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Rose Butler takes part in ‘Archiving Care’ hosted by NeMe – September 2024

25/11/2024

Traditionally archives perform abstractions, suggest connections and compatibilities, and offer a perspective. Although our call for speakers asked for a critical re-interpretation of archives as historically infected collections with “‘politically dubious biases, patriarchal, colonial agendas, and represent ideological modes of control,” and discuss their new challenges n the age of AI, no submission touched these themes. The call though posed […]

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Dr Ruth Deller discusses Golden Globes 2024 on BBC Radio Sheffield

16/01/2024

Dr Ruth Deller, reader in media and communication, spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield about the Golden Globes, which were held on Sunday 07 January 2024. Listen back from 1:46:56 at this link. Ruth Deller is a Reader in Media and Communication at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), UK and an entertainment critic for outlets including Radio Sheffield and Broadway World. She has published […]

Lab4Living involved in national ‘online museum’ to boost young people’s mental health

20/04/2023

A screenshot of the Ways Of Being website. Ways of Being © University of Oxford and Imagineear Lt

Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project – including Hallam’s Lab4Living. Find out more here. Image credit: A screenshot of the Ways Of Being website. Ways of Being © University of Oxford and Imagineear Lt.

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“Three Raymond Briggs books that helped make the graphic novel respectable” by Matthew Edgar for The Conversation

12/08/2022

Following the death of Raymond Briggs on 9 August, visual communication lecturer Matthew Edgar has written an article for The Conversation about how the illustrator transformed the way we see and value of the strip cartoon and graphic novel in this country. Edgar says: “Briggs’ great achievement was to make the form intellectually respectable through telling stories about seemingly ordinary characters, […]

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Dr James Fenwick’s funded research project to investigate the working experiences of Yorkshire’s film festival programmers

13/04/2022

Dr James Fenwick, senior lecturer in the Department of Media Arts and Communication, has received £10,000 in research funding from the Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN). His project will investigate the experiences of Yorkshire’s film festival programmers, the barriers and challenges they face to entering and maintaining a career in the sector, and the skills and training required to nurture […]

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Esther Johnson’s ‘DUST & METAL’: Archive documentary call-out for audio and video footage of Motorbike culture across Vietnam

12/05/2021

‘Dust & Metal’ (Bụi và Kim loại) is a feature-length film in production in Vietnam directed by Esther Johnson (Professor of Film and Media Arts at Sheffield Hallam University http://blanchepictures.com) and produced by Live Cinema UK, working with Hanoi-based Vietnam Film Institute and TPD: The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents. The project is funded by the British […]

Professor Laura Murphy interviewed for special BBC report on Chinese Uighurs and forced labour

05/03/2021

Professor Laura Murphy, an expert in human rights and contemporary slavery, who has lived in Xinjiang, spoke to the BBC about how forced labour in the region is a deliberate attempt to undo Uighur culture and diminish its population. Her interview was used by BBC 5 Live, on Radio New Zealand and BBC World Service.

Carmel O’Toole featured on The Elephant in the Room podcast

05/03/2021

Carmel O’Toole, senior lecturer in media and public relations, has appeared on The Elephant In The Room podcast. In the episode she talks to host Sudha Singh about diversity in higher education; social mobility; skills for the future; the impact of austerity on public sector communications and local communities and inclusive communications. Access the podcast here.

Lullabies transforming lives in Zambia

16/10/2020

A project which harnesses the power of song to spread vital healthcare messages among African women has been highlighted in an article in the i. The Life-Saving Lullabies project is led by Sheffield Hallam design expert Professor David Swann in collaboration with first-aid charity St John Zambia and Dr James Reid and Professor Barry Doyle from the University of Huddersfield. It […]

Hallam lecturer joins Sheffield Race Equality Commission

30/09/2020

Senior lecturer and artist Yuen Fong Ling has been appointed to a commission looking into the nature, extent and causes of racism and racial disparities in Sheffield. The Sheffield Race Equality Commission has appointed 24 commissioners to join its board. Explaining why it was important to get involved with the year-long project Yuen said: “I feel it’s important to question, […]

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