School of History and Anthropology

The School has a strong international profile in both research and teaching. It combines two main teaching areas, History and Anthropological Studies, and three interdisciplinary research institutes.

The Institute of Irish Studies acts as a focus for the larger body of research being undertaken at Queen's but also plays a key role in contemporary Irish research, in areas such as parading, ritual and symbolism, and wider policy engagements on urban space and conflict. The Institute of Cognition and Culture is one of the world's first centres for research in the cognitive science of culture, and the Institute of Byzantine Studies specialises in the study of the people, society and culture of the Byzantine Empire.