Director
Rachel
Cowgill
Professor of Music
Deputy Director
Mariana
Lopez
Administrator
Megan
Russell
About
The Humanities Research Centre provides leadership and support for research, impact, knowledge exchange and public engagement across the world-leading Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of York. We provide a stimulating and diverse environment in which interdisciplinary and external partnerships can flourish, and a welcoming, dedicated space for events and study. We have a four-fold mission:
- to support, develop and advocate for innovative research projects with reach and impact;
- to nurture productive, creative and transformative partnerships with academic and non-academic collaborators;
- to inspire, train and empower new cohorts of graduate and postgraduate researchers in the Arts & Humanities to become the next generation of global cultural leaders;
- to promote and celebrate the work of Arts & Humanities researchers at the University of York among communities and audiences worldwide. We believe that challenging circumscribed boundaries of knowledge through interdisciplinary, participatory and partnership working enriches our research, transforms its outcomes, and opens it up to a greater range of collaborators and beneficiaries. We are a member of the international Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and the UK Consortium of Institutes of Advanced Studies, contributing to the development and promotion of arts and humanities research nationally and globally.