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.

Study with us

Undergraduate courses

City campus

Falmer campus

Postgraduate courses

City campus

Falmer campus

Postgraduate research degrees

Find out about our research subjects.

News and events

“I am fascinated by international relations and global politics and how it directly impacts people’s lives in ways that may not be immediately apparent”

“I am fascinated by international relations and global politics and how it directly impacts people’s lives in ways that may not be immediately apparent”

Dr Becca Searle and and Dr Heba Youssef teach on our new politics degrees – here we find out a bit more about what made them want to specialise in this fascinating subject and how they teach politics at Brighton.
Brighton launches five new politics degrees for 2022

Brighton launches five new politics degrees for 2022

You can now apply for our new courses in Politics BA(Hons), Politics and Social Change BA(Hons), Environmental Politics BA(Hons), Politics and International Relations BA(Hons) and Sex and Politics BA(Hons).
Humanities lecturer Dr Deborah Madden leads census project to be featured on BBC 3 podcast

Humanities lecturer Dr Deborah Madden leads census project to be featured on BBC 3 podcast

The collaborative project (Census 2021: Using historical census data to highlight changing patterns in health, disability, housing, employment and identity) will use the upcoming census for creative learning sessions with under-represented local groups.
International Women’s Day: A Conversation with Angela Saini on 10 March, 12noon

International Women’s Day: A Conversation with Angela Saini on 10 March, 12noon

Students and staff are invited to this free event hosted by the Universities of Brighton and Sussex which sees award-winning science journalist and author of ‘Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong’ and ‘Superior: the Return of Race Science’ speaking to our staff and students.

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Collections

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

Performance and communities

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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