Humanities : University of Dundee

Welcome

The School of Humanities expands understanding of the world's culture and creativity through critical reflection and practice in history, literature, comics, film, creative writing, philosophy, modern languages, and archival education.

We are the home of Scotland's highly flexible liberal arts degree, combining a broad-based education with the opportunity to specialise.

We conduct pioneering cross-disciplinary research and teaching in the Creative Economy. We are a founding partner of InGame.

We combine close ties to the local community with international impact, reflecting and contributing to the dynamism of a transforming city.

News

New exhibition to honour legendary Dundee poet

14 October 2019 A photo of Jim Stewart (credit Alan Hillyer)

The life of an inspirational author and teacher will be celebrated in a new exhibition at the University of Dundee. Jim Stewart, who lost his battle with cancer in 2016, taught Creative Writing at the University and was described by Dundee’s Makar, W.N. Herbert, as ‘one of the most significant poets of the last decade’. A celebration of his work, including poetry, prose, pictures and personal letters, opened ...

Dundee students named as Europe's best

30 September 2019

Three University of Dundee students have been named as the top undergraduates in Europe in their respective fields. Scott Sheldrick, Chester Cornford and Lola Knibb were named as regional winners for Europe in the 2019 Global Undergraduate Awards. A further five Dundee students were highly commended by judges in the competition, which aims to celebrate top undergraduate coursework and foster interdisciplinary collaboration bet...