Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures

We are an interdisciplinary research centre based in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway, University of London.

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

The 2023 David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture is now available to watch on our YouTube channel! @Sarah100Wright spoke about 'Embracing sound in the "Basque New Wave"' https://t.co/HFE35jyx8G

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at
@royalholloway invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust
Early Career Fellowship scheme. Details of the process and deadlines here 👇

https://t.co/APXrfNkqld

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

This year's David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Prof Claudia Hopkins (Edinburgh) on Tuesday 19 November, 18:15-19:30, at our Egham campus: 'From ethnographic to camp Orientalism: Gabriel Morcillo Raya'.
Booking and further details here: https://t.co/pqmuH0qk9A

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Huge congratulations to our colleague Dr James Kent whose beautiful photographic portrait 'Cary, Axiuli & Haytoo, Havana, Cuba' has been shortlisted for the @NPGLondon's prestigious Taylor Wessing Photo Prize 2024, and will be part of the accompanying exhibition. 1/3

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

It will soon be time for our Welcome Week social gathering to kick off the new year. If you have a place with us we'll see you there! And if you’d like to join us it’s not too late - call our #Clearing hotline to find out about our courses. Lines open till 7pm: [phone].

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

Where could #Clearing take you? It allowed Evie to discover our most flexible course, Liberal Arts, and it changed her life! We also have places in Comparative Lit and Culture, Modern Languages, and many combinations. Call: [phone].

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Applications for @GettyMuseum Library Research Grants are now open. The grant was transformative to my PhD and longer-term research goals. I would be delighted to offer advice to anyone applying to this fantastic scheme! https://t.co/IiaZC1WJwW

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Calling Royal Holloway PGRs: a chance to present your research at the Material Worlds symposium in September!

[Material Worlds PGR Symposium @material_worlds]

📢Call for Papers out now! Deadline for submissions Friday 16th August
#royalholloway #materialcultures #AcademicTwitter #postgrad

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Back in June 2021, in the run-up to the (Covid-delayed) Tokyo Olympics, we hosted Prof. Mike O'Mahony, who presented a fascinating paper on the visual representation of the Olympic Games. Catch up with the recording here: https://t.co/GWVYygnapd

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

New podcast episode! @StacyBoldrick talks about Iconoclasm - the destruction of art!
https://t.co/XkPTDofW4J

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Our next event on 23 May will be an online PGR workshop in collaboration with RCA. More details and sign-up here: https://t.co/dt1B4VgkxO

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

The afternoon sessions of our symposium are focused on THE ZONE OF INTEREST. Papers explore the film’s historical context, topography, sensory qualities, and lacunae.

[RHUL Holocaust Research Institute @RHUL_HRI]

The HRI is delighted to invite you to the book launch of 'Yiddish Cinema: The Drama of Troubled Communication'.

Authors Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar will be in conversation with our Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr William Pimlott.

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Wonderful to have Dr Martin Stern present at our symposium - Martin was born in the Netherlands in 1938 and is a Holocaust survivor. https://t.co/svC5pmtRIZ

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

In this session we’re privileged to have Bianca Stigter in conversation with our colleague Simone Gigliotti. OCCUPIED CITY is based on Bianca’s 2019 book Atlas of an Occupied City: Amsterdam 1940-1945.

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Among many insights, Bianca tells us that she and Steve McQueen will soon be curating a follow-up installation / exhibition using some of many hours of unused footage for OCCUPIED CITY. Exciting news!

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

Our symposium SOUNDING THE SPACES OF HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE has kicked off with a panel on Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter’s film OCCUPIED CITY (2024). Organised with @RHUL_HRI

[RHUL Holocaust Research Institute @RHUL_HRI]

Last few days to register! 'Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust' will encourage participants to discuss film, place & adapting & re-using archival content in contemporary cinematic approaches to the Holocaust.https://t.co/2VP1d2KROr

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

Now available 👇: the programme for the symposium
SOUNDING THE SPACES OF HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE: REMAPPING THE CINEMA OF THE HOLOCAUST (18 May, @RoyalHolloway Egham campus).
See next post in this 🧵to register. Organised by @RHUL_HRI and @RHUL_CVC. 1/2 https://t.co/CO6PUtDxu2

[Languages, Literatures & Cultures @ Royal Holloway @LLC_RHUL]

Congratulations 🎉to our colleague Prof James Williams on the publication today of his new book about the film XALA (1974) by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene. It appears in the @BFI Film Classics series from @BloomsburyBooks, and is very affordable! https://t.co/bOo7C4znon

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

See the full photo essay here: https://t.co/XsH6pCHpLw

[Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures @RHUL_CVC]

CVC's James Kent has published a photo essay in The Times! It features work from his project "¡No hay más na'!" (There's nothing left), a portrait of Cuban boxing’s next generation, focusing on a community boxing gym run by former champion José Álamo Utria.