Departments
At the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the departments are responsible for the preparation and implementation of teaching and research. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has five departments.
Department of History
Chair: Dr Aline Sierp
Secretary: Anja Servais
The Department of History is the locus of the Faculty’s expertise in the field of history. Our staff specialises in political, social, economic and cultural history, as well as the history of science and technology.
Website
+31 43-3883314
Department of Literature & Art
Chair: Prof. Dr. A. Swinnen
Secretaries: Ineke Stevens, Kirsten Kluivers
The department of Literature & Art is the locus of the faculty's expertise in the fields of literature history and theory, art history and theory, film and media history and theory, music and theatre studies and sociolinguistics.
Website
+31 43-3883317/3883314
Department of Society Studies
Chair: Dr. A. Hommels
Secretary: Cindy van Montfoort
The Department of Society Studies provides input for the teaching and research conducted by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Our staff specialises in two fields of interdisciplinary scholarship: Science, Technology and Society studies (STS) and Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development research.
Website
+31 43-3883476
Department of Political Science
Chair: Prof. Dr. E. Versluis
Secretary: Cecile Luijten
The department of Political Science provides the input of political science and public administration in the teaching and research of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Our staff has a background in political science, public administration, international relations, sociology and philosophy.
Website
+31 43-3883470
Department of Philosophy
Chair: Dr. D. Meacham
Secretary: Jacqueline Graff
The department of Philosophy's emphasis is on four specialist areas or points of special interest: the philosophy of science, technological philosophy, the philosophy of art and culture, and political and social philosophy.
Website
+31 43-3883319