School of Arts, Media, and Communication
Events
Regular event series
Upcoming events
| Event | Date(s) | Organiser(s) | Further information |
| Literary Leicester 2026 | 18 - 21 March 2026 | Literary Leicester | To follow |
| British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) Annual Conference | 3 - 5 September 2025 | Dr Lin Feng, Film Studies | Find out more |
| Symposium: 80 Years On: Memory and Legacy of World War II in ESEA Popular Culture | 2 September 2025 | Dr Lin Feng, Film Studies; Dr Yan Ying, Translation and Interpreting Studies | Find out more |
| British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) Talks 2025 | 27 June 2025 | Centre for Victorian Studies | Find out more |
| Victorian Bodies | 18 June 2025 | Centre for Victorian Studies | Find out more |
| Joint Book Launch to Celebrate Film Studies at Leicester | 16 June 2025 | Film Studies | Celebrating the launch of Lin Feng's Film History and Screen Culture in Greater China and Beyond (Routledge, 2025); James Chapman's Financing the British Film Industry: Capital, Cash and Quota, 1896-1945 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) and Screening Sherlock: A cultural history of the Great Detective on film and television (Manchester University Press, 2025); and David Christopher's Toronto New Wave cinema and the anarchist-apocalypse (Manchester University Press, 2025). |
Past events
Academic year 2024-2025
| Event | Date(s) | Organiser(s) |
| Cultures of AI Workshop | 9 June 2025 | Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Modern Languages; Dr Victoria O’Meara and Dr Gabriela Zogall, Media and Communication; LIAS |
| Postgraduate Research Conference: The Evolution of Storytelling: Symbols, Myths and Legends |
6 June 2025 | School of Arts, Media, and Communication |
| Summer School: Migration, Diaspora and Mobile Identities | 2 - 6 June 2025 | College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities |
| Professor Lesley Wiley's Inaugural Lecture: Hummingbirds and the London Particular: W. H. Hudson's Allegories of Extinction | 28 May 2025 | College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities |
| Building Bridges Translation Event | 22 May 2025 | Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies; East Midlands Regional Group of the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting) |
| Literary Leicester 2025 | 19 - 22 March 2025 | Literary Leicester; catch up via |
| Professor Claire Brock's Inaugural Lecture: Surgery at Home |
4 December 2024 | College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities |
| Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image |
27 November 2024 |
Centre for Victorian Studies; Literary Leicester |
| Representations of Migration on Screen: Screenings and Post-film discussion |
21 October - 4 November 2024 | Migration, Mobility, and Citizenship Network; Phoenix Cinema |
| The Victorian Novel and the Health Humanities | 16 October 2024 | Dr Doug Battersby, Centre for Victorian Studies |
| Surrealist Soiree | 12 October 2024 |
Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Modern Languages; Phoenix Cinema |
| Professor Catherine Morley's Inaugural Lecture: Art and American Fiction | 26 September 2024 | College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities |
| Festival of Media Stories | 13 September 2024 | Media and Communication; Film Studies |
Academic year 2022-23
| Event | Date(s) | Organiser(s) |
| Latinx Studies in the UK | 20 - 21 April 2023 | Modern Languages |