Research Week: Lunchtime talks

CCA's Lunchtime Research Talks with Ulster University are returning for a Research Week special. From Tuesday to Friday 16–19 June 2026 four PhD researchers will be presenting their research via zoom in a bite-sized talk followed by the opportunity for you to ask a question facilitated by CCA.

The aim of these short lunchtime talks aim to share with the wider world just some of the research that is taking place at Ulster University and during Research Week these topics are ranging from Memory to Horror.

The talks take place from 1:15 and last no more than 30 minutes including Q&A and the link for the zoom will go live each Wednesday at 1pm available from @CCADLD on Instagram and at CCADLD.org/news.

Programme:

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

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Lorna Allen: Genre Without Borders: Shudder Subscribers and the Global Circulation of Horror.

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

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

Supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Garfield Weston Foundation and Ulster University.