Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
In a time of volatility, complexity and uncertainty, research and education across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences are critical to unlocking human creativity, to engaging in a human-centred way with the world around us, and to building the inclusive understanding that will help us to co-create a better future. The faculty is comprised of nine departments, all of which undertake fundamental discovery research, as well as applied activity and skills development and reflect areas of economic, social and cultural importance. The faculty hosts the University Societies and Cultures Institute (SCI) and the Faculty Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), which are key structures for further promoting interdisciplinarity within the faculty and across others. For more information, please visit http://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/hass/
Recent Submissions
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Public inquiries into conflict and security: Scandals, archives, and the politics of epistemology
(SAGE Publications / Political Studies Association, 19 January 2024)Public inquiries into matters of conflict and security are vitally important yet undertheorized. This paper explores the potential of inquiries for the democratic scrutiny of foreign policy, military doctrine, and grand ... -
The Sorcerer Scholar: Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī between Grammar and Grimoire
(Gerlach Press, 15 June 2023)Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī is the author of two books—one famous, and one now virtually unknown. If we read his famous work on language, the Miftāḥ al-‘ulūm, in dialogue with his neglected work on magic, the Kitāb al-Shāmil, ... -
Rebel Governance: an analysis of the Taliban’s Governance from 2001-2021
(Routledge, 27 November 2023)This paper assesses the Taliban’s role in delivering four key services – taxation, security, justice, and education – from 2001 to 2021. Our analysis highlights that the provision of these services by the Taliban is a ... -
Plants, education and sustainability: rethinking the teaching of botany in school science
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Ontological Deprivation and the Dark Side of Fūdo: a Commentary on David W. Johnson’s Watsuji on Nature: Japanese Philosophy in the Wake of Heidegger
(Philosophy Documentation Center, 2023)