King's College London School of Arts and Humanities

The King's College London School of Arts & Humanities is one of the nine academic Schools of Study of King's College London and one of the best in the world.[1] It is situated on the Strand in the heart of central London, in the vicinity of many renowned cultural institutions with which the School has close links including the British Museum, Shakespeare's Globe, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library.[2]

The School of Arts & Humanities offers study at undergraduate and graduate level in a wide range of subject areas. Many of the departments and programmes offer joint undergraduate degrees, including some with the Departments of Geography and War Studies, in the School of Social Science & Public Policy and with Mathematics in the School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences.[3] As a member of the Russell Group, the School receives a high number of applications.

A highlight of the academic calendar is the School’s Arts & Humanities Festival when, as one of Britain's pre-eminent centres of research in the Arts and Humanities, the School opens its doors for a week of debate and exploration about a topic and its reverberation in a range of cultural forms, from fiction and theatre to art. The festival includes a series of lectures by King's academics, exhibitions, round-table discussions and workshops.

The School is a member of The Council of University Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH UK). The current Head of School is Professor Jan Palmowski, who took over from Professor Ann Thompson in 2008.

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History

Departments like English and German are among England’s oldest and were founded in the 19th century. The College Faculty of Arts merged with the Faculties of Music and Theology as the School of Humanities in the late 1980s and took on the name of the School of Arts & Humanities in 2009. Original Arts departments such as War Studies and Geography formed part of the School of Social Science & Public Policy in 2001, while Arts & Humanities expanded from its 'classical' humanities roots.[4] Over the past few years, the School has established interdisciplinary programmes such as European Studies and Comparative Literature, with a new BA in Liberal Arts due to start in 2012. It has led new developments in teaching and research, for instance through our Department of Digital Humanities, Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, and the Modern Language Centre.

Departments and programmes

The following departments and programmes can be found in the King’s College London School of Arts & Humanities:

Interdisciplinary programmes

Summer School

The School also offers well recognized Summer School courses as part of the King’s College London Summer School. Courses are intensive and use the School’s links with external cultural institutions and make 'London a classroom’. Courses on offer showcase work done in research centres such as Queer@Kings or the Centre for Humanities & Health.

Research Centres

The School is home to a number of interdisciplinary research centres

Notable Academic Staff

Present

Former

Publications

Many academic staff at King's are editors and contributors to many standard editions such as the Arden Shakespeare series. The School of Arts & Humanities houses several publication series, from monographs produced in conjunction with other publishing houses such as Ashgate to small in-house series.

The current list of series includes

Famous alumni

References

  1. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/arts-and-humanities.html
  2. ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/about/index.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/
  4. ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/myhandbook/about/

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