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Heritage, Cultures and Communities research

This research theme spans a wide range of research that explores different cultures, heritage, and the ways in which contemporary communities create identities and social cohesion. It encompasses a variety of human endeavours from questions of ethics, faith, and gender, to the use of AI in the design of public spaces and buildings.

Researchers within the theme of Heritage, Cultures, and Communities investigate how these and other topics are translated and mediated through performance, narratives, images, and material cultures. Ultimately, we are working towards an improved future for our cities and communities.

The breadth of research within this theme highlights the interconnectedness of contemporary cultures and the ways in which our past and present influences our thinking about our future.

Explore our key projects and find out about our links to the research centres and groups, degree courses, and PhD opportunities that come under our research theme.

Coin

Heritage Hub
Ludwig Wittgenstein

British Wittgenstein Society
Skull

Open Graves, Open Minds project
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In Pursuit of Luxury
Scales

Ethics of Policing
Constantine and Slyvie

Our aims
Group of female students discussing

Forum for Virtue & Understanding
Sunset over field

Why Philosophy Matters
Dr Samantha George

Dr Samantha George

Theme Champion

Dr Sam George is Associate Professor in Research and the Convenor of the popular  Project at the 91¿´Æ¬. Inspired by the eighteenth-century botanist Tournefort, who voyaged in search of plants and found instead a plague of vampires on the island of Mykonos (1702), Sam George’s research has taken a gothic turn. Following the publication of  (2007), her contribution to New York Botanical Garden’s  exhibition and the co-editorship of  (2011); she founded with Dr Bill Hughes the gothic research group . She now researches botany alongside the gothic, unearthing depictions of the vampire and the undead in literature, art, and other media, embracing werewolves (and representations of wolves and wild children), dark fairies, and other supernatural beings and their worlds.

Research Centres and Groups

Heritage, Cultures and Communities research at the 91¿´Æ¬ takes place across a number of Research Centres, Groups and disciplines:

Doctorates, degrees and courses

We offer one of the most diverse range of research degree programmes in the UK.

Visit our Doctoral College to find out more.

Get in touch

For more information about our Heritage, Cultures and Communities theme, please contact Dr Samantha George.

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