Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences embodies the core values of The Open University, enabling, empowering and transforming individuals, societies, cultures and ourselves through our teaching, research and engagement in dialogues across the world.

The Faculty is the largest and most diverse at The Open University, with some 50,000 students studying our courses with excellent completion rates and consistently outstanding student satisfaction ratings. Noted for the strength of our interdisciplinary approaches, our scholars of international standing teach and research a very wide range of topics and themes in specific subject areas, recognized as world class or internationally excellent in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, and having a direct and profound influence on our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

 

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Upcoming (2)

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'. primary image

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'.

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers primary image

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers

Fri, May 17, 12:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'. primary image

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'.

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers primary image

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers

Fri, May 17, 12:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Past (19)

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3 primary image

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3

Thu, Mar 21, 10:00 AM GMT

Free

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop primary image

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop

Fri, Mar 8, 2:00 PM GMT

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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years –  book launch primary image

Tobias Smollett After 300 Years – book launch

Thu, Feb 8, 5:00 PM GMT

Free

School of Social Science and Global Studies  Teaching - Research Day primary image

School of Social Science and Global Studies Teaching - Research Day

Sat, Nov 26, 10:45 AM GMT

Free

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022 primary image

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022

Tue, Aug 30, 1:00 PM

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EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences primary image

EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences

Thu, Jun 9, 9:00 AM

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Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice? primary image

Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice?

Wed, Jul 7, 9:00 AM GMT+1

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Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants primary image

Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants

Mon, Jun 14, 10:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED) primary image

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED)

Mon, Mar 23, 9:00 AM

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BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020 primary image

BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020

Thu, Jan 9, 9:00 AM

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Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con primary image

Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con

Wed, Oct 9, 7:30 PM

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Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War primary image

Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War

Wed, Sep 18, 9:00 AM

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Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3 primary image

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3

Thu, Mar 21, 10:00 AM GMT

Free

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop primary image

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop

Fri, Mar 8, 2:00 PM GMT

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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years –  book launch primary image

Tobias Smollett After 300 Years – book launch

Thu, Feb 8, 5:00 PM GMT

Free

School of Social Science and Global Studies  Teaching - Research Day primary image

School of Social Science and Global Studies Teaching - Research Day

Sat, Nov 26, 10:45 AM GMT

Free

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022 primary image

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022

Tue, Aug 30, 1:00 PM

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EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences primary image

EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences

Thu, Jun 9, 9:00 AM

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Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice? primary image

Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice?

Wed, Jul 7, 9:00 AM GMT+1

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Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants primary image

Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants

Mon, Jun 14, 10:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED) primary image

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED)

Mon, Mar 23, 9:00 AM

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BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020 primary image

BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020

Thu, Jan 9, 9:00 AM

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Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con primary image

Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con

Wed, Oct 9, 7:30 PM

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Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War primary image

Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War

Wed, Sep 18, 9:00 AM

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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences embodies the core values of The Open University, enabling, empowering and transforming individuals, societies, cultures and ourselves through our teaching, research and engagement in dialogues across the world.

The Faculty is the largest and most diverse at The Open University, with some 50,000 students studying our courses with excellent completion rates and consistently outstanding student satisfaction ratings. Noted for the strength of our interdisciplinary approaches, our scholars of international standing teach and research a very wide range of topics and themes in specific subject areas, recognized as world class or internationally excellent in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, and having a direct and profound influence on our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

 

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Events

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'. primary image

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'.

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers primary image

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers

Fri, May 17, 12:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'. primary image

Empireworld; 'In Conversation with Sathnam Sangera'.

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers primary image

Actually decolonising? Frictions, facilitation and frontiers

Fri, May 17, 12:00 PM GMT+1

Free

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3 primary image

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3

Thu, Mar 21, 10:00 AM GMT

Free

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop primary image

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop

Fri, Mar 8, 2:00 PM GMT

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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years –  book launch primary image

Tobias Smollett After 300 Years – book launch

Thu, Feb 8, 5:00 PM GMT

Free

School of Social Science and Global Studies  Teaching - Research Day primary image

School of Social Science and Global Studies Teaching - Research Day

Sat, Nov 26, 10:45 AM GMT

Free

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022 primary image

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022

Tue, Aug 30, 1:00 PM

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EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences primary image

EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences

Thu, Jun 9, 9:00 AM

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Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice? primary image

Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice?

Wed, Jul 7, 9:00 AM GMT+1

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Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants primary image

Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants

Mon, Jun 14, 10:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED) primary image

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED)

Mon, Mar 23, 9:00 AM

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BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020 primary image

BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020

Thu, Jan 9, 9:00 AM

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Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con primary image

Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con

Wed, Oct 9, 7:30 PM

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Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War primary image

Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War

Wed, Sep 18, 9:00 AM

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Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3 primary image

Psychiatry and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Britain Symposium 3

Thu, Mar 21, 10:00 AM GMT

Free

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop primary image

Is Sport a Human Right? A workshop

Fri, Mar 8, 2:00 PM GMT

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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years –  book launch primary image

Tobias Smollett After 300 Years – book launch

Thu, Feb 8, 5:00 PM GMT

Free

School of Social Science and Global Studies  Teaching - Research Day primary image

School of Social Science and Global Studies Teaching - Research Day

Sat, Nov 26, 10:45 AM GMT

Free

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022 primary image

British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference 2022

Tue, Aug 30, 1:00 PM

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EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences primary image

EMSE 2022: Early Modern Sensory Experiences

Thu, Jun 9, 9:00 AM

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Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice? primary image

Crime and Harm: Challenges of Social and Global Justice?

Wed, Jul 7, 9:00 AM GMT+1

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Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants primary image

Improving Access to Higher Education and Employment for Forced Migrants

Mon, Jun 14, 10:00 AM GMT+1

Free

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED) primary image

Courtly Encounters, Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (CANCELLED)

Mon, Mar 23, 9:00 AM

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BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020 primary image

BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2020

Thu, Jan 9, 9:00 AM

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Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con primary image

Evening Dinner after the ‘Learning from success, near miss and failure’ Con

Wed, Oct 9, 7:30 PM

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Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War primary image

Cultural Heritage and Ethics of War

Wed, Sep 18, 9:00 AM

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