11 February 2021 Philosophy PhD focus: Rosa Ritunnano on the meaning of delusions Rosa discusses her cross-disciplinary research into the meaning of delusions, informed by her day-to-day clinical practice as a consultant psychiatrist and by her phenomenological background.
10 February 2021 Science and social stereotypes To mark the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Carissa Sharp and Stephen H. Jones explore the reasons why initiatives in this area are needed and consider their current limitations.
04 February 2021 Birmingham philosophers explore big questions with US TV's Closer To Truth Philosophy experts at the University of Birmingham are set to work with long-running US TV series Closer To Truth - exploring the big religious questions facing philosophers today.
04 February 2021 Philosophy PhD focus: Jane Kisbey on should psychopaths be blamed for disregarding others? Should psychopaths be blamed for disregarding others? Can they feel empathy and genuine concern? Jane Kisbey argues that psychopaths find it hard to consider the future consequences of their actions.
03 February 2021 Jaspers Award: PhD student success Joseph Houlders, supervised by Lisa Bortolotti and Matthew Broome, received an Honourable Mention for the prestigious Jaspers Award issued by the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry.
03 February 2021 Archive of Neville Birdsall now available Twenty-one unpublished academic papers by Professor J. Neville Birdsall have now been released in the University of Birmingham ePapers repository.
26 January 2021 #Everydaylookism campaign launches a new series of Facebook Live panel events The #EverydayLookism Facebook Live series is three live panel discussions taking place in February and March 2021
15 January 2021 What do world religions teach us about COVID-19 and the possibility of miracles? Yujin Nagasawa writing on World Religion Day
15 January 2021 Lisa Bortolotti on conspiracy theories Recent work by Birmingham Professor of Philosophy, Lisa Bortolotti.
13 January 2021 Religious tolerance and secularism: learning from history and revisiting the concepts Jocelyne Cesari's key note lecture at the University of Utrecht on 2 December 2020 is now available to download.
17 December 2020 Ethical Consuming: Not Just for (This) Christmas Karen Wennell writes about ethical consumption at Christmas, and why Christmas is as much an opportunity for change as a traditional celebration
17 December 2020 Postgraduate researchers support GloPent World 2020 Debate, exchange of ideas, presentations, and networking opportunities on the topic of 'Mapping Global Pentecostal Issues'.
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
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.