Humanities Research Centre, University of York. Supporting research in the Arts and Humanities.

York
Joined November 2010
We are launching the 2026-27 HRC Interdisciplinary Collaborative Events Fund, enabling staff member and research students in Arts and Humanities at York to lead an application to put together academic research events benefitting multiple disciplines. More information via email!
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The deadline for Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Researchers at York to submit an abstract is tomorrow 9am. We aren't planning for any extensions, so do make sure you submit your contribution through the Google form on time 😊
Call for Papers: Materiality/Immateriality – Postgraduate Colloquium in Arts and Humanities. Open to research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of York. Deadline for abstract submissions is 9th October 9am docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Call for Papers: Materiality/Immateriality – Postgraduate Colloquium in Arts and Humanities. Open to research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of York. Deadline for abstract submissions is 9th October 9am docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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We are delighted to announce our multi-site, bilingual and hybrid Postgraduate Colloquium in Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the wonderful team at PUCV in Chile. Our Call for Papers for postgraduate research students will be shared very soon.
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We are looking forward to welcoming back our wonderful research community, including new research students joining academic units across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. We love our home in Heslington Hall and we hope you do too. Lovely spaces and wonderful views 🥰
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Last month we had a wonderful time connecting with partners old and new for our Heritage @ York Network event. More than 60 colleagues from the heritage sector and the Faculty joined us. Looking forward to more conversations!
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Congratulations to HRC Postdoctoral Fellow @Ishitak97 for an article exploring objects and material decay in Samuel Beckett's Endgame as representations of abstract, existential ideas of mortality and death across text, stage, and archives 🎉 tinyurl.com/3bh9jpye
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Join us for the HRC's 1st Annual Interdisciplinary Lecture. Dr Troy Kaighin Astarte will be presenting '"YOU ARE MY WISTFUL SYMPATHY": Strachey, Turing, and (queer?) computer love' at 5pm. This is a hybrid event, information and registration form: york.ac.uk/hrc/events/2026/w…
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This year's Summer Research Celebration is on 24th June and celebrates projects funded by our PCKE (Place and Community Knowledge Exchange) fund. We invite presentations of up to 5 minutes. Here's the proposal form: tinyurl.com/4fwmnfvd
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Thanks to everyone who joined our Family Fun Festival last Saturday. Here's a small 'thank you' from the Robodog brought to us by Isobel Standen from Philosophy and the team from the Institute for Safe Autonomy 🐶
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(Video description for accessibility: 2 researchers standing and smiling. Between them a robot that is supposed to be a dog but doesn't quite look like one. It has 4 legs and for the video it is standing on 2 and bringing its front paws together in celebration)
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Congratulations to all who shared their work as part of the @YorkFestofIdeas. We had 8 great activities. Mia Gane from @UoYPhilosophy explored the concept of home through crafts; Matthew Hall from School of Arts and Creative Technologies invited participants to build a bandstand.
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Francisca Fernandez Arce from @UoYEnglish explored the art of pamphlets; Lucy Handford from @UoYArchaeology introduced the chewing system; and @thinicepress brought along portable presses.
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Isobel Standen from @UoYPhilosophy and colleagues from Institute for Safe Autonomy brought their 'Robodog'! Sophie White also from Philosophy introduced us to the world of Margaret Cavendish, and Ben Eyes from School of Arts and Creative Technologies shared 'Ghost in the Piano'.
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This Saturday we are hosting the 'Festival Fringe Family Fun Afternoon' 🎉 We will have 8 activities for families running from 1pm to 4pm in the Ron Cooke Hub and that showcase research projects across the Faculty. No need to book just come along 😊 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026…
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Last wk we held our annual HRC Doctoral Competition! Five researchers selected by their academic units through a competitive process shared their doctoral research. And what a wonderful set of presentations! All of them now HRC Doctoral Fellows 🎉
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...to Iseabail Wilks from Archaeology for a presentation titled "Invisible death rites in Prehistory: a new tool kit for revealing complex treatment after death in the European Neolithic."
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Congratulations to Andy Egerton from @TFTI_UoY and Shuning Diao from @UoYPhilosophy. Andy presented "Staff perspectives of barriers towards better accessibility in museums and heritage sites" and Shuning "Process-oriented account of aesthetic experience"
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