Humanities
Expanding 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 conduct pioneering cross-disciplinary research and teaching in the Creative Economy. We combine close ties to the local community with international impact, reflecting and contributing to the dynamism of a transforming city.
Humanities prides itself on its world class and research-driven commitment to promoting the critical understanding of culture and society through interdisciplinary linkages across its full range of subjects.
We demonstrate such commitment to excellence across its discipline areas via research clusters focused on Comic Studies, Continental Philosophy, Global History, and Scottish Culture.
Stories in Humanities
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Dundee’s literary past will provide a financial boost to the city’s present as it prepares to host a major event.
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A researcher from the University of Dundee has produced a new book exploring how to tell Scotland’s history in the context of calls to decolonise institutions and curricula
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A crime writing graduate has devised her own real-life plot twist after receiving her degree from the University of Dundee
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Everyone has a story to tell, even if they don’t know it yet, and a University of Dundee festival celebrating all things bookish will help members of the public find their own literary voices next week
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Find out why Fiona recommends Dundee, and not just for what you can gain academically
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When Dr Calum Laird crosses the Caird Hall stage to officially receive his PhD, it will mark an incredible eighth qualification for his family from the University of Dundee and its predecessors.
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Artists, dentists, public health experts and addiction workers have collaborated with people with lived experience of drugs to create a series of comics that examine the impact of substance use on oral health.
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The experiences of jute workers in Bangladesh and India will be explored in a new commission at V&A Dundee, developed in partnership with Dundee Heritage Trust and the University of Dundee.
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The life of one of the University of Dundee’s most beloved staff members will be celebrated by colleagues tomorrow.
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The University of Dundee is helping mental health service users to explore the experiences of asylum patients from the past as a way of improving their own wellbeing.