In 2023, the Graduate School is putting on a series of events promoting interdisciplinary conversations amongst our Doctoral Researchers. 

All University of Westminster students and colleagues are welcome to attend without needing to book, just come along on the evening. If someone from outside the University would like to attend, they should email [email protected] to register. 

Events timetable

26 January: In conversation with… Alexis Anthony and Eleftheria Sofroniou

5-7pm, Regent Street, 152-153 - Cayley 

  • A New Age for Media Trust: An Empirical Study of Podcasts, Trust and Public Opinion – Alexis Anthony, School of Media and Communication
  • Making up (for) lost heritage: an ethnographic study of dance, language and identity in London's Greek Cypriot diaspora – Eleftheria Sofroniou, School of Humanities 

Read more about the January event

9 March: In conversation with… Ellen Nolan and Jacki Hill-Murphy

 5-7pm, Regent Street, 152-153 – Cayley

  • The Nita Harvey Archive: Femininity, Experience And Objectification In The 1930s Hollywood Star System – Ellen Nolan, School of Arts
  • In the Footsteps of: The Challenge of Recreating and Reflecting on the Writings and Achievements of Historic Women Exploration – Jacki Hill-Murphy, School of Humanities

Read more about the March event

6 April: In conversation with… Hisham Bustani and Ayushi Chamoli 

5-7pm, Regent Street, 152-153 – Cayley

  • (Dys)Functional Polities: The Limits of Politics in the Postcolonial Arab Region – Hisham Abdel Fattah Subhi Bustani, School of Humanities
  • Impact of Television news on middle-aged Indians with focus on their level of media literacy – Ayushi Chamoli, School of Media and Communication

Read more about the April event

11 May: In conversation with… Lorette Green and Mi Kim 

5-7pm, Microsoft Teams (registration required)

  • The extent to which family policy and ‘expert’ discourses of parenting impact on and shape working class mothering practices – Lorette Green, School of Social Sciences
  • Working-Class Consciousness in the United Kingdom and South Korea During the Coronavirus Crisis – Mi Kim, School of Media and Communications

Read more about the first May event 

23 May: In conversation with… Baptiste Danel and Tristan Long

5-7pm, Regent Street, 152-153 – Cayley

  • Genre and Politics in Benjamin Disraeli's Early Fiction (1826-37) – Baptiste Danel, School of Humanities 
  • Democratic Lotteries in Lawmaking and the Implementation of a Fairer and Better Politics – Tristan Long, School of Social Sciences

Read more about the second May event