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CCA x UU Lunchtime Research Talk new season archive now online

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We have finished our Research Week special season of Lunchtime talks with PhD researchers from Ulster University and you can now watch the archive on demand at our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@CCADLD

Programme:

Tuesday 16 June 2026
Sandra Fisher: Shaping Possibility - A deep dive into the creative process of making theatre for young audiences. (Drama/Performance Studies)

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Lorna Allen: Genre Without Borders: Shudder Subscribers and the Global Circulation of Horror. (Film and Screen Studies)

Thursday 18 June 2026
Tabassum Islam: Listening to the Lived Experience of South Asian Women Working in the UK Film Industry. (Film and Screen Studies)

Friday 19 June 2026
Latifa Yeasmin: Citizenship Without Belonging: Biragona Women, State Recognition, and the Crisis of Memory in Contemporary Bangladesh. (Drama/Performance Studies)

Thank you to Ulster University especially to Dr Catherine O’Hara, Dr Brian Bridges and Professor Justin McGee and to our funders Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Derry City & Strabane District Council and Garfiled Weston Foundation.

Research Talks will return in November and February!

Photo courtesy of Chandrayee Sengupta, provided through research conducted by Tabassum Islam.