🇺🇸 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 👇

🔎 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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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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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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🫖 What can a tea brand tell us about a nation? Global Cultures MA student Zsofia Balatoni explores the relationship between Chagee – a Chinese milk tea brand – and China's soft power ambitions in South East Asia 👇 @kingsinterhums.bsky.social @kingsdllc.bsky.social

Soft power, one sip at a time

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.

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🚨 Live facial recognition cameras are being expanded to London's West End. Yet when an algorithm flags the wrong person for police attention, who bears the cost? Louise Mackin, student on the Global Cultures MA, explores the racial bias behind facial recognition technology 👇

The Met Police's facial recognition cameras don't see all faces…

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

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🎮️ 'You press the start button. You boot up the game. In doing so, you also launch a metamorphosis of space and the self.' Steven Williams examines the relationship between queerness, identity and video games for New Voices in Global Cultures ⤵️

Respawning as queer: Playing games to playing with gender

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

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🪖 'Border wars are fought not just with tanks and mines, but also with common cognates and homonyms.' Professor Emily Apter advocated for multilingualism and cognitive translation in her @kingsinterhums.bsky.social conference keynote lecture on language justice ⬇️

Translation by machines debases languages, says Professor Apter | King's College London

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.

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📺️ How is women's ambition portrayed in Pakistani television shows? Maham Sajid (Global Cultures MA) explores which desires are rendered visible, which are contained, and which stories about women translate to international audiences ⬇️ buff.ly/jSoeHfH

🚨 Last chance for tickets 🚨 Professor Emily Apter presents research from her book, 'What is Just Translation? Changing Languages in the Political Present' at this keynote lecture 📘 Sign up using the link below ⬇️

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💡 Professor Emily Apter interrogates translation and justice, and the notion of “global criticality” as a rubric for a multi-disciplinary vision of language politics at this lecture by @kingsinterhums.bsky.social. 📆 7 May ⏰ 18:00-19:30 📍 Bush House 💰️ Free to attend 🔗 Register ⤵️

🤔 What do we know about gender and sexuality in medieval times? Shape the future of queer medieval studies at this workshop hosted by Queer@King's and the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies on 5 June 🏳️‍🌈 🏰 @kingsdh.bsky.social @kingsdllc.bsky.social 🔗 Register ⬇️

Queering the Medieval: 2026 Edition | King's College London

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.

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💬 'The lives of ordinary people tell us a different history. We're still not telling those stories.' Dr @sarafelix.bsky.social from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social examined the role of galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) in decolonisation for The Pluriversity Podcast ⬇️🧵

💡 Professor Emily Apter interrogates translation and justice, and the notion of “global criticality” as a rubric for a multi-disciplinary vision of language politics at this lecture by @kingsinterhums.bsky.social. 📆 7 May ⏰ 18:00-19:30 📍 Bush House 💰️ Free to attend 🔗 Register ⤵️

Theorizing “Global Criticality” and the Politics of Just Translation | King's College London

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

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💻️ Investment from tech companies feeds into the Hindu nationalist project of India, said Dr Nisha Kapoor at the @kingsinterhums.bsky.social annual lecture. This 'data nationalism' is re-shaping the city of Hyderabad, hiding its Muslim past and dramatically increasing surveillance ⬇️ buff.ly/0K9piil

Technology and surveillance re-write Indian city's past | King's College London

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…

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Applying for funding and grants are a continual part of academic life. Hear from Dr Pavan Mano @kingsinterhums.bsky.social as he unpacks his real-life experiences with funding throughout his career in Ep 2 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Dr Leonie Smith. 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyH...

⛪️ 'I had assumed to question the church was to wound God. She showed me that devotion and questioning can live in the same breath.' Dr @eddyade.bsky.social from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social shares how Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie changed his perspective on religion 👇 #WorldBookDay

The novel that changed my mind – ten experts share a perspective‑shifting read

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.

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'New book explores how music, from opera to hip-hop, has been inspired by ancient Greece and Rome' Dr Emily Pillinger publishes Music as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity with Dr Miranda Stanyon. Get it from your library (or ask them to order it?)! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-boo...

