Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities! Postgraduate Taught Master’s Induction 2015 Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) The Graduate School

The Faculty of Humanities School of Architecture School of Arts  Drama  Film  History of Art School of English School of History Centre for American Studies Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) School of Music and Fine Art (Medway)  Fine Art  Event & Experience Design  Music and Audio Art School of European Culture and Languages  Classical & Archaeological Studies  Comparative Literature  English Language & Linguistics  French  German  Hispanic Studies  Italian  Linguistics  Philosophy  Religious Studies

The Faculty of Humanities Culture Literature Arts History Page 3

The Faculty of Humanities Page 4 We define CULTURE as “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively”. Within Humanities this definition covers all the disciplines incorporated within the Faculty including the arts, architecture, English, history, modern languages, classical studies, linguistics, philosophy and religion. Culture is taught and researched across the Faculty’s six Schools and two centres in Canterbury, Medway, Paris and Athens as well as being integral to our external collaborations across the globe. Through Latin and Greek, modern world languages and through English and European literature, Kent offers a broad perspective.

The Faculty of Humanities LITERATURE is fundamental to any area of study and within the Humanities Faculty is studied as a specific subject within English, American Studies, History and Comparative Literature as well as the ancient and modern languages. At Kent literature covers the classics to the modern age, crossing the traditional boundaries of national literature programmes. Our relationship with Canterbury Cathedral gives us access to their archives; and in the modern period several of our academic staff are well known authors of contemporary literary fiction and poetry. Literature research has a strong international perspective, apparent both in the background of its staff and in the diversity of our teaching and research interests Page 5

The Faculty of Humanities ART covers a diverse range of subjects and at Kent includes event design, drama, film, architecture, fine art, music, art history and aesthetics. Research and teaching takes place across our campuses at Canterbury and Medway and Kent’s own centre in Paris as well as in Rome and Athens. Interdisciplinary research and teaching across the University includes the dialogue and collaboration between academics, students and practitioners in the fields of drama, cognitive neuroscience, film, digital media, disability studies, history of music, soundscapes, architecture and urban design. External research networks facilitate and foster the exchange within theatre traditions, architecture, contemporary art in Europe. Page 6

The Faculty of Humanities Any study of HISTORY engages a natural human curiosity about the past, and how it relates to our present. We offer several courses including a term or year studying in Paris or other European cities. History at Kent is a diverse, dynamic and research-led where students are given the opportunity to work alongside academics recognised as experts in their fields. Kent’s expertise is in African, American, British, European, Irish, Indian and Russian history, with strengths in the history of medicine and science, military history, propaganda and medieval culture. Cross-disciplinarity is an important feature in our programmes. Page 7

The Faculty of Humanities THE SIX SCHOOLS and THE TWO CENTRES Page 8

The Faculty of Humanities 1. School of Architecture Page 9

The Faculty of Humanities 2. School of Arts  Drama  Film  History of Art Page 10

The Faculty of Humanities 3. School of English Page 11

The Faculty of Humanities 4. School of European Culture and Languages  Classical & Archaeological Studies  Comparative Literature  English Language & Linguistics  French  German  Hispanic Studies  Italian  Linguistics  Philosophy  Religious Studies Page 12

The Faculty of Humanities 5. School of History Page 13

The Faculty of Humanities 6. School of Music and Fine Art (Medway)  Fine Art  Event & Experience Design  Music and Audio Art Page 14

The Faculty of Humanities Centre for American Studies Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Page 15

The Faculty of Humanities KIASH Kent Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Page 16

The Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Humanities has a PG teaching centre in Paris Architecture and Urban Design Contemporary Literature The Contemporary Creative Writing 18 th Century Studies English and American Literature European Theatre and Dramaturgy Film French and Comparative Literature History and Philosophy of Art Modern French Studies Modern History Postcolonial Studies Religion

The Faculty of Humanities Paris MA students visit to La Villette Paris MA students visit to Versailles Page 18

… and European Centres in Athens (Heritage Management) Rome (History and Archaeology) View, Master, Slide Master to change this text to the title of your presentationPage 19

The Faculty of Humanities Research activities are focussed through over 20 Research Centres within the Faculty: There are also three interdisciplinary Faculty Centres:  Centre for American Studies  Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)  Kent Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KIASH)- hosting the KIASH lecture series …and one cross-Faculty Centre :  Centre for Critical Thought (Politics, Law, SECL, Arts)

REF 2014 results Three of our subject areas are in the top 10 for research intensity: Architecture English Language and Literature History An additional four subjects are in the top 20: Classics Modern Languages and Linguistics Philosophy Theology and Religious Studies Intensity takes into account the REF overall score for research quality (GPA) and the percentage of research staff submitted. Page 21

REF 2014 results An additional four subjects are in the top 20: Classics Modern Languages and Linguistics Philosophy Theology and Religious Studies Page 22

Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE) CHASE brings together 9 leading institutions engaged in collaborative research activities including an AHRC doctoral training partnership. These are the Universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent and Sussex, the Open University, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, Birkbeck, University of London and SOAS, University of London. AHRC PhD studentship competition for 2016 entry will be launched shortly.

Life beyond the Masters degree The Masters degree is intended to equip you with advanced research & analytical skills as well as a range of transferable skills which are very attractive to employers beyond academia. We celebrate diversity and promote equality If you are thinking of further study to undertake a PhD in the Arts and Humanities, you should not delay in thinking about this and making preparations.

Funding for PhD Research AHRC (CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership) University Scholarships and School Scholarships Deadlines for applications in January 2016 Highly competitive You should begin work on a proposal and application in the Autumn term Identify prospective original research question and prospective PhD supervisor, and work closely with them as soon as you can.

Finally Make the most of your time here If you are fulltime, treat your studies like a fulltime job, 40 hours per week: read, read & read some more, but also engage with live researchers in the Faculty to bring those words of the page/screen to life All colleagues share a commitment to enthusing you and exciting you about analysing the cutting edge research that we are undertaking in the Faculty to better understand the arts and humanities world So keep talking to us, telling us what we are doing well and letting us know what we can do better Good luck!