Established in 1996, the Humanities Research Centresupports research in English, History, Films studies, and Performance at Sheffield Hallam. Our world-class research advances scholarship in our fields and informs and illuminates a range of vital issues in environmental humanities; race and inequality; globalism and transnational exchange; gender; and human rights. We welcome PhD applications in any of these areas.
We also run research seminars, linked each year to current research themes, and hosts international conferences, visiting professors, research fellows, visiting scholars and invited speakers.
Our specialisms:
English
English has an international reputation for its work in:
- English literature from the early modern period to the present day;
- English language, including topics within the broad areas of sociolinguistics, language and education, and stylistics;
- creative writing across all forms and genres.
History
We have an international reputation for our work in modern and contemporary history since the eighteenth century. We have particular strengths in transnational history and imperial encounters;war violence and society; gender and sexuality, labour and social movements; and race and ethnicity.
Film and Performance
Film and performance has research strengths in American, British and Irish, East Asian and European cinemas, adaptation, documentary, horror and television; and in applied theatre, contemporary British playwriting, site-based performance, and performance and phenomenology. Several members of the team engage with practice-as-research methodologies, including screenwriting.
In the discipline areas research groups are organised to support these principal research themes. The groups also work together on areas of shared interest, including cultural history, gender, imperialism, scriptwriting and adaptation.
