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Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Alumni

Innovative Faculty, inspirational alumni.

A whole host of brilliant alumni have attended the historical and current iterations of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King's - below is just a selection that have attended over the years.

The criteria for inclusion on this page can be found here.

Meet a selection of our alumni

Anita Anand

Broadcaster and author
Dina Asher-Smith

Athlete
Alain de Botton

Philosopher and author
Dr Kenneth Dike

Pioneer of African studies
Maureen Duffy

Poet, playwright and novelist
Susan Gilchrist

Communications World Leader
Susan Hill

Novelist
Derek Jarman

Film-maker and gay rights campaigner
John Keats

Poet
Hanif Kureishi

Writer
Sir Michael Morpurgo FKC

Celebrated children's author
Kele Okereke

Musician
Tobi Oredein

Media entrepreneur and public speaker
Banita Sandhu

Actress and mental health spokesperson
Farrah Storr MBE

Editor and diversity advocate
Desmond Tutu

Nobel Prize for Peace 1984
Onyinye Udokporo

Entrepreneur, educator and public speaker
Virginia Woolf

Writer and Feminist icon
Sylvia Wynter

Writer and academic

News & Events from the Faculty

Bush House dome

7 July 2026

Arts & Humanities academics awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowships

Three academics from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities have received Leverhulme Research Fellowships…

Image: Canva stock

6 July 2026

Research reveals how post-war adoption laws enabled courts to remove unmarried mothers' parental rights

Research by Dr Emma Melody Bradley has uncovered how changes to adoption law in the 1950s enabled…

Bigeye yellow snapper, Lutjanus lutjanus, Raja Ampat. CC Clare Brant

1 July 2026

New book offers alternative perspective on life under the sea

Texts about the inhabitants of our oceans can be seen as life writing, says Professor Clare Brant,…

7 Jul

260401McDonald Agape Lecture in Theology and the Visual Arts 2026

McDonald Agape Lecture in Theology and the Visual Arts 2026

07 July 2026

Edmund de Waal Spirit and Substance