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The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities

The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities (CAMC) explores how the arts help us process the past and live well in the present. The Centre’s community of researchers explores historical, social and political dimensions of cultural production through academic and practice-based research. Its researchers employ diverse methods, practices and critical theories to explore and exploit the value of creativity in how we understand, connect and transform communities, enrich individual lives and, in doing so, create better futures.

Dr Rachel Matthews

CAMC researcher preserves local newspaper records for future generations

Dr Rachel Matthews is bringing together experts, archivists and community groups to create a network to preserve the historical archives of local newspapers.

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Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Professor Patricia Phillippy's Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship enriches CAMC's socially engaged research with a study of climate change in the seventeenth century.

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Dr Rachel Matthews

Researcher helps preserve local newspaper records for future generations through community network

03 April 2025

Coventry University is bringing together experts, archivists and community groups to create a network to preserve the historical archives of local newspapers.

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