To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ day, PCTG will be discussing war in popular fiction.
7 August 2025 by kitrichards
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd July)
As July is Disability Pride Month, the next session of PCTG centres on disability in pop culture.
16 July 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Tues 8th July)
The next session of PCTG focuses on queerness in fantasy literature.
2 July 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub
Next year, I plan to run a new interdisciplinary network aimed at postgraduates and research students: The AI and Humanities Hub. The idea is to explore AI through a humanities lens – and to foster critical reading, philosophical dialogue and contemplation of AI’s impact on human thought. The emphasis is on reading, questioning and understanding … Continue reading “Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub”
13 June 2025 by Rex Ferguson
Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub
Next year, I plan to run a new interdisciplinary network aimed at postgraduates and research students: The AI and Humanities Hub. The idea is to explore AI through a humanities lens – and to foster critical reading, philosophical dialogue and contemplation of AI’s impact on human thought. The emphasis is on reading, questioning and understanding … Continue reading “Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub”
13 June 2025 by Rex Ferguson
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 21st/28th May)
The next two sessions of PCTG will focus on the relationship between fantasy and revolution, and whether classical lit counts as fanfiction.
15 May 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 7th May)
In next session of PCTG we’ll be discussing portrayals of ancient Egypt in science fiction.
1 May 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 23rd April)
The next session of PCTG will mark Earth Day with a discussion of Ecocriticism in pop culture.
21 April 2025 by Rowe Georgina
Romance Reading Group – April 2025 Session: It Ends with Us
Monday 7th April, 6:30-7:30pm (London Time), Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/colleen-hoovers-it-ends-with-us-2016 [Read this paragraph with a deep cinematic voice, like in Hollywood movie trailers from the 00’s] It has been a bestseller. It has been turned into a movie. It has been the excuse for young people to cry on TikTok. But it has not … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – April 2025 Session: It Ends with Us”
31 March 2025 by romancereadinggroup
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th March)
For the next session of PCTG we’re discussing neurodiversity and music.
26 March 2025 by Rowe Georgina