Humanities and Social Sciences Research Blog
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Here you'll find the latest research news and updates from across the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty.
We'll be highlighting the great achievements and projects of our researchers, as well as sharing events and opportunities for colleagues and students alike.
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Researcher in Focus: Dr Stella Morgana
Posted on: 23 March 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Stella Morgana, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics.
Researcher in Focus: Dr Sarah Arens
Posted on: 7 March 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Sarah Arens, Lecturer in French at the Department of Languages, Cultures and Film. Read all about her wide research interests, including the histories, texts, and visual cultures produced during and in the aftermath of Belgian and French colonialism.
Researcher in Focus: Professor Susan Pickard
Posted on: 17 February 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Professor Susan Pickard, Professor of Sociology and Head of Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology. Learn more about her work exploring ideas around health, age, gender and ethnicity.
Researcher in Focus: Dr Nicolás Brando
Posted on: 16 January 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Nicolás Brando from the School of Law and Social Justice. Nico is a Colombian social and political philosopher who, after much hopping around the world, has ended up working on philosophical and legal questions around childhood and children’s rights in the city that saw The Beatles grow up.
Stay Home Stories: mapping what matters
Posted on: 16 January 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
The Stay Home Stories project has been recording how children experienced life and their lived environment during the COVID crisis. Now they have released a short video highlighting some of their findings
Come along to our Impact Surgeries
Posted on: 11 January 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
Following the success of the first Impact Surgery in December, Impact Fellows Peta Bulmer and Jacky Waldock will be running two further sessions for colleagues keen to learn more about identifying, creating and recording research impact.
Researcher in Focus: Dr Peter Hommel
Posted on: 1 December 2022 | Category: 2022 Posts
Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Peter Hommel from the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology. Peter is an archaeological scientist specialising in the study of ancient technologies and materials with extensive research expertise in the archaeology of northern Eurasia and a passion for public engagement.
Researcher in Focus: Dr Lucienne Loh
Posted on: 28 October 2022 | Category: 2022 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Lucienne Loh, Reader in the Department of English. Lucienne is co-curator for 'Chinese and British', a major exhibition at the British Library opening on the 18th of November 2022 celebrating the contributions of Chinese people and their communities to British society since the seventeenth-century to the present day.
Welcome to new Fellows across the HSS Faculty
Posted on: 28 October 2022 | Category: 2022 Posts
The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is pleased to welcome several new Fellows across various Schools and Departments this academic year.
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Researcher in Focus: Dr Stella Morgana
Posted on: 23 March 2023 | Category: 2023 Posts
This month’s researcher in focus is Dr Stella Morgana, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics.