May has been the month of deadlines and exams for many students here at King’s, but find out what they’ve been doing in their spare time in and around London.
I am really looking forward to my first whole summer in London. There are so many places that can be discovered – from parks and festivals to rooftop bars and markets. I especially look forward to the opening of the exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’ at the V&A. It will show artefacts and clothes of the artist that have never been shown outside of Mexico before.
– Britta
An interesting and fun event at King’s this month was a screening of Rufus Norris’ interpretation of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth at the Greenwood Theatre on Guy’s Campus!
– Theresa
The Globe are hosting a load of talks surrounding Early Modern censorship this summer, and we were lucky enough to score tickets to not only the Theatre and Censorship lecture but also to a talk about Press Censorship and the Commonwealth. One of the great things about having the course taught jointly with the Globe is that when things calm down at King’s over the summer, they really pick up the pace over at the Globe so there’s always something to do!
– Amy
The Centre for Life-Writing Research based at King’s recently held a symposium called Dialogues of the Dead, where a range of speakers gave papers on the subject of life writing and death. Next month, I’m looking forward to a conference hosted by the Department of English, Genres of the Human: On Sylvia Wynter. Jamaican writer Sylvia Wynter is a King’s alumni who has produced groundbreaking research into the cultural history of decolonization and the critical study of race and racism.
– Harriet
This month, we also found out that our own composition Professor Silvina Milstein was a finalist for one of the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Award’s. These are essentially the Oscars of the Classical music world so it is a great honour for one of our faculty members. You can check out her composition “Shan Shui” here which is based on an ancient contemplative tradition surrounding landscape imagery.
– Caroline
As the dissertation countdown has begun for the summer, I have been trekking round libraries and setting up meetings with my supervisors to get the ball moving. A highlight of this was going into the library at the V&A, which I did not know existed, and was able to study in the beautiful study hall.
– Tallulah
The first Maccabaean Lecture was given at King’s in 1996 and since then, distinguished academics have visited the college to talk on all areas of Jewish Studies. Last month, Dr Nadia Valman from Queen Mary University of London came to King’s to give a talk on Reading Jewish Literature in Victorian England. It was certainly very interesting!
– Kim
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