School of Humanities

Interdisciplinary research

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We value and promote interdisciplinary research. By bringing different perspectives and applying different methodologies to the same problem we improve our research outcomes, reach wider audiences, and challenge our own assumptions.

Example projects

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

The region of Greece known as the Peloponnese has played an important role in the politics and economy of the Eastern Mediterranean from prehistory to the formation of the modern Greek nation. Classical Sparta has exercised an especially significant influence, both in its own day as a powerful ancient state and in later times through the impact of its legend on medieval and modern Western thought. 

The Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies is a collaboration between academics in the Department of Classics and Archaeology.

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

 

Institute for Medieval Research

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We are one of the UK's leading centres for medieval research and teaching. We link Nottingham researchers with interests in medieval cultures, and foster collaboration with international scholars.

Medieval studies is an inherently interdisciplinary subject. There are medievalists in the Schools of English, Humanities, and Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, who collaborate more widely with colleagues in the Institutes of Genetics, and Science and Society, and the Schools of  Biosciences and Geography.

Institute for Medieval Research

 

Photography as Political Practice in National Socialism

This project, led by Maiken Umbach and Elizabeth Harvey from the Department of History, analysed personal photos to understand the interaction between politics and lived experiences. 

The project collaborated with Gary Mills (Social Sciences), Steve Benford (Mixed Reality Lab), and James Griffiths (National Holocaust Centre and Museum).

Photography as Political Practice in National Socialism

Professional Photography and Amateur Snapshots
 

Institute for the Study of Slavery

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The  Institute for the Study of Slavery aims to pursue and publish research on contemporary, as well as historical, slavery in all parts of the globe and through all historical periods, and to stimulate cross-cultural and comparative work on slavery.

Institute for the Study of Slavery

 

Cultures of Occupation in Twentieth Century Asia

COTCA aimed to produce a paradigm shift in the study of occupation, and to challenge the 'collaboration'/'resistance' dichotomy which has defined the field thus far. It adopted a transnational, intertextual and comparative approach to the study of cultural expression produced under occupation.

The project worked with the Asia Research Institute to run its seminar series, as well as engaging with academics, artists and professionals from a range of backgrounds to look at the representation, sounds and spaces of occupation. 

Cultures of Occupation in Twentieth Century Asia

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British amateur topographical art and landscape in North West Italy, 1835-1915

Rev. Alfred Sells, In the Garden of the Villa Santa Caterina, Levanto, 1900

Ross Balzaretti (Department of History) collaborated on this Leverhulme funded project, with Professor Charles Watkins and Pietro Piana from the School of Geography.

The project looked at topographical art as a source of understanding landscape change.

British amateur topographical art and landscape in North West Italy, 1835-1915

 

 

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