🚦 'I’m not surprised that people need to find a narrative, because we’re so disenfranchised when it comes to the collection of our data.' Professor @cb-hq.bsky.social discusses the origins of conspiracy theories about tech and how they may reflect fears of technological overreach ⬇️ buff.ly/9NgRWdY

‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners

Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group

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🇺🇸 250 years on from the 1776 Pennsylvania constitution, what do these papers reveal about history and the USA today? Dr Angel-Luke O’Donnell from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social shows why small historical moments matter as much as big ones and how a street near King’s links to American independence 👇

📺 Watch Professor William Pettigrew (@kingshistory.bsky.social) and his team on David Olusoga's new series ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga - Series 1: Episode 1

David Olusoga reveals the new research that uncovers how the slave trade was driven by the monarchy, beginning with Elizabeth I, and how a royal monopoly was established.

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🇪🇸 In this Valedictory Lecture, Professor Federico Bonaddio (@kingsdllc.bsky.social) explores (im)personality in Lorca’s poetry, his concern with human life, and connections to Spanish cinema. 📆 29 September ⏰ 18:00-20:00 📍 Bush House 🔗 Register for your ticket 👇 buff.ly/fQAanEA

What’s in a Name? Lorca, Cinema, and the Allure of Personality | King's College London

In this Valedictory Lecture, Federico Bonaddio will reflect on the question of (im)personality as it relates to the poetry of Federico García Lorca and to academic methodology.

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🏆️ Grace Yee Shuen Cheng, PhD student in @kingsdllc.bsky.social, has won the Paragraph Prize for Best Article for her analysis of Proust and his use of “texture”, which acts as a layer between the observer and reality. 🔗 Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/kGKei26

PhD student wins prize for best journal article | King's College London

Grace Yee Shuen Cheng, PhD student in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has won this year’s Paragraph Prize for Best Article.

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🎥 Join us for the Sylvia Wynter Lecture on 9 October, where you can enjoy a screening of Onyeka Igwe's film A Radical Duet (2023) followed by a conversation between the filmmaker and Alexander Weheliye. 🔗 Spaces are limited – register now to secure your ticket ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-s...

The Sylvia Wynter Lecture: Onyeka Igwe and Alexander G. Weheliye | King's College London

A screening of Onyeka Igwe's film A Radical Duet (2023), followed by a conversation between the filmmaker and Alexander G. Weheliye.

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📢 FINAL FEW WEEKS The Enemies and Rascals exhibition at the @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Maughan Library closes next month, so make sure you stop by 👇

King's Arts & Humanities@kingsartshums.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 NEW: Enemies and Rascals 🇨🇦 From 3 July, a new exhibition in the Maughan Library of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social reveals a forgotten episode of North American history: the Invasion of Quebec during the American War of Independence ⬇️🧵 buff.ly/CK9WJzD

🆕 Research from @kingshistory.bsky.social reveals thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans. Today, Professor William Pettigrew has launched a register compiling and presenting information on all known slave-traders in Britain. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/registe...

Register of British Slave Traders reveals English investors and their influence on the nation | King's College London

New research by Professor William Pettigrew’s team offers the most comprehensive examination of a national community of slave traders ever attempted.

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We are delighted to be hosting another series of the 'Race and the #earlymodern' seminar with @folger.edu. This term we will be hosting three WIP sessions with Dr. Mira Zoubeida 'Assaf, Aman Williams, and Rebecca Adusei, respectively. Full details below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/upcoming-sem...

Upcoming Seminars — CEMS KCL Blog

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🩺 Professors Patrick ffrench and Neil Vickers have co-edited a special issue on the history and and epistemology of the medical humanities for @histhum.bsky.social. This edition marks the first time the field's development has been compared across the UK, France and USA ⬇️ buff.ly/kmzDlRC

Special journal issue on medical humanities published | King's College London

Two King’s academics have co-edited a special journal issue on the history of the medical humanities, representing a major milestone in the field.

