Postdigital Intimacies Book Launch

Please join us to celebrate the recent publication of Postdigital Intimacies: Relational Lives in the Networked Public-Private.

Published by UCL Press, Postdigital Intimacies explores the normalisation of the digital in our intimate lives, and the social, political and cultural consequences of a blurry public-private. Informed by intersectional feminist, queer, anti-racist and postcolonial theories, the chapters show how research can be part of creating affirmative, collective worlds that are more equitable and socially just.

The launch, in collaboration with Queer@Kings, will include contributions from each section of the book, covering the main themes of Postdigital Feelings; Postdigital Connections and Collectivities; Postdigital Violences and Vulnerabilities; and Postdigital Kinship, Domesticity and Hospitality.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Where: Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Kings College London, Level 6 Strand Building Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS (please note, this in an in-person event only)

Follow by a reception in the Anatomy Museum, located next door.

When: 4th June 2026, 6.00-8.00pm

Accessibility statement: Please see here for details of accessibility, or contact the organisers for further information.

Event schedule

Chair, Jamie Hakim

6.00-6.10

Introduction, Adrienne Evans

Reading, Shaka McGlotten

6.10-6.20

Sinéad O’Connor, ‘bipolar’ celebrity and mediated intimacies: towards a mad feminist temporal politics, Debra Ferreday

6.20-6.30

(Dis)embodied feminist rage and the affective economies of postdigital visibility, Xumeng Xie

6.30-6.40

Bypassing consent? A postdigital platform affordance methodology for exploring youth experiences of Snapchat, Jessica Ringrose

6.40-6.50

‘Home is where the data is’: what is at stake in the trade in data-households?, Alison Winch

6.50-7.00

Q&A

7.00-8.00

Join us for drinks and canapés (vegan and vegetarian) in the Anatomy Museum.