Departments and Centres

The Humanities Research Centre is the collective research life of, and place of collective belonging for, staff and postgraduates from the University's eight Arts and Humanities departments.

Many departmental researchers also belong to the Faculty's period-based research centres and one or more of our other interdisciplinary research centres.

Our departments

Archaeology
English and Related Literature
History
History of Art
Language and Linguistic Science
Philosophy
School of Arts and Creative Technologies
York School of Architecture

Period-based interdisciplinary centres

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has four period-based interdisciplinary centres which bring together expertise in research and teaching spanning the Middle Ages to the present day.

Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS)

Centre for Modern Studies (CModS)

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies (CECS)

Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS)

The Centre for Medieval Studies and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies are based in the historic King's Manor at the heart of the city of York. The Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and the Centre for Modern Studies are housed in their own dedicated space in the Berrick Saul Building.

Research units

Alongside our departments and centres, Arts and Humanities research expertise at York is clustered across a number of research units.

If you're not sure who can help with your enquiry, please email Megan Russell and she will put you in touch with the right person.