Leeds Humanities Research Institute

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Welcome to the Leeds Humanities Research Institute

The LHRI exists to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts develop and implement projects and collaborations, to provide a meeting point for interdisciplinary conversations, and to support the development of researchers' careers. As such, it plays a key role in the intellectual life of the arts and humanities community at Leeds.

Welcome from the LHRI Director

Latest events

Sporting Bodies Conference

A conference focussing on the intersection of sport and the humanities. Starts at 12:00 pm.

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Staff profile

Michael G. Brennan

My research interests cover three main areas: Renaissance studies, especially the Sidneys of Penshurst (2) Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and contemporary Catholic writers (3) Travel writings: 1500-1700.

Staff Profile

Simon Hall

History of the United States; the American South; the civil rights movement; post-1945 social and political history

Faculty of Arts