Addressing vital and complex critical, historical and creative questions, researchers employ a range of methodologies – including archival, practice-based, critical and theoretical – in disciplines encompassing art, computing (animation and games design), creative writing, cultural geography, curation, dance, design, English literature, history, media studies and performing arts.
The Centre’s research areas include representation, identity and disability; community, place and belonging; cultural engagement and participation; collected and contested memories; and radicalism, revolution, democracy and dissent.
It works in partnership with regional, national and international organisations and charities in arts, education, industry, heritage, museums, public health and policy sectors including Tate Plus, National Gallery Research Network, and Creative Fuse North East.
The University’s input into the AHRC Centre for Doctoral Training, The Heritage Consortium, and the Northern Bridge Consortium are hosted here.
Analysing commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising to understand how historical events create meaning in the present
Read moreReimagining the role of communities in curating museums and galleries
Read moreIncreasing the visibility of marginalised disabled people in cultural spaces and cultural production
Read moreGiving value to alternative narratives for the North East’s heavily industrialised past
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