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School of Humanities

With a thriving research culture that informs courses at all levels, our humanities programme at Brighton seeks to examine the world that human beings have created for themselves.

Courses in this school cover three subject areas:

  • literature, linguistics and language
  • history of art and design
  • humanities.

The former is based at our Falmer campus and the latter two are based at our Pavilion Parade building in the centre of Brighton.

We look rigorously into politics, philosophy, history and the cultures that people develop through their literature, religion and communication and aim to create an academically rewarding, encouraging and enlivening environment.

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Undergraduate courses

City campus

  • Contemporary History BA(Hons)
  • Fashion and Dress History BA(Hons)
  • Globalisation: History, Politics, Culture BA(Hons)
  • History of Art and Design BA(Hons)
  • History, Literature and Culture BA(Hons)
  • Humanities BA(Hons)
  • Philosophy, Politics, Ethics BA(Hons)
  • Visual Culture BA(Hons)
  • War and Conflict BA(Hons)

Falmer campus

  • Creative Writing BA(Hons)
  • English Language and Creative Writing BA(Hons)
  • English Language and English Literature BA(Hons)
  • English Language and Linguistics BA(Hons)
  • English Language and Media BA(Hons)
  • English Language BA(Hons)
  • English Literature and Creative Writing BA(Hons)
  • English Literature and Linguistics BA(Hons)
  • English Literature BA(Hons)
  • Linguistics BA(Hons)
  • Media and English Literature BA(Hons)

Postgraduate courses

City campus

  • Cultural and Critical Theory MA (PGCert PGDip)
  • Cultural History, Memory and Identity MA (PGCert PGDip)
  • Curating Collections and Heritage MA
  • Globalisation: Politics, Conflict and Human Rights MA (PGCert PGDip)
  • History of Design and Material Culture MA
  • Philosophy and Politics MA
  • War: History and Politics MA (PGCert PGDip)

Falmer campus

  • Creative Writing MA (PGCert PGDip)
  • Language in Context MA
  • TESOL Diploma
  • TESOL MA
  • TESOL with ICT MA

Postgraduate research degrees

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News and events

Dr Jonathan Watson interviewed about Presidential Inauguration

Dr Jonathan Watson interviewed about Presidential Inauguration

Tune in to Heart FM this afternoon at 4pm to hear Jonathan, senior lecturer in Critical History and Contemporary History speak about the Inauguration of new President Biden.

Creative Writing MA students release collective anthology

Creative Writing MA students release collective anthology

 I Object, an anthology of short stories, poetry and novellas exploring commonplace objects and transforming them into vehicles for nostalgic exploration, notions of loss, hope and discovery, is the first release from digital publishing house Glitch.

Conference | Democracy and Populism: Equality, Truth and Disagreement In The Age of Covid

Conference | Democracy and Populism: Equality, Truth and Disagreement In The Age of Covid

The University of Brighton’s Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics is running this online event which starts today (18-23 January).

Creative Writing MA grad is 17th on Amazon hot list

Creative Writing MA grad is 17th on Amazon hot list

Graduate Suzi Bamblett is in Amazon’s top 20 with a book she started on her MA at Brighton, The Travelling Philanthropist.

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Design Archives

The University of Brighton Design Archives is based at our Grand Parade building. It is an internationally significant research base with a curatorial team that initiates and promotes collaborative activity through a programme of projects. It focuses on British design and global design organisations in the twentieth century, welcoming scholars and students from many academic disciplines researching the designed environment, the design profession and design practice.

Visit the Design Archives website.

Design Archives and student

Dress History Teaching Collection 

The aim of the Dress History Teaching Collection, held in our Pavilion Parade building, is to offer all students and staff at the University of Brighton direct access to closely examine and photograph historical and world fabrics and garments while encouraging the use of the collection within material culture research.

Visit the Dress History Teaching Collection website.

Dress collection sample

Research and enterprise 

Centre for applied philosophy, politics and ethics

Centre for Design History

Centre for memory, narrative and histories

Centre for spatial, environmental and cultural politics

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General enquiries

School of Humanities (Falmer)
University of Brighton
Checkland Building
Falmer
BN1 9PH

School of Humanities (Pavilion Parade)
University of Brighton
10-11 Pavilion Parade
Brighton
BN2 1RA

Phone: +44 (0) 1273 643905
Email: humanities@brighton.ac.uk

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