Research
The School specialises in a range of distinctive and complementary approaches to language, texts, cultures, ideas, values, and identities, involving a mix of humanities and social-science methodologies. Its research activity also crosses boundaries with many other disciplines and traditions, including biological and medical science, and the social and behavioural sciences.
Individual scholarship and team work are equally valued. The School encompasses several lively research centres and networks within and spanning our four key areas of research focus: Language, Literature, Theory, and Philosophy. The research culture is distinguished by its commitment to innovation, scholarship, and an openness to interdisciplinary thought. The School’s record in all areas demonstrates the role of its research in changing the disciplinary map.
The School has a thriving postgraduate community, with over 100 students involved in the four distinct PhD programmes on offer. Research associates attached to major projects running in the School also contribute fully to the research environment and each year we welcome International Visiting Scholars, at PhD and also postdoctoral level.
Research Themes, Groups and Centres
The School’s research output is broad and expansive, but may be grouped under four research themes, each of which has a corresponding Research Group and well-established, University-founded centre:
- Language - The Language Research Group is constituted as the Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR), and also hosts the cross-disciplinary Health Communication Research Centre (HCRC).
- Literature - The English Literature Research Group hosts the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research (CEIR).
- Theory - The Theory Research Group is constituted as the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory (CCCT).
- Philosophy - The Philosophy Research Group houses the Centre for Applied Ethics (CAE).
Research Events
Discipline-related seminar programmes are organised through the year by each of the School's Research Groups and Centres.
We also often host conferences and symposia and workshops and summer schools which draw scholars from around the world to the School.
Staff are also involved in cross-disciplinary initiatives supported by the Cardiff Humanities Research Institute and elsewhere.
Members of the School are regular contributors to the Cardiff Research Papers in the Humanities series, published by the Institute.
Journals and Book Series
A list of journals and book series currently edited or co-edited by members of the School.
Networks
The School has a number of research networks:
- Wales-Ireland Network
- Crime Narratives in Context (CNIC)
- Philosophy of Mind: Embedded, Extended, Enactive and Embodied
- FLaRN
International Visiting Scholars
The School can offer International Visiting Scholars a collegial and supportive environment, a full and varied range of facilities, seminars and visiting speaker programmes, and a wealth of expertise.