Cristina Cabral is a researcher in the disciplines of Media and Film Studies. Her specialist areas of research are Diversity and inclusion, Race, Gender, Cultural Industries, Lusophony Studies, and Commodification of Black culture.
Cristina has a number of roles. She works as a Multimedia Journalist for the Portuguese Newspaper Noticias em Portugues whilst undertaking her full-time PhD at SOAS. She is a media monitor for the Media Diversity Institute and an editorial assistant in the project Get the Trolls Out. Cristina is Vice President of the UK human rights and climate change research institute, Birthmark of Africa.
In this seminar Cristina will discuss the lack of Black dolls in UK toyshops, which is the topic of her PhD at SOAS.
This CLCC Research Seminar will be delivered in-person and online simultaneously. Two ticket types are available online viewing/ Live at the CLCC (limited numbers). Please select from either of the two to confirm your place.