Faculty of Arts

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Foundation of the Faculty of Arts

A distinct Faculty of Arts was established in 1708, as the Regenting system was phased out. The original Chairs within it were:

18th-Century Chairs

In the course of the 18th century the following Chairs were added:

19th-Century Chairs

The 19th century saw the institution of the following Chairs:

When the Faculty of Science was created in 1893, the Chairs of Astronomy (previously Practical Astronomy), Engineering, and Geology were transferred to it.

20th-Century

Many new Arts chair were created in the 20th century though others were transferred to the Faculties of Science and Social Sciences.

1922 – Tait Chair of Natural Philosophy – where does this go? 1925 – Industry and Commerce > Social Sciences 1925 – Archaeology > Social Sciences but only in 1993 1931 – Psychology > Social Sciences 1931 – Geography > Social Sciences 1947 – English Language and General Linguistics 1948 – Architecture > Social Sciences 1951 – French Literature 1954 – Medieval History 1956 – Economic History > Social Sciences 1962 – Italian 1962 – Spanish 1963 – History (Commonwealth and American) 1963 – Russian 1965 – English Literature (Medieval and Renaissance) 1965 – English Literature (19th and 20th Century) 1964 – General Linguistics 1964 – Philosophy 1964 – Arabic 1966 – History (Richard Lodge) 1987 - Classics 1990 – Chinese (also Chinese Studies?)




Following restructuring in 2002, the university's nine Faculties were reconstituted as three Colleges, while Departments were reorganised and replaced by Schools. The Departments previously contained within the Faculty of Arts were incorporated in four Schools of the newly founded College of Humanities and Social Science:

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