Research centres

Architecture Space and Society Centre Architecture, Space and Society Network was founded in 2011 by Dr Tag Gronberg, Dr Leslie Topp and Dr Zoe Opacic in the Department of History of Art, Birkbeck College with the aim of providing a focus for the research activities taking place within Birkbeck and beyond in the area of architectural, design, and landscape history. Read more

Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image Through public events and academic research initiatives, BIMI will address a wide variety of contemporary issues, particularly those relevant to its interdisciplinary structure. Read more

The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research (BISR) is a cross-Faculty interdisciplinary research centre that acts as a hub for a wide variety of social research taking place at Birkbeck and beyond. Read more

Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community (BRAKC) exists in order to bring together academics from a range of disciplines (literature, philosophy, film and visual culture, fine art, sociology, linguistics, history, psychology) to discuss these questions and to engage in crucial debates around what constitutes 'belonging' in the so-called post-modern era. Read more

Centre for Contemporary Literature Birkbeck's Centre for Contemporary Literature is a meeting place for numerous ongoing projects by academic staff, creative writers and graduate students. The Centre hosts conferences and symposia, readings and seminars on a range of contemporary writers – in prose fiction but also potentially in other forms and media. Read more

Centre for Contemporary Theatre The Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre is devoted to fostering a critical and creative culture in which artists can develop their practice. We offer practitioners the opportunity to engage in dialogue with theatre critics and scholars, to pursue and research current theatre projects, and to benefit from the expertise available at Birkbeck. Read more

Birkbeck Centre for Medical Humanities Birkbeck’s Centre for Medical Humanities was established in 2014, and draws together the research and teaching in the field of Medical Humanities which take place across the College. Read more

Centre for Museum Cultures A hub for intellectual exchange and debate relating to all aspects of museology, curation, and heritage Read more

Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies The Centre aims to foster and promote innovative debates in the history and theory of visual forms, both in the specific context of the Latin American and Iberian image-world and beyond. Read more

Birkbeck Interdisciplinary Research in Media and Culture A unique space for reflective critical inquiry, where researchers from different disciplines can gather and participate in a sustained intellectual conversation in a truly interdisciplinary context. Read more

Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies Looking at the era from the Revolutionary period to WWI. Read more

Contemporary Poetics Research Centre The Birkbeck Contemporary Poetics Research Centre (CPRC) is a forum for the study and performance of contemporary poetries, and research into their historical, political and theoretical contexts. We host poetry readings, performances, workshops, exchanges, seminars, lectures, and conferences. We run two web journals and have developed a publishing venture, Veer Books. We are committed to fostering the whole range of poetic practice, including sound, visual, and digital poetry, with particular emphasis upon work that is innovative in its materials and forms. Read more

History and Theory of Photography Research Centre The Centre aims to facilitate, exchange and showcase existing and new interdisciplinary research on the History and Theory of Photography at Birkbeck and in the wider photographic and academic community. Read more

The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities aims, through its events and activities, to engage with important public issues of our time as well as fostering and promoting a climate of interdisciplinary research and collaboration among academics and researchers. Read more

Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology The Centre integrates digital research with educational and cultural projects using innovative approaches to technology. Read more

Material Texts Network Reflecting the shared research interests of staff and students working in all periods, the Material Texts Network encourages critical and imaginative thinking about the relationship between materiality, culture and literary studies. Read more

BiGS (Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality) A forum for innovative interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange in gender and sexuality studies. Read more

The Murray Bequest The Murray Bequest was established in 1994 in memory of Professor Peter Murray, founder of the Department of History of Art at Birkbeck, to support the research and teaching of the discipline. Read more

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