Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Our school conducts cutting-edge research and offers a compelling range of arts and humanities courses.

We are an internationally respected centre for teaching and research. Located near world-class galleries and museums, we also have our own exhibition space, the Peltz Gallery.

We offer an invigorating and enriching educational experience, and teaching and research in the areas of criminology, geography, politics, and sociology and psychosocial studies.

We take a distinctive multidisciplinary psychosocial perspective and allow students to study group and organisational dynamics alongside clinical practice.

The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor Matthew Davies, introduces the faculty's schools, research and student environment.

Find out the key contacts in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Find out about our latest news items, and what's happening within the faculty.

We run a very wide range of events, representing the breadth of our academic and research interests.

A week of events showcasing the latest in creativity and research from Birkbeck.

Documents and guidelines expected of staff, students and those conducting research at Birkbeck.

Get in touch if you'd like more information about studying with us.

Read about modules and courses in our schools that focus on critical race studies, racism and racialisation.

We work in a variety of different ways with a number of other institutions, local and national bodies, and interested communities.

We engage with important public issues through debates, lectures, seminars and conferences, to promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

We provide a forum for innovative interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange in gender and sexuality studies.

We are the focal point for social research at Birkbeck, and a hub for the dissemination and discussion of social research in London and beyond.

We were established in response to the growing interest in film and the moving image across the College.

We are a centre of innovative research and teaching and contribute to discussion and public policy formation on antisemitism and intolerance.