Arts and Humanities Research Council
Professor Christopher Smith | |
Main organ | AHRC Council |
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Parent organisation | |
Budget | £102 million |
Website | ahrc |
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), is a British
History
The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) was founded in 1998 and became a Research Council in April 2005.[1]
Description
The AHRC is a
Governance
The AHRC is one of seven
The current[when?] Council Chair is Sir Drummond Bone who succeeded Sir Alan Wilson who retired in December 2013.
Recently funded research
Stonehenge Riverside Project (2009–14)
The
Medieval Soldier Database
Researchers at the
British slave-ownership (2013–15)
Between 2013 and 2015, the AHRC co-funded a project known as the Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833 project at the
Heritage in War
A project funded by AHRC looking at the circumstances in which belligerent parties in wars may intentionally or foreseeably damage sites of cultural property.[10]
Old Bailey Proceedings Archive
An AHRC research grant enabled academics from the University of Hertfordshire, University of Sheffield and the Open University to double in size the Old Bailey trial proceedings available to view on the Old Bailey Proceedings Online website and provide access to the largest single source of searchable information about ordinary British lives and behaviour ever published.[11]
The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable, digitised collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1913, and of the
Publications
The AHRC publish reviews and reports on arts and humanities subjects, as well as corporate publications. Research news and findings are communicated in website features, press releases, and multimedia content such as podcasts.[12]
Between 2005 and 2010, the AHRC published a magazine called Podium twice a year, which contained news and case studies based on research that they have funded.[13]
References
- ^ Creating the AHRC: An Arts and Humanities Research Council for the United Kingdom in the Twenty-first Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
- ^ "AHRC commits to postgraduate research through new Doctoral Training Partnerships - Arts and Humanities Research Council". ahrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair", AHRC.
- ^ "Appointment of Interim Chief Executive for the Arts and Humanities Research Council" (Press release), Gov.uk, 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Reappointment of Chief Executive for the AHRC - Arts & Humanities Research Council". Ahrc.ac.uk. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "News releases 2009". Sheffield University. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ HeritageDaily (7 October 2016). "Did your ancestor fight in the Hundred Years War?". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Medieval battle records go online". BBC News. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Home". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ AHRC (2017), Heritage in War, accessed 10 May 2023
- ^ "The Old Bailey Online - Arts and Humanities Research Council". ahrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Publications - Arts & Humanities Research Council". Ahrc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Publications archive - Arts & Humanities Research Council". Ahrc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2014.