School of Arts

  • Research groups

    Our research groups enhance the environment for staff and students and create opportunities to share research beyond the School and University.

  • Research groups in the School of Arts

    Our research groups create a context for staff and students to engage with innovative practices and ideas hosting festivals, conferences, lecture series, workshops and laboratories for developing and sharing new research.

  • Opera Research Unit (OBERTO)

    Explores the history, performance and reception of opera; its political, social and cultural contexts.

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    Sonic Art Research Unit (SARU)

    Provides a forum for dialogue between the fields of Composition and Sound Art.

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    Film Studies Research Unit (FSRU)

    Undertakes research into film history, film theory, as well as film criticism.

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    Popular Music Research Unit (PMRU)

    Working on words in song, record production in the 1960s, popular music history, music publishing, and music journalism.

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    Print Culture Research Unit

    Undertakes research in print culture and publishing studies from the 19th to the 21st century.

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    The Audience Project

    The Audience Project (TAP) Research Group aims to encourage, produce and disseminate innovative audience research.

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