New book explores how music, from opera to hip-hop, has been inspired by ancient Greece and Rome | King's College London

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

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🧀 "More cheese, Gromit?" 🎥 Dr Christopher Holliday from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social reviews the new 'Inside Aardman – Wallace and Gromit and Friends' exhibition at the Young V&A for @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️

COMMENT: Inside Aardman at the Young V&A: the creative magic behind Britain's beloved stop-motion pioneers | King's College London

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…

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🇮🇳 Join us for the second Interdisciplinary Humanities Annual Lecture on 9 March with Dr Nisha Kapoor on 'Governing by Data: Surveillance, Tech Capital and Majoritarian Power in Hyderabad'. Details and registration link below ⬇️

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🧑‍💻 On 9 March, @kingsinterhums.bsky.social welcomes Dr Nisha Kapoor from @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to deliver a lecture on the emergence of the "Data State" in Hyderabad and examine how data-driven urban security has become central to city's mode of governance ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inter...

💑 'The showmance is basically one of Hollywood’s most durable marketing tricks' says Dr Christopher Holliday from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social, as he traces Hollywood's use of fake relationships to promote films like Wuthering Heights. 🔗 Read more in @thetimes.com ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and the Hollywood ‘showmance’ industry

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

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📀 Professor Kevin K. Gaines explores how Stevie Wonder's album Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants was inspired by political movements, global musical styles and engagement with nature at the Global Cultures Institute annual lecture. 📆 4 March ⏰ 18:00 🔗 Register for tickets ⬇️

Global Culture and Environmental Consciousness in Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants | King's College London

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.

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🤝 Four new projects uniting researchers and activists will address some of society's key challenges – including marginalisation, exclusion and how to enact solidarity – under the Activist-in-Residence scheme in the Global Cultures Institute. 🔗 Find out more ⤵️

New projects pair activism and academia to drive social change | King's College London

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.

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🔠 Imi Lo, graduate of the Global Cultures MA, shares how understanding hermeneutical injustice – when there is no shared language to name an experience, causing invisible harm – has changed her work with neurodivergent individuals. 🔗 Read more in New Voices in Global Cultures ⤵️ buff.ly/6U76ljH

💰 In honour of Jane #Austen’s 250th birthday, we're revisiting Nicholas Foretek’s discovery about the first buyer of Sense and Sensibility... 👑 The discovery was made through the Georgian Papers Programme, of which @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is a proud partner. 🔗 Read more 👇 buff.ly/UC2wGKX

👩‍🎓 From AI to online platforms, education is being remade by the rapid expansion of digital technology. Join us online on 10 December for a panel discussion on the Digital Futures of Education and explore the digital transformations currently at work and what these changes mean for the future ⤵️

Digital Futures of Education | King's College London

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 ...

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🔍 Dr Jean Smith reveals how the universal declaration of independence in Rhodesia played a pivotal role in Britain's anti-apartheid movement, as activists began to campaign against colonial oppression throughout southern Africa ⬇️ buff.ly/6AfrzCK @kingsinterhums.bsky.social @kcl-spe.bsky.social

Significance of forgotten anti-apartheid campaign revealed | King's College London

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…

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🇸🇬 On 3 December, Dr Pavon Mano from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social dissects the intricacies of nationalism in Singapore and its relationship to the governance of sexuality for the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science ⤵️ www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/...

Nationalism and the governance of sexuality

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🌟 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

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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From its pioneering use of CGI to how it redefined storytelling for audiences of all ages, Toy Story remains a landmark in cinema history. As its 30th anniversary approaches, Dr Christopher Holliday (@kingsartshums.bsky.social) reflects on the impact of Pixar’s classic. #KingsQs 🧵⬇️

📽️ Louise Mackin analyses how the film Kneecap (2024) 'captures a significant generational shift in how masculinity is understood and expressed' in Northern Ireland through her research for the Global Cultures MA. 🔗 Read more in our New Voices in Global Cultures blog ⬇️ buff.ly/UOZ08sj