Research

We carry out cutting-edge research within an integrated and organic research culture that is highly-regarded in Britain and around the world. Our work was rated 5 (internationally excellent) in the last national Research Assessment Exercise, and contributes to Reading's position as one of the UK's top 10 research-intensive universities.

Our three disciplines of film, theatre and television are staffed by specialists in the analysis of their medium. Much of our work is in the established form of published scholarship by individual experts, but our shared vision as a team means that we also work collaboratively with each other and with fellow researchers in the UK and abroad. We are home to the Centre for Television Drama Studies which is a base for collaborations in the department and with experts internationally. We have won five major externally-funded projects in the last decade, employing post-doctoral researchers and attracting leading scholars to work with us. Our staff are editors of leading academic journals and book series, and serve on the assessment panels of national research funding councils. Throughout the year, we host conferences, performances and symposia that bring together academics, practitioners from the creative industries and postgraduate students.