2025 seminar

Ross Priory at Sunderland – 8th July 2025

10.15 – 10.45

The (ir)relevance of Aida for broadcast talk research

Åsa Kroon, Örebro University, Sweden

10.45 – 11.15

The Social Purpose of True Crime

George Larke-Walsh, University of Sunderland, UK.

11.15 – 11.45

‘#metoo was started by a black woman, @Tarana Burke!!! Give credit where it’s due! <3’ (Marqueza, 2017): The discursive strategies used to increase visibility of people of colour in the #MeToo movement on Twitter

Tina Kristensen, University of Sunderland, UK

12.15 – 12.45

Trump Presidency

Andrea McDonnell & Adam Silver, Providence University, USA

12.45 – 1.15

Ambush at the Oval Office: how Trump and Vance contrived “great television”

Angela Smith, University of Sunderland, UK

2.00 – 2.30

What is a mutant? Examining mutated identities through play

Stephanie Farnsworth, University of Sunderland, UK