Public Humanities is a space for scholars, students, activists, journalists, policy-makers, professionals, practitioners, and non-specialists to connect and share knowledge. The journal asks big questions and pursues bold answers that combine rigorous peer-reviewed research with accessible writing. An open access journal for all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities, the journal publishes Themed Issues curated by guest editors and an 'Of the Moment' section on emergent topics. The journal welcomes humanities work from, though not limited to, the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Classics, Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Performing Arts, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, Queer Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Visual Arts, and Women's Studies.

Watch our seminar, celebrating the launch of Public Humanities

A recording of the gathering celebrating the launch of Public Humanities and the publication of the first issue, called "The Manifesto Issue", is now available to watch. Click HERE to hear authors from our inaugural issue share insights from their articles and set an agenda for public humanities in the decades ahead.

Article
King Alfred and the Opening of the Medieval Mind: A Cautionary Tale
Erik Wade
Public Humanities, Volume 1

Article
Classical Studies and the Public Humanities
Julia Kindt
Public Humanities, Volume 1

A Flagship Venture in Humanities
30 October 2024, Tim Gillett
As Editors-in-Chief of a new cross-disciplinary journal with an audience spanning a huge range of sectors, it is fitting that Zoe Hope Bulaitis and Jeffrey Zoe, a first-generation literature scholar, grew up in London with a passion for indie music and later developed a love of the sea during a decade at the University of Exeter – while Jeff grew up in Kansas, in the middle of the USA and in his words “pretty far off the usual pathways to academia”. What unites them is a love of literature; Jeff’s interest in public humanities was spawned by a fascination in debates around the works of William Shakespeare, while Zoe pursued journalism as a potential career before “falling in love with longer-forms of writing and collaborative academic work” during her MA at Exeter....