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💡 'I'm more agile than I gave myself credit for.' Discover how @kclalumni.bsky.social Pierrette Hebga Meinrad (German with English Literature BA) founded health tech company SenaForma with support from the @kingsei.bsky.social King's Start-up Accelerator ⤵️ buff.ly/g11Q3um

A Start-up Founder's Story: SenaForma

Driven by her experience as a young carer, Pierrette is building SenaForma to put disabled people, not their diagnosis, at the centre of product design. Read her story.

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🇩🇪 'What people want most is real change. They've stopped believing that the mainstream parties can deliver this – and the parties have not given them cause to think otherwise.' Katja Hoyer analyses the AfD's success in Germany's local elections on @deutschewelle.dw.com 👇 www.dw.com/en/how-the-a...

How the AfD changed its pitch and broke through

Historian Katja Hoyer says the AfD's breakthrough was fueled by a more upbeat campaign around Ulrich Siegmund, while mainstream parties struggled to offer a positive vision of change.

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🔊 Writing Noise in Interwar Britain by Professor Anna Snaith has been longlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize 2026 👏 Her research examines how WWI’s overwhelming noise sparked a renewed focus on sound in the interwar years. 🔗 Learn more about the book ⬇️ buff.ly/NNlAOfu

New research reveals interwar Britain's fixation with noise | King's College London

Professor Anna Snaith, Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature in the Department of English, provides a fresh ‘earspective’ on the sonic legacy of the First World War through analysis of modernist…

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🇪🇷 Join us on 18 September to uncover the untold stories of Eritrean writers who have been forcibly disappeared. Hosted by the Global Cultures Institute, @peneritrea.bsky.social, @englishpen.bsky.social and @peninternational.bsky.social for the #ProofOfLife campaign. 🔗 Register ⤵️ buff.ly/5GgxCto

25 Years Disappeared: Proof of Life Now | King's College London

Shedding light on these untold stories while creating a space for informed discussion on freedom of expression, censorship, exile, and the human cost of silencing independent voices in Eritrea.

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🖌️ 'Mapping the contours of what people do with the medieval is more productive than policing it.' Dr Sarah Salih from @kingsenglish.bsky.social reviews The Raw & The Cooked, exploring how ideas of the medieval inspire artists today & why accuracy isn't always required. Read more: shorturl.at/SzAao

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 3w ago

This exhibition is not so much about the middle ages, more about the aesthetic tropes we associate with it.

📽️ A new feature film on how we perceive ageing has been inspired by research from Dr Martina Zimmermann and The Sciences of Ageing and Culture of Youth project, with funding from @ukri.org. 'Coming of Age' positions ageing as a lifelong process, rather than an end-of-life event ⬇️ 🔗 buff.ly/qrjfEpm

King's research inspires 'Coming of Age' feature film | King's College London

The new film is inspired by research from The Sciences of Ageing and Culture of Youth (SAACY) and set for release in 2027.

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👏 Congratulations to Dr Craig Moyes from @kingsdllc.bsky.social on being appointed as Collège des chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone at the Université d'Ottawa. He will spend a month at the institution to further his book project on poetics and ecology in 20th-century Quebec 🇨🇦

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.

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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📰 Explore London's history of print and printing from the 18th to the 20th century with Dr Esther Chadwick (Courtauld) and Dr @djbduncan.bsky.social (UCL). Chaired by Professor Abigail Williams. 📆 17 September ⏰ 18:00-20:00 💰 Free 🔗 Reserve your space 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-lands...

Lost Landscapes of Print: Roundtable

Three leading scholars explore the history of print and printing in London from the eighteenth to the twentieth century

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🔎 Dr Jean Smith chairs a seminar on 'Gendered experiences of the Second World War' with Judith Lewis, @wugolini.bsky.social and @drkatevigurs.bsky.social on 8 September. Free to attend, registration required 👇 www.swwresearch.com/post/gendere... @dsdkings.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Gendered experiences of the Second World War - Global Seminar Series

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...

