History PhD

Research overview At Nottingham, we have a large Department of History, with over fifty research-active academics. You will benefit from: World-leading research supervision • Ranked 7th in the UK for research power (2021), according to Times Higher Education • 90percentage of the department’s research is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021) Extensive chronological supervisory expertise Our staff have broad research interests, covering all historical periods from the early middle ages (c.500-c.1500), through the Early Modern era (c.1500-c.1800) and the modern period (1789-1945) to the contemporary history of present day (post-1945). Wide-ranging geographical scope Our research scope includes the UK and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, China and Japan, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and North America. A range of historical approaches and genres Our academics specialise in a range of historical methodologies across all periods, including: • Black studies • Colonial and diplomatic history • Cultural history • Economic and urban history • Histories of conflict and protest • Histories of the environment • Histories of sexuality and gender • Medical and disability history • Political history • Religious history Social history

2:1 (or international equivalent) preferably in history, and a masters in history at Merit level or above.