The Centre for Research in Language and Heritage (CREL) is a multidisciplinary setting for the study of language that fosters research of international excellence and impact through collaboration, knowledge-exchange, training and mentorship. CREL hosts researchers from the areas of Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Literature, Creative Writing, History, Psychology, Education, Sociology, Speech and Language Therapy and Mathematics and Computing. Collaboration across these disciplines enables the integration of insights from quantitative and cognitive analyses in the research of language and literature and enhances overall pathways to impact in, for example, education or speech and language therapy.
New exhibition highlighting the historic links between Greenwich and the Ottoman Empire to open at Charlton House
The exhibition open 9:30am, 15 May
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English language and literature
English Language and Literature at Greenwich is concerned to highlight issues of diversity and marginality through powerful creative writing, challenging literary critical history and rigorous linguistic analysis.
History
History at Greenwich is chronologically, thematically and geographically diverse - ranging from the early modern to contemporary, across societies, politics and cultures, with particular strengths in imperial, social, gender and environmental histories.
The Centre is a multidisciplinary setting for the study of language that promotes the development of international and interdisciplinary collaborations, networks and partnerships to foster knowledge-exchange, training and mentorship. Members play a leading role in energising and sustaining national and international research networks, notably through participation on the boards of international learned societies and journals, conference plenaries and organisation, winning prizes, sitting on panels of national and international funding bodies and reading for learned journals and publishers.
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English
Whether you’re studying great works of literature, the language itself or are being inspired by great writing to find your own creative voice, you’ll learn on a UNESCO World Heritage Site in one of the world’s great cultural capitals.
History
Immerse yourself in the past in an inspiring and historic setting – a royal birthplace and UNESCO World Heritage Site – and learn from our experienced history subject specialists.