Research in Arts and Law

We explore what it means to be human – in historical and cultural contexts, within ethical and legal norms and through languages and communication.

Open Research

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Law and Philosophy

Track, trace and contain – but don't keep our data: Ethical and legal worries of the NHSX App

Film and Creative Writing

Going viral during the pandemic

Philosophy

Internet access is a necessity not a luxury – it should be a basic right

Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies

The Crossroads of Empire project recognised as demonstrating "remarkable heritage achievements"

Research projects and centres

Changing attitudes to sexual violence through education and awareness-raising in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Tackling stigma and self-stigmatisation of survivors of conflict related sexual violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina. An extension of the Comparative Study of Resilience in Survivors.
CLiC Dickens

The CLiC Dickens project demonstrates through corpus stylistics how computer-assisted methods can be used to study literary texts and lead to new insights into how readers perceive fictional characters.
The Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion

The centre was established in 2014 to enhance the public understanding of religion regionally, nationally and internationally through distinctive, strategic and engaged interdisciplinary research
Centre for Corpus research

The Centre for Corpus Research supports the use of corpus analysis in research, teaching and learning. CCR provides access to a range of corpora and has a dedicated computer suite with specialist resources as well as an eye-tracking laboratory.
The Family House

DASA project looking property and inheritance in post-apartheid South Africa
Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing

ITSEE is founded on the premise that computer methods are now fundamental to every stage of the editorial process.
Midland Art Papers

A collaborative online journal, working between the University of Birmingham and 11 partner institutions to research and explore the world class works of art and design in public collections across the Midlands.
Ezra's Legacy and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Law and Narratives of Exclusion

This project explores the evidence provided in two crucial sources on the history of Jewish law

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Publications

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College of Arts and Law Graduate School

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Research awards

16/10/2020

Bodo Winter awarded Future Leaders Fellowship of over £1million

13/07/2020

School of English, Drama and Creative Studies wins prestigious British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship

30/06/2020

From the Mastodon to Extinction Rebellion: Grant secured for research into the history of extinction

01/06/2020

EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Funding Awarded to Project on Sustainable Public Procurement

Arts and Law research events

GloPent World 2020

31Oct

Law PhD Proposals and Funding Applications Workshop

2Nov

Ending Diet Culture with the Anti Diet Riot Club with Becky Young

4Nov