The Faculty of Arts - Research informed
"The Faculty of Arts at York
St John University is committed to critical art practice,
collaborative creativity and
interdisciplinarity."
The Faculty of Arts has a commitment to further
develop cutting edge research, building on existing
achievement in performance, media and culture.
For the future, the Faculty is determined that we build on the
strong research culture here, creating a research-enriched
institution with the latest findings of our staff feeding through
into the teaching and learning experience of our students.
All of our teaching staff are engaged in research related
activity. A growing number are nationally and internationally
acknowledged as leaders in their academic fields, involved in the
latest scholarly debates. Others are top practitioners, making
an impact on the creative currents in dance, music or other aspects
of the arts, renowned as performers, or regularly exhibiting and
publishing their work.
All of our staff are committed to translating the joy of
discovery and the secrets of their methodology to their teaching,
enabling students to benefit from, and in many cases, take part in
the latest developments. Over the past two years staff and student
groups have collaborated on a wide range of Enquiry Based Learning
(EBL) projects supporting students to develop creative and critical
research skills.
Some examples of the latest research taking place in York St
John are:
- The role of social media and public engagement with the
arts
- The film partnership between composer Bernard Hermann and
Alfred Hitchcock
- The role of the applied theatre practitioner
- Dance and the African Diaspora
- Music education through collective composition
- The Military in Vietnam
- The experience of audiences watching dance performances
- Understanding science from an arts perspective
- Cosmopolitanism, religion and the public sphere