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Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

Research centres

Our research centres bring people together for:

  • interdisciplinary research - crossing boundaries for better outcomes
  • events - networking to increase knowledge
Lines of computer code overlaying image of Earth from space

Centre for Critical Theory

Critical approaches to study contemporary society, politics, and culture
Actors on stage in traditional Chinese dress

Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies

Cultural thinking and practices related to China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea
 
Person in cinema auditorium standing next to screen with Hollywood sign

Institute for Screen Industries Research

Addressing challenges and opportunities within screen industries
Painting of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Castle in flames

Centre for Research in Visual Culture

Forum for research in art-historical and visual culture studies
 
Wireframe outline of human covered in points of light

Virtual and Immersive Production Studio

Specialist production facility to incubate innovation
Soviet era stained-glass mural from the abandoned town of Pripyat, near Chernobyl in Ukraine

Centre for Media, Politics and Communication Research

Research on mediated and digital communication, including political communication, discourse, rhetoric and disinformation
 
Illustration showing different aspects of a creative county

Visioning a Creative and Cultural County

Collaboration between ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Leicestershire County Council
 

Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

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