Our research centres
Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies
The Centre connects NTU researchers and projects in policy, religion, conflict, race, gender, memory & welfare through varied methodologies & knowledge exchange
Centre for Research in Literature Linguistics and Culture
The Centre for Research in Literature, Linguistics and Culture is a multi- and interdisciplinary hub that promotes research innovation across Literary Studies, Linguistics, and Media, Film and TV Studies.
Our research groups
Critical Poetics Research Group
History and Policy Research Group
Language, Identities and Institutions Research Group
Material and Immaterial Cultures Research Group
Media and Film Cultures
Memory Studies Research Group
Oral History Research Group
Periodicals and Print Culture Research Group
Postcolonial and Global Studies Research Group
Religion, Conflict and Resolution Research Group
Our research projects
Accent Discrimination and the Bar
Can Museums Rise to the Challenge: Preparing Museums for the Age of Participation
Corpus Approaches to Forensic Linguistics
East Midlands Voices
Forensic Voices
Heritage Way Community Engagement and Consultation
Hospitality and European Film
Language and Museums - the importance of language as intangible heritage
Language, Power and Institution
Legacies of the Holocaust: An Online Exhibition to Engage in Memories of the Holocaust
Localising National Gender and Climate Policy in Uganda
Memory and Race in the USA
Men and Masculinities
Origins of Identity and Myths of Empire: Spain and Mexico, from the Late Medieval to the Early Modern Period
Pits, Props, and Prose: A literary Celebration of the Coalfields of the East Midlands
Planting Stories
Postcolonial Ecologies at Con Son Island
Public Health Communication during the times of COVID-19
Remembering Children: Building a Network of Scholars and Practitioners in Heritage and Memory
Sites of Culture
The Laura (Riding) Jackson Archive
Transformative Memory – Confronting the Past in Grand-Scale Socio-Economic Change
Transnational Horror, Folklore, and Cultural Politics
Trent Editions
Understanding Southwell
Understanding the Role of Charity in Society
Urban Governance, the Civic and Civil Society
‘At the breast is best?’ Challenging the marginalisation of breastmilk expression in infant feeding advice for improving health promotional materials
Our research community
Researchers revealed
Researchers Revealed is NTU's flagship series exploring personal stories behind our research community. Several members of the Arts and Humanities Department have been featured, including:
Research reimagined
Our research community is committed to delivering innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Projects and reports spearheaded by Arts and Humanities staff include:
Learn more about research at NTU
Research degrees in Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities offers opportunities for postgraduate study leading to a PhD across disciplines including English, History, Communications, Cultural and Media Studies, Museum and Heritage Development, and Critical and Creative Writing.
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 86% of NTU's research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The overall quality of each Unit of Assessment NTU submitted to REF in 2021 also saw an improvement from the previous REF in 2014.