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February 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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😁 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' 🔽
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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February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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⬇️🧵
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February 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM