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Goldsmiths is working to meet a set of commitments made to Goldsmiths for Palestine (G4P), following the group’s occupation of the Professor Stuart Hall building in Spring term 2024. The College’s ...
The “tortured artist” is a long-standing stereotype, but is it a creative myth or reality? A new study by researchers at Goldsmiths has found a link between a positive emotional state, wellbeing and ...
Researchers led by Dr Keon West (Department of Psychology) investigated the associations between naturist activity and psychological well-being, as well as the immediate effects of two real naturist ...
Mark Bould is Professor of Film and Literature at UWE Bristol. Founding editor of the Science Fiction Film and Television journal and the Studies in Global Science Fictionmonograph series, he is a ...
Haleh Agar has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Literature Matters Award for her project Writing Back to the Coloniser: The Power of Gothic Fiction, which will result in a novel. Launched in 2018 ...
New research into ASMR – the tingling some people feel on the head and spine when watching triggering videos – has identified a fading ‘afterglow’ effect in the brain, opening up possibilities for ...
New research on the rise of independent funeral celebrants will challenge narratives about secularisation in the UK and the supposed decline of religion in end-of-life rituals. A content analysis of ...
As the number of ghost tours continues to increase across the UK, new research from Goldsmiths, University of London explains why they have become such a popular activity. By making dark histories ...
Professor Sue Clayton’s work Calais Children: A Case To Answer, which charts the plight of children in the migrant camp known as the Jungle, was cited by lawyers who launched a wide-ranging Judicial ...
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 show that four of our academic subjects are in the top 50 worldwide, with Communication and Media Studies at 22, Performing Arts at 26, Art and Design ...
Artificially intelligent digital actors are being co-developed by researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London and are set to star in a Virtual Reality Peaky Blinders game next year. For the first ...
Forensic psychologists at Goldsmiths, University of London are helping German police attempt to identify a probable murder victim who was pulled from the North Sea 28 years ago. On 11 July 1994, the ...