Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesLancaster University
Departments
The Faculty consists of a number of Departments with national and international reputations. Use the links below to visit individual Department websites.
Applied Social Science
Head
of Department: Dr Paul Iganski
Location: Bowland North
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/apsocsci
The Department of Applied Social Science has a very strong record in applied social research in criminology, social work, social policy, health and welfare, disability studies and applied sociology. Considerable emphasis is placed on linking theory, research, professional practice and service development in the Department’s research and teaching activities. 95% of the Department’s research was rated as being of international standing in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
Educational Research
Head
of Department: Dr Carolyn
Jackson
Location: County South
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/
The Department has a world class reputation for excellence in both teaching and research. We offer innovative, specialist undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that are consistently rated as outstanding. For example, the Department was ranked 10th in the UK and top in the North West of England by the Guardian University Guide 2012. In terms of research the Department is one of the best in the Country. The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 put us in the top 20 education departments nationally, with 80% of our research activity judged to be of international standing, and 45% graded as internationally excellent and world leading.
English and Creative Writing
Head
of Department: Professor John Schad
Location: County Main
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/english/
The Department of English and Creative Writing comprises staff whose wide range of expertise and interests in English literature and literary theory provide opportunities for research in all periods from the early modern to the twenty-first century. Integrated within the Department is one of the longest established creative writing departments in the UK which forms a stimulating community of writers across a wide range of literary forms. The Department was classified within the international categories in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
European Languages and Cultures
Head
of Department: Dr Robert Crawshaw
Location: Bowland North
Web: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/eurolang
The Department of European Languages and Cultures conducts research into the languages, cultures and societies of France, Germany, Italy, Spain (including Catalonia) and the countries of Central Europe as well as in European Studies. Whilst remaining in many cases specific to individual European countries, much of our work is trans-national in scope, being based on expertise which is both historical and theoretical.
History
Head of Department: Professor
Derek Sayer
Location: Bowland College
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/history
The Department of History offers a friendly environment, aiming to encourage undergraduate students to achieve their fullest academic potential. Its postgraduate programmes provide research training in political, social and cultural history, and individual supervision at both the MA and PhD levels ranges across the medieval, early modern, and modern periods. Its academic staff is actively involved in fostering the faculty's interdisciplinary culture.
Media, Film and Cultural Studies
The Department of Media, Film and Cultural Studies has joined the Department of Sociology and the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA). For information on Media and Cultural Studies see the Department of Sociology: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology and for information on Film Studies see LICA: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (Art, Design, Film Studies, Music and Theatre Studies)
Head
of Department: Dr Andrew Quick
Location: LICA Building
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica
The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts was launched on 1st August 2005. LICA is an exciting new venture, which houses Lancaster's excellent programmes in Art, Design, Film Studies, Music, Music Technology and Theatre Studies. LICA's joint (Art, Design, Music, Theatre, Film and New Media) multi-disciplinary 2008 Research Assessment Exercise submission classed 80% of its research as world (4*) or internationally (3*) leading. The Institute has the benefit of creative industry connections to Lancaster's public arts providers: The Nuffield Theatre, the Peter Scott Gallery and the Lancaster International Concerts Series.
Law School
Head
of Department: Professor Sigrun Skogly
Location: Bowland North
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/law
The Lancaster Law School has a thriving postgraduate programme which is principally characterised by a multidisciplinary approach to the study of law as a social phenomenon. Law is studied in a manner which is theoretically informed and practically relevant. Staff within the Law School believe in the need to address law in the light of European and international developments and combine these concerns with a learning environment where postgraduates and academic staff can work in an informal atmosphere conducive to open debate. The Law School runs a regular Research Seminar Programme to which outside speakers are invited and work-in-progress papers are given by staff and postgraduate members. Postgraduate students also run their own Colloquium at which they can present current research ideas and findings to their peers.
Linguistics and English Language
Head
of Department: Professor Elena Semino
Location: County South
Web: http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk
The Department is the largest of its kind in England, with a full-time lecturing staff of 31, some 25 Research Associates, and a strong community of around 150 PhD students. We have a thriving research environment organised around 4 Research Centres and 13 Research Groups. 85% of the Department’s research activity was classed as internationally recognised and 20% was judged world leading in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy has merged with the Departments of Politics and International Relations, and Religious Studies to create the new Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR.
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ppr
Politics and International Relations
The Department of Politics and International Relations has merged with the Departments of Philosophy, and Religious Studies to create the new Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR.
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ppr
Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR)
Head
of Department: Professor Robert
Geyer
Location: County South
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ppr
The Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR) was formed in August 2010 by merging the old Departments of Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Each of these departments had an excellent reputation for teaching and research (all three were ranked 1st in the Northwest in the 2011 Guardian University Guide). The new interdisciplinary unit is the only department of its kind in the United Kingdom. With over 35 academic staff producing internationally recognised research on a broad range of topics and offering a wide array of undergraduate, Masters, MPhil and PhD programmes, it is a uniquely exciting and interdisciplinary environment in which to learn, research and study.
Religious Studies
The Department of Religious Studies has merged with the Departments of Politics and International Relations, and Philosophy to create the new Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion PPR.
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ppr
Ruskin Library and Research Centre
Director:
Professor Stephen Wildman
Location: Institute for Advanced Studies
Web: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/ruskinlib/
The Ruskin Centre was constituted as a research centre of the University in 1996; from 2008 it has been become part of the Ruskin Library and Research Centre. As well as teaching at all levels, the Centre promotes research on John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his circle by carrying out specific research projects which result in publications and/or exhibitions; by holding a weekly research seminar and an annual public lecture; and by organising conferences and colloquia. The Centre leads the research effort associated with the exploitation of the collections housed in the Ruskin Library and Brantwood, including the editing of unpublished material. The Ruskin Centre has wide associations with other academic centres, museums and libraries in Britain and overseas.
Sociology
Head
of Department: Dr Tim Dant
Location: Bowland North
Web: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology
Sociology at Lancaster is renowned for its creative and ground-breaking research. The Department has played a key role in shaping the discipline of sociology and is currently ranked 49th in the world and in the top five in the UK. As well degree programmes in Sociology at Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral levels, the Department now offers degree programmes at all three levels in Media and Cultural Studies. Lancaster Sociology is an excellent place to study or undertake research with its challenging courses and an intense and exciting research environment for research students, researchers and visiting scholars."
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