History

Join a research environment where ambitious and original ideas flourish.

Historical research at Newcastle encompasses a broad range of geographical, chronological and methodological themes. Our research is tied to our commitment to historical justice, and our belief that historical knowledge helps us tackle contemporary challenges.

Our MPhil and PhD in History reflects this rich and diverse research landscape.

Supervision is normally available in the areas listed below:

• Environment and Landscape
• Health and Wellbeing
• Ideas and Beliefs
• Memory and Difficult Pasts
• Youth, Age and Ageing

We encourage prospective students to take a look at our staff pages for more information on colleagues' areas of supervisory expertise.

There are also opportunities for joint supervision with researchers working in related fields across the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

What you'll learn

We offer research opportunities in a wide range of areas including:

• medicine
• health and the environment
• oral history
• memory and public history
• labour history and histories of activism
• intellectual history and the history of radical, political and religious ideas
• histories of childhood and youth

Our research expertise stretches across all periods of history and most geographical regions.

We have connections with colleagues across Faculty researching similar topics, and can offer interdisciplinary doctoral supervision in many areas.