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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 58

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Interdisciplinary Fields: Cultural studies, film and media studies, memory and trauma studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, environmental, medical and digital humanities · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following theorists was/were directly affiliated with the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham?

  1. Raymond Williams
  2. Richard Hoggart
  3. Stuart Hall
  4. E. P. Thompson

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Correct answer: (B) Richard Hoggart; (C) Stuart Hall

Explanation

Richard Hoggart founded the Centre in 1964 and Stuart Hall directed it after him. Raymond Williams and E. P. Thompson were major influences on cultural studies but were not members of the Birmingham Centre.