• Research strengths
• Research institutes and centres
• Research facilities
• Research news

Research strengths

Located centrally at the University, the College supports and encourages postgraduate research and study across all areas of the College.

College activities are designed to encourage interaction among the various disciplines and fields of research, and a broad range of academic staff are able to offer a unique variety and depth of study.

Teaching and research takes place in a rich and nourishing environment which stimulates, challenges and supports students and staff.

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Research institutes and centres

The College features a number of internationally recognised research institutes and centres:

• Birmingham Centre for Contemporary History
• Birmingham Eighteenth Century Centre
• Centre for First World War Studies
• Centre for Hispanic Exile
• Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies
• Centre for Second World War Studies
• Centre for West Midlands History
• Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies
• Birmingham Archaeology
• VISTA Centre
• Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies
• Department of Coins
• Ironbridge Institute
• Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing
• Institute of European Law 
• Institute of Medical Law
• Institute of Judicial Administration
• Libertas: The Centre for US Foreign Policy
• Centre for English Language Studies
• Shakespeare Institute
• CARE
• Birmingham International Business Communications
• The Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies
• Centre for Corpus Research
• Centre for the Study of Global Ethics

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Research facilities

Facilities within the College provide both core and specialised functions, and include:

• The Richard Shackleton & Rodney Hilton Libraries
• The Harding Law library
• The Fine Art Library
• The History of Art Slide Library
• The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
• The Department of Coins (part of the IAA)
• The Visual and Spatial Technology Centre, promoting ground-breaking research into digital imaging and remote sensing
• The IAA Museum
• The Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
• The CWAS Digital Library of African Music
• Special Collections including the Migana Collection of Arabic and Syriac Manuscripts
• A number of dedicated computer clusters including a cyber cafe

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Research news

For highlights of some of the key research taking place in the College visit the College of Arts and Law research highlights page on the Research website.

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