Welcome to the School of Humanities

The School of Humanities is one of three Schools in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia, Perth.

Humanities consists of 45 full time academic staff and over 2,200 students across the Discipline Groups:

• Classics and Ancient History
• European Languages and Studies
• History
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Early Modern Studies
• Philosophy

The School offers both undergraduate and postgraduate (coursework and research) programs.

The School is actively involved in research, receiving two ARC and one Carrick grant in 2007. The School features several active research groups and centres:

• Vite Italiane
• Centre for Western Australian History
• ARC Network for Early European Research

Contact Information

The School office is located in the Arts building, room 2.47.

School of Humanities, M204
The University of Western Australia
Crawley, WA 6009

Phone: +61 8 6488 7350
Fax: +61 8 6488 1157
Email

News

Humanities teaching staff were winners at a recent UWA Awards ceremony:
Dr Jeremy Martens (History)
A/Prof Peter Morgan (European Studies)
Dr Mark Edele (History)
Mr Daniel Midgley (Linguistics)
Dr Ethan Blue (History)
A/Prof John Kinder (European Languages- Italian)

Prof Philippa Maddern, Head of the School, received a Faculty Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning and a UWA Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2008. The University has also nominated her for a national 2008 Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.