A College-wide educational endeavour to shape a culturally competent King’s Principal investigators: Dr Alice Hazard, Edward Ademolu. This project will evaluate King’s cultural competency programme to gain an understanding of its impact on students and staff. Project status: Ongoing
An ethnographic study of collaboration in interpreter-mediated medical consultations at a Chinese hospital Principal investigators: Peng Wang. Interpreters play a crucial role in facilitating communication between users and providers of healthcare services who don’t speak the same language. Project status: Ongoing
Connecting Education for Sustainability and Cultural Competency at King’s Principal investigators: Timothy J. Huzar. Employing Education for Sustainability and Cultural Competency to tackle the climate crisis, and forms of intercultural hostility and identitarian conflict. Project status: Ongoing
Dionysus in Havana: Refashioning Ancient Greek Theatre in the Hispanic Caribbean Principal investigators: Rosa Andújar. Researching the use of ancient Greek drama as a vehicle for political commentary in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Project status: Ongoing
LGBTQ+ policymaking in the UK Principal investigators: Dr Zeena Feldman. Establishing an interdisciplinary network of academic, policymaking, and civil society stakeholders to address the policy needs of the UK’s LGBTQ+ population. Project status: Ongoing
On Apprehension Principal investigators: Timothy J. Huzar. Cultural competency research - exploring philosophical issues around how we come to know who another person is, as opposed to what they are. Project status: Ongoing
Penelope's Web: enhancing contemporary opera’s representation of ancient myth Principal investigators: Emily Pillinger. Exploring the power of ancient Greek myth through modern music composition and education, using an innovative programme of collaborative workshops. Project status: Ongoing
Structural and life course determinants of LGBTQ+ health inequalities Principal investigators: Laia Becares, Katherine Bristowe. Leveraging King’s data and expertise to enhance understanding and move into action. Project status: Ongoing
Transcending Multilingualism and Multiculturalism Principal investigators: Shuangyu Li. Building a cultural competency co-creation consortium and an online module on cultural competency, all through a partnership with four Circle U. institutions. Project status: Ongoing
Understanding and addressing the influence of colonialism on Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialty training in the UK Principal investigators: Samuel Yosef. This project aims to understand how colonialism is manifested in educational guidelines that govern Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G) education for doctors. Project status: Ongoing
Early findings from Cultural Competency Read findings from our evaluation on the impact of Cultural Competency at King's.
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1 August 2024 New Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities launches at King's The Department will house King’s flagship MA in Global Cultures, BA in Liberal Arts and new…
26 July 2024 'What if there were a butch Barbie?' New paper on Barbie's gender politics The exclusion of butch representation in the Barbie movie limits its queer inclusivity, says new…
14 Oct New Perspectives on the Cold War in Brazil: Visual Culture, Politics and Archives 14 October 2024 Join researchers from King's College London and FGV CPDOC as they discuss collaborative projects on…
27 Nov Liberal Arts Undergraduate Taster Event - 27 November 2024 27 November 2024 Join us for an insightful taster session on the BA in Liberal Arts at King’s College London.