Institutions in the School

The School of the Humanities and Social Sciences is made up of the following institutions:

• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science, which comprises:
  • Department of Archaeology (inc the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research)
  • Department of Social Anthropology (inc Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Mongolian and Inner Asia Studies Unit
  • Department of Politics and International Studies, incorporating
    • Centre of African Studies
    • Centre of Development Studies
    • Centre of Latin American Studies
    • Centre of South Asian Studies
    • Centre for Gender Studies
  • Department of Sociology
• Faculty of Law, including the Institute of Criminology and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
• Department of History and Philosophy of Science, including the Whipple Museum of the History of Science
• Department of Land Economy

Location maps for these institutions can be found at:

• Downing Site
• New Museums Site
• Sidgwick Site
• Silver Street/Mill Lane

The School of the Humanities and Social Sciences acts as the co-ordinating body for this group, directing academic and financial planning, allocating resources and supporting the above institutions.

The School also maintains links with other related institutions, for example: the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), and the Centre for History and Economics.