King's College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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Faculty of Arts & Humanities,
King's College London
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Former names
King's College, London Faculty of Arts (1831)
King's College, London Faculties of Music and Theology (1831)
King's College London School of Humanities (1988)
King's College London School of Arts and Humanities (2009)
King's College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities (2014)
Established1831;192 years ago (1831)
Parent institution
King's College London
Executive Dean of FacultyProfessor Marion Thain
Location
London
,
United Kingdom
Website kcl.ac.uk/artshums/
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The King's College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities is one of the nine academic Faculties of Study of King's College London. It is situated on the Strand in the heart of central London, in the vicinity of many renowned cultural institutions with which the Faculty has close links including the British Museum, Shakespeare's Globe, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library. [1] In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject, King's Arts & Humanities ranked in the top twenty worldwide. [2]

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The Faculty of Arts & Humanities offers study at undergraduate and graduate level in a wide range of subject areas. Many of the departments and programmes offer joint undergraduate degrees, including some with the Departments of Geography and War Studies, in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy and with Mathematics in the Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences. [3] As a member of the Russell Group and the Golden triangle, the Faculty receives a high number of applications.

The Faculty is a member of The Council of University Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH UK), and of London Citizens. The current Executive Dean of Faculty is Professor Marion Thain, who took over from Professor Russell Goulbourne in December 2018.

History

In the late 1980s, King's College London's Faculty of Arts merged with the Faculties of Music and Theology as the School of Humanities and took on the name of the School of Arts & Humanities in 2009. The original Arts departments such as War Studies and Geography formed part of the Faculty known now as Social Science & Public Policy while the Arts & Humanities expanded from its 'classical' humanities roots. [4] Over the past few years, the Faculty has established interdisciplinary programmes such Liberal Arts and led new developments in teaching and research, for instance through the Department of Digital Humanities, Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries.The School of Arts & Humanities became the Faculty of Arts & Humanities in 2014.

In 2023, the Digital Futures Institute and the Global Cultures Institute were launched as part of a new Faculty vision to showcase how arts and humanities expertise were addressing some of society's most pressing challenges. [5]

Departments

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Greek marble statues at the main hall of King's Building: lyric poet Sappho (fronting) and dramatist Sophocles (back turned)

The following departments and centres can be found in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities:

Notable people

Current academic staff

Former academic staff

Deans of Faculty

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. "World University Rankings 2024 by subject: arts and humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. "King's College London - Study". Archived from the original on 13 April 2011.
  4. "About the Faculty of Arts & Humanities | Faculty of Arts & Humanities | King's College London".
  5. London, King's College. "Digital Futures Institute to help 'understand what it means to live well with technology'". King's College London. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. "RADA: An introduction". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  7. "King's College London Dates and Locations". King's College London. Retrieved 20 May 2016.