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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 the History of the Emotions (CHE)

Director Professor Thomas Dixon (School of History)

Centre for Studies of Home (CSH)

Directors Professor Alison Blunt (School of Geography) and Sonia Solicari (Director at the Museum of the Home)

Centre for Childhood Cultures (CCC)

Director Professor Kiera Vaclavik (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film)

Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought (CSHPT)

Directors Professors Georgios Varouxakis, Andrew Fitzmaurice and Quentin Skinner ( all from the School of History)

Centre for the Study of the Nineteenth Century and its Legacies (CSNCL)

Director Dr Rachel Bryant Davies (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film)

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.
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