Our People
We are a close-knit department within the School for Cross-faculty Studies and our students benefit from the expertise of a wide range of academics from across the University as well as from the undivided attention of our dedicated team of Liberal Arts academics, support staff, and administrative team.
Where to find us: Our department is based in the Ramphal Building on central campus. Our Undergraduate Office is in room R3.38, on the third floor of the Ramphal Building. The office is open each day during term time for in-person visits.
For general enquiries: Please contact LiberalArts@warwick.ac.uk.
Athena SWAN
The School for Cross-faculty Studies was awarded a Bronze Athena Swan Award in September 2021 and is now engaged in implementing its five-year Athena Swan Action Plan.
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Dr Jane WebbHead of the School for Cross-faculty Studies | ReaderEmail: Jane.A.Webb@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.32 (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Mondays 2-3 pm and Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 pm. Book an appointment. Research interests: Dress histories, object histories, collections, archive and museum histories, colour theories, design histories, histories of place, creative methodologies and design thinking, history of emotions. |
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Dr Bryan BrazeauHead of Liberal Arts | Director of Undergraduate Studies (Liberal Arts) | Study Abroad Coordinator (Liberal Arts) | ReaderEmail: B.Brazeau@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.31 (Ramphal Building) Office hours for term 1 24/25 - Tuesdays 12:15-13:15; Thursdays 15:00-1600. Book an appointment. Research interests: History of Liberal Arts education (from ancient world to present day), early modern poetics, Italian renaissance epic (Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso), Christian epic (Sannazaro, Vida, Tasso, Milton), Dante and medieval philosophy, Counter-Reformation culture, history of emotions and affect theory, early modern reception of Virgil and Aristotle, digital humanities, translation studies (Italian-English, neo-Latin), interdisciplinary and multilingual pedagogies, transviciniar learning. |
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Dr Lauren BirdAssistant Professor | Director of Admissions (Liberal Arts)Email: Lauren.Bird@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.32 (Ramphal Building) Research interests: Gender dynamics in families, social inequalities in health, family structures and implications for family well-being and child development. |
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Dr Kim Lockwood CloughAssistant Professor | Director of Student Experience (Liberal Arts) Email: Kim.Lockwood-Clough@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.17 (Ramphal Building) Research interests: Cultures of emotion and embodiment in American and European modernism, discourses and lived experiences of feeling. |
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Dr William RuppAssociate Professor | Senior Tutor (School for Cross-faculty Studies) | Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes (Liberal Arts)Email: W.H.Rupp@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.17 (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Thursdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm or by appointment. Research interests: Travel and identity formation in 18th century Britain; antiquarianism; social mobility in early modern society; politeness; gender; landscape and the built environment; pedagogy. |
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Dr Gavin Schwartz-LeeperAssociate Professor | Director of Education (School for Cross-Faculty Studies)Email: G.E.Schwartz-Leeper@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.34 (Ramphal Building). Book an appointment. Office hours: Tuesdays 4-5 pm. Research interests: Transdisciplinary early modern European studies (book history, political and religious literature, historiography); Higher education pedagogies (especially liberal education and radical pedagogies); critical game studies (especially in a historical context), and anarchist/revolutionary studies. |
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Administrative staff |
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Julia GrettonSenior Departmental AdministratorEmail: J.Gretton@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.29A (Ramphal Building) |
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Heather RobsonPostgraduate Programmes' ManagerEmail: Heather.Robson@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.10/12 (Ramphal Building) |
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Kelsey TodInterdisciplinary Programmes OfficerEmail: Kelsey.Tod@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.38 (Ramphal Building) |
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Support staff |
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Bodrun NaharEmployability and Placement Manager Email: Bodrun.Nahar@warwick.ac.uk Room: R3.29A (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 am - 1 pm, Thursday 2-4 pm. Book an appointment. |
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Andy CalvertResearch & Academic Support LibrarianEmail: Andrew.Calvert@warwick.ac.uk |
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David MolyneuxCareers Services ManagerEmail: David.Molyneux@warwick.ac.uk Appointments available, please contact David via email to arrange
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