Screen cultures – Sexuality, power and violence Dr. Debra Ferreday (Lancaster University) | ‘Only the bad gyal could do this’: Rihanna, rape-revenge narratives, and the cultural politics of White Feminism In 2015, Rihanna released a video single, Bitch Better Have My Money (more widely known as BBHMM), whose violent imagery would become the focus of […]
Join us for the first in a series of informal drop-in sessions to find out more about undertaking a PhD at the Faculty of Arts, Design & Media, BCU over coffee and cake. Whether you are simply thinking about doing a PhD or in the process of applying, this opportunity will enable you to understand what embarking on a […]
Screen cultures: Norms and transgressions Dr. Anne Graefer (BCU) and Dr. Ranjana Das (University of Leicester) | ‘Who on earth watches this?!’: Offended Television Audiences in Britain and Germany This paper explores some findings from our forthcoming book ‘Provocative Screens: Offended Audiences in Britain and Germany’ (Palgrave Pivot 2017). In our audience study we explored […]
As part of the Jazz & Everyday Aesthetics research network and hosted by Edinburgh University, a performance by the Haftor Medbøe, Pete Furniss and Tom Bancroft will be open to the public. This public performance brings together: Haftor Medbøe | a Norwegian-born guitarist, composer and educator living in Edinburgh, Scotland. With his eponymous group, he has recorded five […]
So you're coming towards the end of of your PhD or maybe you've even finished. Where to from here? This workshop provides an opportunity to understand more about how you can continue and expand your research as well as advance your academic and professional career trajectory beyond the PhD through becoming a postdoctoral researcher in the Arts, Design & Media. The session […]
BCMCR Research Seminar: Screen cultures – Media, affect and sexuality Sebastian Svegaard (BCU) | "All the Feels!": Music, Affect and Critique in Fanmade Music Videos The fanworks known as vids (or fanvids) are short, remix music videos made by fans within what Henry Jenkins termed media fandom (Jenkins 1991). They are narrative and present a […]
Ever want to have just a few hours in amidst all the PhD chaos to just focus on writing? In our first Writing Intensive this year, we collectively wrote over 26,000 words in the space of a day! We’ve carried on this momentum through regular Shut Up & Write sessions where like-minded PhD students meet […]
This mini-conference features presentations from PhD students and those on the MA in Musicology at the Birmingham Conservatoire, as well as a keynote from Visiting Scholar Dr Silvana Scarinci. There is a wide range of topics, and it promises to be a very interesting and stimulating couple of days. Please do come and join us, […]
BCMCR Research Seminar: Screen cultures – Horror and hardcore Dr Oliver Carter (BCU) | Hardcore Guaranteed: Making Pornography in 1960s Britain This paper draws on research conducted for the opening chapter of a future monograph on British hardcore pornographic filmmaking and the forthcoming documentary Hardcore Guaranteed: The Mike Freeman Story. It explores the emergence of […]
Getting the most out of conferences, networking and publishing: A workshop for postgraduate research students and early career researchers | Professor Andy Bennett (Griffith University) As the academic world becomes increasingly competitive, particularly at the entry-level stages, careful planning and management of one’s career steps is highly important. While some significant new opportunities for academic profiling […]
