Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Celebrating Student Achievement

On 10 October 2016, our Faculty held our annual Celebrating Student Achievement event to mark the achievements of some students nominated by their departments for academic achievements, progress or effort. Guests were entertained by members of the Music Department and Durham University Light Opera Group and the students were presented with a commemorative plaque.

A&H Faculty Student Achievement 2016

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Research

Apart from our world-class departmental research, we also contribute strongly to the Institute of Advanced Study, as well as several inter-departmental research centres.

What value is Arts and Humanities research?

Professor David Cowling explains how research in the Arts and Humanities helps us understand the world in which we live and provides insights into our own and other cultures.

Faculty News

Music: Competition success and new appointment for department students

First year undergraduate student, Stephanie Devlin is appointed Composer in Residence 2017 by Ulster Youth Choir, while Tristan Latchford makes progress in the International Anton Dvořák Composition Competition.

(19 Jun 2017) » Music: Competition success and new appointment for department students

Classics: Ed Richardson makes short film for BBC Arts

Ed Richardson, Lecturer in Classics and one of the AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers for 2017, has made a short film in conjunction with BBC Arts. The film, entitled 'The Hand that Shook the World', recreates a seance staged by the 19th century medium Daniel Dunglas Home, complete with disembodied limb and rapping hand. Home is a remarkable figure who was so skilled a medium that many scientists of the age were convinced by his displays and even Houdini couldn't figure out his tricks.

(19 Jun 2017)

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