Departments and research groups
Our Faculty has 2 departments. Each department has a number of training and research groups. We also have 17 research groups in which individual researchers cooperate within a common research field or around a common topic or problem. We have listed everything for you here.
Our departments
History, Archeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics (HARP)
On the department
The Department of History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy, and Ethics (HARP) consists of the following bachelor's and master's programmes:
- History
- Art Studies and Archaeology
- Philosophy and Moral Sciences
- Post-Master Archivistics and Contemporary Document Management
It is also the overarching structure for research in History, Art History and Art Studies, Archaeology, Philosophy and Ethics:
- Philosophy and Moral Sciences (FILO)
- History (HIST)
- Art Studies and Archaeology (SKAR)
- Archivistics and Contemporary Document Management
Department Chair: Prof. Dr. Paul Erdkamp
Linguistics & Literary Studies (LIST)
On the department
The department of Linguistics & Literary Studies (LIST) comprises 8 programmes:
- Bachelor Language and Literature
- Bachelor Applied Linguistics
- Multilingual Bachelor in Linguistics and Literary Studies
- Master Language and Literature
- Master Translation
- Master Interpretation
- Master Journalism
- Multilingual Master in Linguistics and Literary Studies
In addition, the department is also the overarching structure for all research in literary studies, linguistics and applied linguistics, and journalism:
- Language and literature (TALK)
- Applied Linguistics (TTKA)
- Multilingual Master in Linguistics and Literary Studies (MUMA)
Department Chair: Prof. Dr. Rik Vosters
Our research groups
At the Faculty of Languages and Humanities, you will find 17 research groups in which individual researchers cooperate within a common research field. Many research groups are interdisciplinary and include members from other faculties. Researchers can be members of several research groups.
The research groups provide a broader context for doctoral students preparing their dissertations. In addition, they provide guidance in the form of research internships and workshops to students who wish to immerse themselves in research within specific fields. In addition, the research groups regularly organise seminars on current research, conferences with international speakers, and guest lectures.
These are the 16 research groups of the Faculty of Languages and Humanities:
- Brussels Heritage Lab (BREL)
- Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics (BIAL)
- Brussels Institute for Journalism Studies (BIJU)
- Brussels Platform for Digital Humanities (DIGI)
- Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC)
- Centre for Logic & Philosophy of Science (CLPS)
- Centre for Ethics and Humanism (ETHU)
- Centre for Linguistics (CLIN)
- Histories of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture (VISU)
- Historical Research on Urban Transformation Processes (HOST)
- Freemasonry Interdisciplinary Research Group (FREE)
- Maritime Cultures Research Institute (MARI)
- Research Centre for Archivistics and Contemporary Document Management (OAHD)
- Gender and Diversity Research Centre (RHEA)
- Social and Cultural Food Studies (FOST)
- Secular Studies Association Brussels (SSAB)
- Theatricality and Reality
What's the difference between a department and a research group?
A Faculty consists of several departments. Each department within a Faculty is responsible for the educational and research activities within their specialisation.
Within each of these departments, one or more research groups are active. These groups consist of an international team of researchers who are fully committed to 'socially relevant' research within their specialisation. In this way, the educational offer can be permanently adapted to the latest scientific evolutions.