Research

The School of Critical Studies has a long history of excellence in research, promoted by a distinguished body of internationally recognised scholars and a vital community of research students.  This is confirmed by excellent evaluations, growing grant capture as well as strong impact and esteem indicators. The School supports a thriving research culture including post/doctoral scholars, distinguished honorary research fellows and visiting academics. The School's research portfolio is diverse and multi-disciplinary, and is closely articulated with research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Regular seminars, reading groups, and distinguished visiting speakers enhance the research environment.

Research takes place across the School’s diverse but interrelated subject areas.  Although research is often conducted individually, or thematised in Centres and Networks, much of it is concentrated on the following research clusters across the School:

• Creative Writing
• Modernism/Modernities
• Victorian
• American Studies
• 18th Century/Romanticism
• Medieval and Renaissance
• Medical Humanities
• Scottish and Irish Literature
• Translation
• Scots and English in Scotland
• Historical English Language
• Modern English Language
• World Religions
• Practical Theology
• Theological Studies
• Bible Studies

The School hosts four research centres/networks:-

• Centre for Medical Humanities
• Centre for Robert Burns Studies
• Glasgow Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology and the Arts

For information about specific research centres, research net
works, funded research projects, research initiatives and postgraduate research opportunities, please follow the links on this page.

While much research is conducted by individual scholars, a mutually supportive interdisciplinary culture is fostered across the School, across and beyond the College of Arts, and through ArtsLab. Through these and other initiatives, Critical Studies engages in five of the College's designated research themes: Culture and Creativity, Landscape and Environment, Medical Humanities, Digital Humanities and Scottish Studies Global.  These cross-School and cross-College initiatives are designed to articulate with research themes supported by the AHRC, ESRC, Wellcome and other external funding bodies.

The School’s Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee consists of the following staff members: Rob Maslen (Convenor), Meg MacDonald (Research & Development Co-ordinator), Kirsteen McCue, Willy Maley, Yvonne Sherwood, and Jane Stuart-Smith.


University of Glasgow
School of Critical Studies

4 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
Tel.: +44 (0)141 330 7493
Email: meg.macdonald@glasgow.ac.uk