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OpenARC, The Open University Arts and Humanities Research Centre

Description

OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and facilitates disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.

Building on The Open University’s mission, OpenARC promotes the value of arts and humanities research for the 21st century. Only by researching the world through the arts and humanities can be we fully understand what it means to be human and use that knowledge of our past and present to inform a better future.

Through our world-leading research and impact, OpenARC is committed to creating, defending and sustaining an informed and culturally literate society, in a world where there are increasing inequalities of access to the positive influence of the arts and humanities.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2024

Contact details

The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK7 6AA
Website: https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/centres/arts-and-humanities
Public email: FASS-Arts-Research-Centre@open.ac.uk

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Categorisation

Type

  • University-based infrastructure
  • Centre

Project Tags

  • Archaeology tag
  • Classics tag
  • Creative writing tag
  • Digital humanities tag
  • History tag
  • Language tag
  • Literature tag
  • Music & sound tag

University affiliation(s)

The Open University
Milton Keynes

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Contemporary cultures of writing research group

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Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies

The Ferguson Centre's main aim is to promote interdisciplinary research into empire and postcolonial conditions, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia - their nations, peoples, societies, culture… read more about Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies

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Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH)

Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) is a research centre based in the School of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University. Its interests are broad-rangi… read more about Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH)

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History of Books and Reading Research Collaboration (HOBAR)

About HOBAR Research in book history has been a distinctive feature of English at The Open University for over a quarter of a century. The History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) Research Group is based … read more about History of Books and Reading Research Collaboration (HOBAR)

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Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice

The International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice aims to promote and facilitate research into criminal justice history around the world and to generate the exchange of ideas bet… read more about Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice

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Literature and Music Research Group

The study of connections between music and literature has become a flourishing area of international research activity. The Open University’s Literature and Music Research Group aims to encourage wi… read more about Literature and Music Research Group

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Medieval and Early Modern Research Group, Open University

The Open University’s Medieval and Early Modern Research Group brings together staff from a variety of disciplines across Arts and Humanities at The Open University, including Art History, Class… read more about Medieval and Early Modern Research Group, Open University

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Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group

The Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group, founded in 1992, represents an active community of scholars who work on a wide range of individual and collaborative projects, both within The O… read more about Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group

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Centre for War and Peace in the Twentieth Century

The Centre for War and Peace in the Twentieth Century was established in 2021, building on long-standing research strengths in the causes, nature, and effects of war and peace. Its activities focus on… read more about Centre for War and Peace in the Twentieth Century

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Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion

The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion was founded at The Open University in 2018 to promote research into the material, visual and other sensory aspects of Greek, Etrusca… read more about Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion

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Health and the Arts Research Group

The Health and the Arts Research Group draws together researchers from across the university with interests in the intersections between health, wellbeing, arts and creativity. Members of the group ar… read more about Health and the Arts Research Group

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2025-03-07 14:43:35

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