Welcome to the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies
Our Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies (CRMCS) was founded in 2000. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 65% of our research was ranked world leading or internationally excellent. The Centre has two principal strategic aims:
(1) to promote and sustain a lively and inclusive research environment, providing a supportive framework and a sense of collective purpose for those academic staff and postgraduate students at the university whose work is situated within the fields of media and cultural studies (and the closely related areas of film and communication studies)
(2) to develop and support research initiatives via collaborative research projects and research partnerships with other institutions and external organisations.
We welcome enquiries from any prospective research students who are interested in working with us. If you are interested in taught post-graduate programmes, please see Postgraduate research degrees, or if you are considering PhD study, please browse through Research staff and Research projects and collaborations pages for details of research interests and areas of expertise. General enquiries can be directed through our CRMCS Management.
Latest news (last updated 14 May 2012):
Postgraduate Research Days: Our next postgraduate research day will be held on Friday, 18 May 2012 (1.30-5.30pm), addressing media, place and mobility. Speakers include Prof Shaun Moores (Sunderland), Eve Forrest (Sunderland), Zlatan Krajina (Zagreb) and Helen Thornham (Leeds). Attendance is free, but please contact Clarissa Smith to confirm your place. David Puttnam Media Centre, room 207.
Radio in Spain: On Monday 21 May, visiting Spanish scholar Dr Avelino Amoedo (University of Navarro) will be giving the final research seminar for this academic year, entitled 'Radio in Spain: Identity, Programming and Challenges for Digital Convergence'. David Puttnam Media Centre, room 233, 5.30pm, all welcome.
Theorising Cultural Diplomacy: Professor John Storey has been invited to participate in the AHRC funded Research Network 'Understanding the Role of Cultural Products in Cultural Diplomacy, hosted by the University of Bath. The first workshop took place in April 2012.
Film and Video Distribution Database: This AHRC funded Resource Enhancement project (at fv-distribution-database.ac.uk), led by Professor Julia Knight, was launched at the Lighting the Cave symposium, Friday 11 May 2012, at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. The database makes available a range of primary research material relating to the distribution and promotion of experimental/independent moving image work in the UK, 1966-2000.
