Humanities

Expanding understanding of the world's culture and creativity through critical reflection and practice in history, literature, comics, film, creative writing, philosophy, modern languages, and archival education

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Our subjects

We are the home of Scotland's highly flexible liberal arts degree, combining a broad-based education with the opportunity to specialise
Archives and Information English History Languages Philosophy

Black Lives Matter

Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, activists have encouraged us all to educate ourselves on black history, and anti-racist struggles amongst the key issues raised by the protests
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We conduct pioneering cross-disciplinary research and teaching in the Creative Economy. We combine close ties to the local community with international impact, reflecting and contributing to the dynamism of a transforming city.

Humanities prides itself on its world class and research-driven commitment to promoting the critical understanding of culture and society through interdisciplinary linkages across its full range of subjects.

We demonstrate such commitment to excellence across its discipline areas via research clusters focused on Comic Studies, Continental Philosophy, Global History, and Scottish Culture.

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News

Voices of the World collaboration

Teachers come together in collaboration to create latest Voices of the World video, to support pupils in learning words and Makaton signs.

Published on 14 June 2023

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