Research Projects
The School has been successful is securing the following externally funded research projects:
Digital Exposure of English Place-names (DEEP)
JISC
01/11/11 to 31/07/13
£181,307
Dr Jayne Carroll
(in collaboration with the Centre for e-Research - King's College London, EDINA and Language Technology Group (LTG) - University of Edinburgh, Centre for Data Digitization and Analysis (CDDA) - Queen's University Belfast
Institute for Name Studies
A Newly Discovered Account of Ben Jonson's Walk to Scotland: an Annotated Edition, Contextual Essays and Resources for Heritage Interpretation
AHRC
01/05/11 to 31/10/13
£45,774
Professor Julie Sanders
(in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh)
Centre for Regional Literature and Cultures
Landscape, Place, Space Research Group
The Impact of Diaspora in the Making of Britain: evidence, memory and invention
Leverhulme
01/01/11 to 31/12/15
£78,584
Dr Jayne Carroll
(in collaboration with the University of Leicester)
Institute for Name Studies
Landscapes of Governance: Assembly Sites in England, 5th-11th Centuries
Leverhulme
19/10/09 to 18/10/12
£119,021
Dr Jayne Carroll
(in collaboration with University College London)
Institute for Name Studies
Exploiting Corpus Research for English Language Teaching
ESRC
01/01/2011 to 31/12/11
£86,801
Professor Ronald Carter and Professor Svenja Adolphs
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
From Corpus to Classroom - EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Secondment to Industry Partner
EPSRC
01/07/2010 to 31/10/11
£38,736
Professor Ronald Carter and Professor Svenja Adolphs
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
Health Communication and the Internet: An Analysis of Adolescent Language Use on the Teenage Health Freak Website
ESRC
£75,839
01/07/09 to 30/06/10
Professor Svenja Adolphs and Dr Louise Mullany
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
AHRC
01/11/08 to 31/07/10
£243,162
Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre
AHRC
01/11/08 to 31/10/10
£15,731
Dr Christina Lee
(in collaboration with the University of Limerick)
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
Major Research Fellowship
Leverhulme
01/09/08 to 31/08/10
£79,398
Professor Janette Dillon
AHRC
01/04/07 to 31/03/10
£363,394
Dr Lynda Pratt
Centre for Regional Literature and Culture
AHRC
01/09/05 to 31/08/10
£330,518
Dr David Parsons
Institute for Name-Studies
AHRC
01/06/06 to 31/07/09
£289,045
(in collaboration with the School of Geography)
(Video available for 'Mapping the Moment')
Dr Joanna Robinson
Centre for Regional Literature and Culture01/06/06 to 31/07/09£289,045(in collaboration with the School of Geography)()
This professorship is attached to the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Centre-funded interdisciplinary
Landscape, Space, Place research group
Conferences and symposia organised by the project have attracted additional funding and support from the AHRC's Landscape and Environment programme and the Landscape, Space, Place Research Group
2005 to 2008
(in collaboration with the School of Geography)
Professor Julie Sanders
Centre for Regional Literature and Culture
ESRC
01/04/05 to 31/03/08
£95,157
(in collaboration with other schools)
Professor Ronald Carter
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
EPSRC
01/09/05 to 31/08/08
£71,037
(in collaboration with other schools)
Dr Svenja Adolphs
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
Leverhulme Trust
1/10/05 to 30/09/08
£90,119
Dr David Parsons
Institute for Name-Studies
AHRC
01/04/06 to 31/03/09
£19,905
Professor Judith Jesch
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
British Academy
01/05/06 to 30/04/08
£72,036
(in collaboration with the School of Psychology)
Dr Kathy Conklin
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
AHRC
01/09/06 to 31/08/08
£95,987
Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre
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