Category: staff news

Film and Media Lecturer, Dr James Newton, shares his latest podcast episodes on Newton Talks. In his podcast, James discusses topics related to cinema, television … Read more

Art Historian and curator, Dr Ben Thomas, has recently published his new book, Edgar Wind and Modern Art: In Defence of Marginal Anarchy (Bloomsbury, 2020). … Read more

Head of Comedy and Popular Performance, Olly Double, recently took part in a panel discussion titled, ‘Is comedy art?’ with Senior Lecturer, Sophie Quirk, at … Read more

School of Arts’ Head of School, Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald, to give talk titled, ‘Doris Day, “the most everything girl in Hollywood”‘, on Wednesday 17 … Read more

School of Arts Lecturer, Olly Double, along with two Drama alumni, Matt Hoss and Tom Blake, started Funny Rabbit Comedy Club in early 2019. Pre-Covid, … Read more

Dr Hans Maes and co-author Petra van Brabandt have just published a monograph (in Dutch) on the ‘art vs porn’ debate. Art or Porn? The … Read more

A big congratulations to Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Dr Dieter Declercq, who has recently published his new book, Satire, Comedy and Mental Health. … Read more

Senior Lecturer, Dr Margherita Laera, launches latest public engagement project, ‘Performing Italy’. Dr Laera has curated seven 15-minute video portraits of theatre makers of migrant … Read more

Head of Comedy and Popular Performance at the School of Arts, Olly Double, will be speaking at the upcoming TedX event hosted by London Business … Read more

By evaluating and comparing cultural practices and institutional habits, Margherita suggests best practices for a sustainable field. The study was funded by Creative Europe and … Read more