Creative and Performing Arts

* These are primary AHRC subject areas, but some research in these fields falls under the remit of another research council.

** These subject areas are primarily supported by another research council, but some research in these fields falls under the AHRC remit.

Design

  • Architecture History, Theory and Practice
  • Design History, Theory and Practice
  • Digital Art and Design
  • Product Design

Drama and Theatre Studies

  • Theatre and Society
  • Performance and Live Art
  • Theatre and History
  • Theories of Theatre

Music

  • Traditional Music
  • History of Music
  • Music and Society
  • Popular Music
  • Composition
  • Classical Music
  • Musical Performance
  • Musicology

Media*

  • Media and Communication Studies
  • Television History, theatre and criticism
  • New Media/Web-Based Studies
  • Film History, Theory and Criticism

Visual Arts

  • Fine Art History, Theory and Practice
  • Photography History, Theory and Practice
  • Art Theory and Aesthetics
  • Community Art including Art and Health
  • Installation and Sound Art History, Theory and Practice
  • Ethnography and Anthropology
  • Digital Arts History, Theory and Practice
  • Applied Arts History, Theory and Practice
  • Art History
  • Design History, Theory and Practice
  • Film-based media (History, Theory and Practice)
  • Time-based media (History, Theory and Practice)