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🇨🇦 ‘Giving in to American pressure on this point would amount to relinquishing a degree of sovereignty.’ Dr Craig Moyes from @kingsdllc.bsky.social speaks to @france24.com about the role of French language and culture in the trade war between Canada and the US ⬇️ www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9r...

Guerre commerciale : face à Trump, le Canada défend la langue française et sa souveraineté

Mark Carney a affirmé, lundi, que les États-Unis avaient fait des demandes “inacceptables” qui “auraient mis en péril la culture et la langue française” au Canada. Le Premier ministre canadien en a fa...

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🌍 An evening of discussion thinking about how the art and culture around deep time, palaeontology can (and can’t) help us engage with the current world. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/deep-...

Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises | King's College London

Popularizing Palaeontology: Current & Historical Perspectives

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Everybody knows the name Walt Disney – but what was he like behind the scenes? 👀 🎬 Dr Christopher Holliday from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social explores what modern day leaders can learn from the animation icon's story on the History's Greatest Leaders podcast 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Walt Disney: Cartoon villain or genius leader?

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

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🧑‍🩰 On the Classics and Poetry Now podcast, Dr Justine McConnell talks to composer and installation artist Neo Muyanga about his recent production, The Bacchae: An African Choral Ballet, produced by Joburg Ballet. 🎧️ Listen here ⤵️ buff.ly/483EnOv @kingsclassics.bsky.social @kingsdllc.bsky.social

A conversation with Neo Muyanga

Podcast Episode · Classics and Poetry Now · 6 August · 44min

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Dr Shuangyu Li from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social has received a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from @advancehe.bsky.social for making an outstanding impact on students’ outcomes and the teaching profession 👏 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-e...

King's educator recognised with prestigious National Teaching Fellowship | King's College London

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

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🏅 Congratulations to Etiane Cheung (Modern Languages with a Year Abroad) on winning the Jelf Medal for her academic success and her involvement in the @kingsdllc.bsky.social student magazines and outreach initiatives. Etiane said she was 'incredibly grateful' 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/modern-...

Modern Languages student wins Jelf Medal for Faculty of Arts & Humanities | King's College London

Etiane Cheung, who graduated from the Modern Languages with a Year Abroad (French and Spanish) this summer, has received the Jelf Medal for her academic aptitude and involvement in King’s community.

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💭 How does thought move? How do concepts form and shift across disciplines and genres? Professor Kélina Gotman's lecture on 'Performance: a tentative unravelling, a commons' is now available on YouTube ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9at0...

Performance: a tentative unravelling, a commons, with Professor Kélina Gotman

YouTube video by King's Arts & Humanities

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King's Arts & Humanities@kingsartshums.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Professor Kélina Gotman, Professor of Performance and the Humanities in @kingsenglish.bsky.social, explores some of the strands that have underpinned ‘performance’ discourse over the past 150 years at this Inaugural Professorial Lecture on 18 May. 🔗 Register ⬇️

Our colleague Alana Harris's work with Horton Cemetery has been shortlisted for an 'Everyday Histories' award! You can even vote for her project. Have a look! www.findmypast.co.uk/c/everyday-h...

👏 Meet the 2026–27 Global Cultures Institute Fellows, Professor Roberta Comunian and Dr David Brydan ⬇️🧵 #GlobalCultures www.kcl.ac.uk/news/global-...

Global Cultures Institute Fellowships announced for 2026-27 | King's College London

Two academics from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities have received Global Cultures Institute Fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year.

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🤝 King's College London and Wuhan University have formally signed a 4+1 Progression Agreement in Digital Humanities @kingsdh.bsky.social. The agreement opens a progression route from Wuhan University to King’s MA in Digital Humanities and supports teaching and research collaborations 🔽

King's signs progression agreement with Wuhan University | King's College London

New agreement opens progression route from Wuhan University to King’s Digital Humanities master’s programme and supports teaching and research collaborations.

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