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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Towards a sociology of healthcare robots
(Wiley, 5 April 2025)We propose a sociological approach to healthcare robots that emphasises the heterogeneous ethics of mutual labour and the complex definitions of care that emerge through robot design/deployment. This argument is the product ... -
Falling over with Frances Burney
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Polybus, Not the Son-in-law of Hippocrates
(Classical Association / Cambridge University Press, 2025)Hippocrates is traditionally believed to have had a son-in-law and pupil named Polybus, who, thanks to Aristotle’s direct attribution, is also often regarded as the author of the surviving ‘Hippocratic’ treatise On the ... -
Dynastic international relations: Understanding race and the crisis of liberal order through Ibn Khaldun
(SAGE Publications, 2025)This paper offers insights into the Crisis of Liberal International Order by combining Ibn Khaldun’s theory of change with scholarship on liberalism and race. We argue that the crisis emerges from the incongruence of two ... -
Modeling the associations between L2 grit, foreign language enjoyment, and student engagement among Chinese EFL English-major learners: A control-value theory perspective
(Elsevier, 7 April 2025)Learning a new language is an intricate and long-term endeavor, fraught with numerous possible obstacles, which needs learners' engagement. Concurrent with the positive psychology of language learners, it is crucial to ...