# Centre for Modern Studies

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/

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- [About the Centre](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/about/)
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- [Research funding](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/research-funding/)
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# Centre for Modern Studies

The Centre for Modern Studies is a vibrant interdisciplinary research centre, dedicated to study of the period from 1830 to the present.

## Research strands

- [Colonial Repair Network](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/our-research/research/colonial-repair-network/)
- [Common Ground - Songbook and Network](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/our-research/research/common-ground/)
- [Visual Ethics Network](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/our-research/research/visual-ethics-network/)
- [York Human Rights Workshop](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/our-research/research/york-human-rights-workshop/)

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## Events

Fri

24

Apr

[Victorian Expansions: Cross-Cultural Migrations](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/events/2026/victorianexpansions2026/)

Victorian Expansions Conference 2026

Fri

15

May

[Call for Papers! Touching from a Distance: Close Reading and Looking Now](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/events/2026/touchingfromadistance/)

Centre for Modern Studies Symposium

- [Forthcoming events](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/events/)
- [Past Events](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/events/archive/)
- [Conferences](https://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/events/conferences/)