2026–2027: Semester One

3rd–4th  September – SemDial Workshop Series on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue 2026: LuffDial

The 30th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. (https://semdial2026.github.io/), Loughborough University campus.

14th September – Digital Culture and Communication Group

Inaugural event
1–2.30 pm.
E.0.01 Morag Bell Building and hybrid.

30th September – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Saul Albert and Josie Karieren, ‘Open Repository for Conversation Analysis: Homecomings and Leave-takings in Shared Housing.’
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

6th October – Communication and Media Staff-PhD Student Research Seminar

Climate Change, Discourse and Action.
– Masa Nooh, ‘Rethinking Climate Action.’
– John Downey, ‘Discourse Dynamics in Climate Debate Polarization: Culture Wars and Discursive Convergence in English-Language Tweets in COP26 and COP27.’
12-1:30pm. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Brockington U.208.

7th October – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Tiffany Hutchins, ‘Topicalising and negotiating challenging situations with ‘comic strip conversations.’
1-2.15 pm. Online.

12th October – Digital Culture and Communication Group (CM Digital)

Taeyoung Kim, ‘Reshaping UK Television: How Industry Practitioners Respond to Global Streaming Platforms.’
1-2pm. Feel free to bring your lunch.
E0.01 Morag Bell Building and hybrid

12th October – Launch Event – Teenage Kicks: Finding the Teenage Consumer

Welcome talk, canapés and drinks reception.
6–8pm
LB Café & Hub, BE0.53, Richard Morris Building, Loughborough Business School
Book here: Tickets

13th–21st October – Teenage Kicks: Finding the Teenage Consumer

Part of an exciting UK tour, the Teenage Kicks exhibition is coming to Loughborough…​
Visit the exhibition:
LB Café, BE0.53, Richard Morris Building, Loughborough Business School, 10am – 6pm

14th October – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Jack Joyce and Xinxin Yang, ‘Managing Patient Resistance to a Smoking Reduction Intervention.’
1–2.15pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

15th–16th October – Conference: Internationalisation of African Art

Coinciding with Black History Month and the 1–54 African Art Fair in London (funded by the Leverhulme Trust)
Sotheby’s Institute of Art London and online
Book here: Tickets

21st October – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Marco Pino, Gender miscategorisation and reality disjuncture
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

24th October – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Emma Richardson, Question design in police interviews about sexual violence
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

3rd November – Communication and Media Staff-PhD Student Research Seminar

AI, Language and Memory. 
– Liangzuo Hao, ‘How do Chinese genAI platforms remember COVID‑19? Evidence from DeepSeek, Qwen, and Doubao.’
– Alison Kahn, ‘Lost in Translation: Ethnographic Approaches to Language and Meaning in AI Exhibitions.’
12-1:30 pm. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Morag Bell, Board Room.

4th November – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

TBC
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

8th November – Reading Group: End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Link to the book
Email to confirm: J.Kay@lboro.ac.uk

11th November – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Charles Antaki, ‘A nuts and bolts session on some data from the classic Holt collection (or similar).’
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

18th November – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Tilly Flint and Katie Jordin, ‘Early Mathematics Learning.’
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

19th November – Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC) In Focus event

Sarah Sharma (University of Toronto), ‘Insufferable Tools: Feminism Against Big Tech.’
Respondents: David Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds) and Jo Littler (Goldsmiths, University of London).
Chaired by Jilly Kay (Loughborough University).
Followed by a drinks reception.
5–7pm, Room: CC021, James France and hybrid.
Kindly supported by the European Journal of Cultural Studies.
Book here: Tickets

24th November – Digital Culture and Communication Group (CM Digital)

25th November – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Rosemary Meiring, ‘Mealtime interaction between staff carers and people living with dementia.’
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

26th–27th November – Conference: Museums and AI Cultural Heritage

In collaboration with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)
Loughborough University & online
Book here: Tickets

1st December – Communication and Media Staff-PhD Student Research Seminar

Culture, Conflict and Media
– Mariia Kiriukhina, ‘Receiving Russian Disinformation: Audience Responses in Moldova and Armenia.’
– Yuval Katz, ‘Media and Militarism: The Missing Piece in the Populist Puzzle.’
12-1:30pm. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Morag Bell, Board Room

2nd December – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) data session

Graham Johnson ‘Bad News Delivery in the Emergency Department.’
1–2.15 pm.
Brockington U.2.08 and hybrid.

4th December – Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC) Political Communication Event (co-hosted by the Ethics in Public Life Research Group)

“The Governed Price of Oil: Power, the Iran Crisis and Just Price Theory”, Jack Seddon (Waseda University, Tokyo)
2–3pm
E0.01 Morag Bell Building
Book here: Tickets

8th December – Digital Culture and Communication Group (CM Digital)

Brendan Lawson, ‘Numbers in Seventeenth Century News (NiSN): creating a digital research and learning environment.’
1.00–2.00 pm.
U.208 Brockington and hybrid

14th December – Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG)

Annual Conversation Analysis Day.

2026–2027: Semester Two

Coming later in Semester One…