Contacts

Key contacts

Contact Email Telephone
School Office - general queries hums-schooloffice@bristol.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)117 331 7932
Prospective undergraduate (admissions) queries choosebristol-ug@bristol.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)117 394 1649
Prospective postgraduate taught (admissions) queries choosebristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)117 394 1649
Prospective postgraduate research (admissions) queries artf-pgadmissions@bristol.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)117 428 2296/7

School and subject staff

Role Name
Head of School Professor Alison Donnell
School Manager Mr Simon Edwards
School Education Director Dr Lyndsay Coo
School Research Director

Professor Kate Skinner

Senior Tutor Mr Bryn Thomas
Admissions and Recruitment Tutor Dr Hannah Charnock
Impact Director Dr Victoria Bates
International Director

Dr Stephen Mawdsley

Dr Florian Stadtler

Postgraduate Research Director

Dr Rob Skinner (TB1)

Dr Laurence Publicover (TB2)

Heads of subject 2025-26

Subject Name
Classics and Ancient History Dr Shelley Hales
English Dr Sebastiaan Verweij
History Dr Kenneth Austin
History of Art Dr Peter Dent
Religion and Theology Dr Shelley Hales

Education officers 2025-2026

Subject Role Name
Centre for Environmental Humanities MA Environmental Humanities Programme Director

Dr Laurence Publicover (TB1)

Dr Marianna Dudley (TB2)

Classics and Ancient History, and   Director of Teaching

Dr Hannah-Marie Chidwick

Director of Examinations Dr Paul Martin
Foundation in Arts and Social Sciences Director of Examinations Ms Amy Laurent
English Director of Teaching

Dr Erin Forbes 

Director of Examinations Dr Ian Calvert
MA Programme Director Dr Natalie Ferris

MA Creative Writing
Programme Director

Dr Mimi Thebo
English Literature & Community Engagement (ELCE) Director of Part-Time Programmes Dr Marie-Annick Gournet
History Director of Teaching

Dr Sam Hitchmough

Dr John Reeks

Director of Examinations Dr Shaun Wallace
MA Programme Director

Dr Will Pooley

History of Art   Director of Teaching Dr Ann Matchette
Director of Examinations Dr William Hamilton
MA Programme Director

Professor Mike O’Mahoney

Liberal Arts   Programme Director

Dr Emily Derbyshire

Director of Teaching Dr Kirsten Harris
Director of Examinations Dr Jamie Perry
Religion and Theology

Director of Teaching

Dr Hannah-Marie Chidwick

Director of Examinations Dr Paul Martin