The CRCC, in collaboration with the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), are proud to announce ‘Constructing Vulnerability’, a hybrid symposium on the communicative construction of vulnerability and its implications for social organisation and collective futures. Date: Thursday 21st MayTime: 10am-4:30pmLocation: Jennings Council Chambers, Hazlerigg Building Loughborough University, and online Constructing vulnerability Vulnerability denotes exposure to […]
Held on Friday May 22nd, Loughborough University & Online Workshop convenors: Emma Richardson, Sarah Atkins, and Alexandra Kent This workshop, hosted by the internationally renowned Discourse and Rhetoric Group and supported by the CRCC brought together international scholars of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EMCA) concerned with how to collect, analyse and present data from in-person […]
The CRCC, alongside the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), hosted the symposium: ‘Constructing Vulnerability’ on Thursday 21st May at Loughborough University. The event brought scholars from Loughborough University together with distinguished invited speakers from Heriot-Watt University, University of Michigan Medical School and the University of the West of England, to interrogate the communicative construction of […]
The CRCC are delighted to invite you to join this talk by Professor Graham Murdock – part of a series of events celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. Empire of Influence: Rupert Murdoch and the Crisis of Deliberative DemocracyProfessor Graham Murdock (Emeritus Professor, Loughborough University) 4th June, 2.00-3.30pm […]
Thursday, May 14 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Hybrid event (in-person & online) The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (Loughborough University) is delighted to sponsor this plenary talk: ‘Duty’ as power: bureaucracy, ethics and the relations of care in UK reality television This is the keynote session of the Communication and […]
Sites of Hostility and Resistance: Navigating the Digital LGBTQ+ Public Sphere in Hungary Date: 5th May 2026Time: 5pm-7.30pm (UK time)Registration: This event is FREE to attend, but registration is essential. To book your place, please email: a.zsubori@lboro.ac.uk About the event: You are warmly invited to join us for an upcoming webinar featuring Mariann Filó (activist, […]
CRCC member Kathryn Brown has recently edited a new book: Art History and Artificial Intelligence: Looking at Images in an Algorithmic Culture in collaboration with the British Academy. A timely publication Art History and Artificial Intelligence investigates tensions and opportunities that are arising in human-machine ‘dialogues’ about visual art. Contributors explore recent developments in machine […]
Author: Ali Bilgic (Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics, Loughborough University) Over the past few years, I’ve increasingly found myself grappling with these stubborn questions: why do obviously false stories online capture people’s attention so powerfully? Why do some narratives linger long after fact‑checkers have disproved them? These questions stayed with me because, […]
CA Day 15th December 2025 Celebrating its 18th year, CA (Conversation Analysis) Day was––as ever––a celebration of the global appeal of conversation analytic research. With a full programme of talks, including keynotes by Chase Wesley Raymond and Deborah Chinn, and the ever popular CAkeOff competition – delegates were certainly provided with plenty of sustenance for […]
CRCC member Arianna Maiorani has been invited for a residency at Texas Tech University, USA, jointly funded by the College of Media and Communication and the College of Visual and Performing Arts and hosted by Professor Erik Bucy. Lectures During one week 1(8th-25th October), she lectured on her various research strands and projects to UG […]