{"id":26721,"date":"2025-02-24T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=26721"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:28:56","slug":"worldfest-2025-from-the-templeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/worldfest-2025-from-the-templeman\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldFest 2025 from the Templeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Templeman&#8217;s library displays and resources celebrating WorldFest 2025 in collaboration with Global Learning colleagues recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>WorldFest at the University is from 24 February until 7 March and celebrates cultural diversity across our campuses and beyond.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1854\" data-end=\"1924\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/837C0995-B2FC-040E-A0AA-E97ED85D3FFB.html?lang=en-GB&amp;login=1\">WorldFest Book Recommendations: A Literary Journey Across Cultures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">In celebration of WorldFest, the University community has curated a list of book recommendations that offer insights into various cultures and experiences. These selections, nominated by students and staff, provide a literary avenue to explore the world from different perspectives. Highlights from the list include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">The decagon house murders by Yukito Ayatsuji<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">My brilliant friend by Eleanna Ferrante<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">The reader by Bernhard Schlink<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">Gravel heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The books span various genres and regions, offering\u00a0 an opportunity to delve into stories that reflect the complexities and beauties of different cultures.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\">Book display in the Templeman<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/files\/2025\/02\/shared-image-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26733\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/files\/2025\/02\/shared-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1736\" height=\"2312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"2242\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/837C0995-B2FC-040E-A0AA-E97ED85D3FFB.html?lang=en-GB&amp;login=1\">World cinema from Kanopy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/160\">Browse a selection of films from across the globe in Kanopy<\/a> including In the Mood for Love, The French Doll and Mother I Love You plus many more.<\/p>\n<h3>DVDs from the Templeman<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/files\/2025\/02\/shared-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26731\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/files\/2025\/02\/shared-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1736\" height=\"2312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why not watch a film from another country and culture to celebrate WorldFest 2025. We have 100s of DVDs in our Video Collection in the Library Caf\u00e9 from classics to the latest award-winning titles.<\/p>\n<p>We have <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/2747490F-0795-4184-22B7-ED038B79B082.html?lang=en-GB&amp;login=1\">handpicked a selection for you to browse and view<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t have a DVD player? Then you can watch then in the Library on one of our viewing stations or <a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/studies\/borrow-from-the-templeman-library\/student-dvd-blu-ray-player-loans\">borrow a DVD player for 48 hours<\/a> to have a film night of your own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t forget the popcorn!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Templeman&#8217;s library displays and resources celebrating WorldFest 2025 in collaboration with Global Learning colleagues recommendations. WorldFest at the University is from 24 February &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/worldfest-2025-from-the-templeman\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60111,"featured_media":26723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72438,227582,21339,1120,26284,19149,227586,206948,25211,4859,264504,227575,18227,19173,107,227592,21632,183276,173182,136219,50872,227594,1346,43623,162,10269,85943,227606,168423,227598,227599,69,18570,96197,131594,1082,18573,235644,227607,185199,193457,43796],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-studies","category-anthropology-and-conservation","category-architecture","category-arts","category-biosciences","category-business","category-child-protection-ccp","category-classics-and-archaeology","category-comparative-literature","category-computing","category-curated-displays","category-digital-library","category-diversity","category-economics","category-education","category-engineering-and-digital-art","category-english","category-english-language-and-linguistics","category-equality-diversity-and-inclusivity","category-fashion","category-film-studies","category-health-service-studies","category-history","category-kent-and-medway-medical-school","category-law","category-library-news","category-librarysearch","category-maths-statistics-and-actuarial-science","category-media-studies","category-medieval-and-early-modern-studies","category-modern-and-world-languages","category-philanthropy","category-philosophy","category-physical-sciences","category-politics-and-international-relations","category-psychology","category-religious-studies","category-sport-and-exercise-sciences","category-spssr","category-staff-highlights","category-student-highlights","category-tizard"],"sub_title":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26721"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26960,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26721\/revisions\/26960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}