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Christina Scharff seminar on Wednesday 26th: CANCELLED

CCI seminar series 4:30 Weds 26th D427 Christina Scharff seminar on Wednesday 26th: CANCELLED. Sorry for the short notice but this seminar will be rearranged for the Summer term.

Cultures of colour: Dominique Grisard will be an honorary visiting felllow in CCI in September

We are delighted to be welcoming Dominique Grisard as an honorary visiting felllow in CCI in September. Dominique is a Swiss National Science Foundation fellow and will be a Visiting Scholar at City University London this Autumn. A historian by training, Grisard has been teaching Gender Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland, since 2006. From…

First meeting of Gender & Sexualities Research Forum

We are delighted to invite interested PhD students and academics to the first meeting of the Gender & Sexualities Research Forum at City WHEN: Monday 24th March at 4 pm WHERE: Room D427, 4th floor Social Sciences Building Dr Lia Litosseliti : “Gender and Language: Around the Field in 40 Minutes” Dr Lia Litosseliti is Senior…

‘Anime: A History’ reviewed in LSE Review of Books

Dr Casey Brienza’s review of Anime: A History by Jonathan Clements has been published today by the LSE Review of Books. She has also previously written reviews of The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan’s Media Success Story by Ian Condry and Anime’s Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan by Marc Steinberg…

On Japan’s Transnational Cool for Discover Society

An article by Dr Casey Brienza, titled “Does Manga’s Transnational Cool Benefit Japan?” and providing a layperson’s introduction to her research on manga publishing in the United States, has been published this month in the sixth issue of Discover Society. Discover Society is published by Social Research Publications, a not-for-profit collaboration between sociology and social policy…

Andy Pratt discusses the video games industry

A City News article and City Perspectives video on the video game industry are now live at:http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2014/mar/city-perspectives-on-the-video-game-industry Included in the video is an interview with Prof Andy Pratt; Andy is also referred to in the accompanying article. The City PR people say: The wide dissemination of this series is a key part of our motivation…

Marisol Sandoval’s New Book

Sandoval, Marisol. 2014. From Corporate to Social Media. Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries. London: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415722568/ “What a marvelous book this is! Marisol Sandoval offers a vibrant new voice that cuts through the noise about corporate social responsibility and takes us to the center of its claims. Essential reading…

Andy Pratt discusses art and public space on Resonance FM

Andy Pratt took part in an radio discussion programme on Art and Public Space which builds upon collaborative work with Prof Loretta Lees, on an AHRC project; plus an AHRC Creative Voucher with Platform 7, which is mentioned in the discussion (Silent Cacophony). John McKiernan, founder of Platform-7 Events will be discussing public art interventions…

Casey writes about the magical girls of Japanese anime and manga for Austrian feminist magazine

The March 2014 issue of the Austrian feminist magazine an.schläge features a contribution by Dr Casey Brienza to the issue’s theme on Comic Superheroines, focusing on the shoujo superheroines of Japanese anime and manga. The article, titled “Magische Mädchen und Girl Revolutions” (Magical Girls and Girl Revolutions), is available in print and in German only.

The CCI seminar series continues…4:30 Weds 26th D427

Thanks to Irida Ntalla for a really interesting presentation about interactivity, affect and the postmodern museum experience in our last seminar. The series continues on Wednesday 26th with Laura Garcia Favaro who will be presenting her research about online community forums aimed at women. The seminar will start at 4.30 PM in Room D427. All…