MARs in Materiality and Material Culture in Coventry United Kingdom | Coventry University

The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities (CAMC) serves as one of three research hubs within Coventry University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Under the leadership of Professor Patricia Phillippy, CAMC fosters a dynamic research environment that integrates three key academic themes: Critical Practices, Cultural Memory, and Arts in Well-being. Our approach combines transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives - we maintain rigorous standards within our specialized fields while embracing the transformative potential of cross-disciplinary collaboration to enhance both academic discourse and community impact. CAMC provides an outstanding collaborative space where distinguished researchers, artists, and creative professionals across diverse disciplines actively engage with each other's work while supporting emerging scholars and postgraduate researchers. We invite postgraduate students to join our celebrated research community, where they can investigate innovative areas of study under the mentorship of field-leading experts. Our research spans multiple disciplines including Art History, Corpus Linguistics, Cultural History, Curatorial Studies, English Literature and Creative Writing, Memory Studies, Material Culture Studies, and Practice-Based Arts Research.