Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies (MACT)

Latest blogs, news and updates

1. 30 March 2026

   Introducing our Representation and Inclusion in Children's Book Illustration seminar series

   In this blog post, Dr Katherina Manolessou introduces our new seminar series, Representation and Inclusion in Children’s Book Illustration: Research and Practice, and reflects on its first two lectures.

2. 3 December 2025

   Event aims to unpack chaos caused by AI slop

   ARU hosts first academic symposium dedicated to AI content and brain rot

3. 19 November 2025

   MACT's Dr Sarah Gibson Yates releases new short film

   Flow States explores the ways humans are entangled with water

4. 19 November 2025

   MACT's Dr Harriet Fletcher publishes new book

   New publication explores the provocative intersection of celebrity and the Gothic

5. 18 November 2025

   MACT's Dr Tina Kendall to launch new book

   Centre of Media, Arts & Creative Technologies to host celebration