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 […]
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 […]
The CRCC will be hosting a book launch event on Wednesday 3rd December for member Alena Pfoser‘s recent publication: Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire. Event details: When: Wednesday December 3rd, 16.00-17.00Where: U005 Brockington, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Epinal Way LE11 3TU and on Teams using the link below This will be […]
King’s College London | 27th February 2026Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21st November 2025Keynote SpeakerNatalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of LondonNB: This is an in-person event to be held in London. Due to the sensitivity of the topics discussed, the symposium will not be recorded. Symposium details: The Counter-Research Symposium is a one-day event […]
The CRCC will be hosting a book launch event on Wednesday 26th November for member Taeyoung Kim‘s recent publication: Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave: The South Korean Government’s Instrumentalisation of Popular Culture. Event details: When: Wednesday November 26th, 16.00-17.30Where: U005 Brockington, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Epinal Way LE11 3TU and on Teams […]