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Exploring the #KingsCollegeLondon international student experience & how it builds connections across cultures & time
The #MaughanLibrary is the main #ResearchLibrary of #KingsCollegeLondon & part of the #StrandCampus. Originally the headquarters of the #PublicRecordOffice, it was built in 1851 by the architect Sir #JamesPennethorne. Famed for its #GothicRevival architecture & strong-room design, it is the UK’s 1st purpose-built fireproof archive known as “The strong-box of the Empire.”
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The #GothicHalls & Dodecagonal #ReadingRoom at the #MaughanLibrary features in #PopularCulture: #TheDaVinciCode, #EnolaHolmes & #ChineseArtist #JayChou #MusicVideo. For #InternationalStudents, it’s a place where familiar cultural symbols seen through mainstream media converge, igniting memories that connect us to our own home cultures #KCLInternationalLife #KingsCollegeLondon
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Inspired by the #BritishMuseum design & added in 1863, the Dodecagonal #ReadingRoom at the #MaughanLibrary features a 12-sided ceiling that fans out from a centrepoint. Beneath the #StainedGlassDome, students converge in a communal space that reflects the multi-faceted & diverse paths we each draw, amidst the quiet ritual of study #KCLInternationalLife #KingsCollegeLondon
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For #InternationalStudents the stately artworks at the #MaughanLibrary, inc. the #Bronze #Confucius, #WalterCrane’s #FiveContinent reliefs & #PietroTorrigiano’s #TudorTombs, create a sense of belonging to a global scholarly community. Diverse histories echo & unfold at this #CulturalLandmark, enabling connections & threads of identity to be traced home #KCLInternationalLife
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#AncientTeacher #Confucius stands in #Bronze outside the #MaughanLibrary, a gift from #HongKong & a symbol of wisdom in #ChineseThought. During exam season, #Chinese students leave fruit at his feet, a quiet wishful tradition to be blessed. In this space & small act, #East meets #West, not in words, but in the unspoken language of a shared belief. #KCLInternationalLife
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The marble statues of #Sappho & #Sophocles in the #StrandCampus foyer of #KingsCollegeLondon was gifted by Patron of the Arts #FridaMond in 1923. Named Poets of feeling & thought, they project our motto #SancteEtSapienter Holiness & Wisdom. Many pause here between lectures & languages, & sense in stillness & stone, #KCL values of dignity, thought & courage #KCLInternationalLife
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#KCLInternationalLife Coming to #KingsCollegeLondon from abroad is a tough experience for many #InternationalStudents, but #KCLSU helps to make you feel at home. With offices at the #Strand, #Guys & #Waterloo Campus, it’s the oldest UK #StudentsUnion founded 1873. Starting at the #WelcomeFair, +400 societies & friendly faces - deepening at the #OneWorldFestival. Go: kclsu.org
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#KCLInternationalLife Some days, silence hits hard. #Friends are asleep in other time zones, messages sent go unanswered & thoughts of home come uninvited. This is familiar #Heartache, for many #InternationalStudents. But the #KCLSUWellbeingHub offers #PeerSupport & space to sit, talk & be heard, so you do not feel alone. #KingsCollegeLondon There if needed: kclsu.org/wellbeing
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