Faculty Research Centres
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences supports inter-disciplinary research centres which connect research activity across the nine academic units.
Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations
Director: Professor Rüdiger Görner (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film)
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
Director: Professor Colin Jones (School of History)
Centre for European Research
Director: Dr Sarah Wolff (School of Politics and International Relations)
Centre for the History of Emotions
Director: Dr Tiffany Watt Smith (School of English and Drama), Deputy Director: Dr Rhodri Hayward
Centre on Labour and Global Production
Director: Dr Elena Baglioni (School of Business and Management)
Centre for Poetry
Director: Professor Susan Rudy (School of English and Drama)
Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Directors: Dr Linda Briggs (School of History), Professor Kate Lowe (School of History), Professor Joad Raymond (School of English and Drama), Dr Rosa Vidal Doval (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film)
Centre for Studies of Home
Directors: Professor Alison Blunt (School of Geography) and Sonia Solicari (Director at the Museum of the Home)
Centre for the Study of Childhood Cultures
Director: Professor Kiera Vaclavik (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film - Comparative Literature and Culture )
Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought
Directors: Professor Georgios Varouxakis (School of History) and Professor Andrew Fitzmaurice (School of History)
Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English
Director: Professor Markman Ellis (School of English and Drama)
The City Centre
Director: Dr Regan Koch (School of Geography)
Centre for Global Shakespeare
Director: Professor David Schalkwyk (School of English and Drama)
Centre for The Study Of Migration
Director: Professor Kavita Datta (School of Geography)
In addition, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences supports a wider array of inter-disciplinary activity through:
- Mile End Institute a public policy, politics and governance institute based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Peoples’ Palace Projects a registered charity directed by Paul Heritage and based in the Department of Drama, School of English and Drama, which researches the role of arts practice and cultural policy in supporting people to transform their worlds in contexts of risk, violence and crisis.