30 November 2022 Innovation in the arts at Birmingham Exciting new degree programmes have launched in Law, English and History at the University’s campuses in Birmingham and Dubai.
31 October 2022 Transatlantic Lives: Narratives of Slavery, Freedom, and Diaspora in West Africa and Brazil Recording available of the Annual Fage Lecture, this year given by Kristin Mann, Professor Emerita, Department of History, Emory University.
06 April 2022 Birmingham 72nd in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law remains amongst the best performing research-intensive universities in the world, according to the 2022 QS World Rankings.
12 November 2021 Search and Research – Looking for Women in the Danford Collection Stacey Kennedy, a doctoral researcher in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology, gave a talk on her research into the Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts. Recording now available.
05 October 2021 Africa Talks Autumn Seminars 2021 Full schedule of our regular research seminars in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology
27 September 2021 BRIHC seminar series 2021/22 schedule The BRIHC Seminar Series consists of academic talks from world-leading researchers. It runs across the academic year and reflects the whole scope of scholarly fields represented in the School of History and Cultures.
12 May 2021 How your dissertation represents your time at university - what I learnt from writing my own dissertation - Chloe Legge In her latest blog post, BA Anthropology and Politics student Chloe Legge tells us about what she learnt from writing her dissertation at the University of Birmingham and gives some tips for future students.
02 April 2021 The Profits of Slavery and the Wealth of Universities: A Transatlantic Conversation Report and recording of the Centre for the Study of North America event that took place on 3 March 2021
18 March 2021 Daisy Drennan: My life as a student commuter Final year BA Classical Literature and Civilisation student Dasiy lives at home and commutes to campus to complete her studies. Here she talks about her experience of being a student commuter.
17 March 2021 Five Reasons to join a society at university Olivia Saunders is one of our third year BA History students and is on the committee for the History society at Birmingham. Here she gives us five benefits of joining a society at University.
16 March 2021 My year in Ghana: Lydia Hogg Final year BA African Studies and Anthropology student Lydia took the opportunity to study at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana as part of her year abroad. Here, she tells us about her experience.
10 March 2021 IWD 2021: Can Ghana's government deliver gender equality without a majority Dr Kate Skinner writes for the Democracy in Africa blog
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.