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History and Anthropology are thriving subject areas at Queen's. The School has around forty teaching staff, around seventy taught and sixty research postgraduates and around 580 undergraduates. The department is diverse and stimulating, without being overly large - it has a reputation for being friendly and supportive.The School has a strong international profile in both research and teaching and combines two main teaching areas, History and Social Anthropology, and two interdisciplinary research institutes. The Head of School is Professor Peter Gray and School Manager is Ms Frances Mercer.

Our teaching and research subject areas are described below:

Queen’s has a world-wide reputation in Social Anthropology. In addition to Anthropology we offer a unique range of courses in Ethnomusicology.  Our regional interests include Ireland, the British Isles, Europe, Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, the Czech Republic, West Africa, Japan, Latin America and Melanesia. Read more about Anthropological Studies. Watch our School videos

 

History offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in History from the ancient world to the 20th century. Our staff include leading authorities on a wide range of periods and subjects, including African, American and continental European history, and with particular strengths in the history of modern Ireland and Britain, and the United States. History at Queen's has been ranked in the top 100 history departments in the world. Read more about History at Queen's. Watch our School videos

 

Founded in September 2004, the Institute of Cognition and Culture is one of the world's first centres for research in the cognitive science of culture — a new and rapidly growing field in which scholars seek to explain patterns of cultural innovation and transmission over time and space using the methods and theories of the behavioural sciences. Watch our School videos

 

For over 40 years, the Institute of Irish Studies has acted as a focus for the larger body of research on Ireland being undertaken at Queen's. Our research focuses on the social, political, cultural and geographical factors that have influenced the people of this island and its diasporas. The Institute offers a lively interdisciplinary MA programme in Irish Studies including archaeology, history, politics, literature, folklore, anthropology and conflict resolution. Watch our School videos

 

For information on our Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes, visit our Prospective Students pages.

For information about our Research projects, publications and our current and past PhD students, visit our Research pages.

For information about the teaching and research specialisms of staff, and administrative responsibilities, visit our Staff pages.