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Department of History
Incredible breadth of study driven by world-class research.
Research and innovation
Groundbreaking expertise spanning the globe.
Our research informs public debate and policy. We’re committed to developing in future generations the critical abilities that are integral to the historian’s craft and essential for understanding our past, present and future.
At York, you'll encounter innovative yet supportive small-group teaching, led by experts whose work receives international awards and stimulates public debate. Our extensive collaborations with partners in our beautiful historic city enable us to offer students and researchers exciting opportunities to apply historical thinking in wider contexts.
Professor Oleg Benesch, Head of Department
News
The Department of History at the University of York is now inviting expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships.
The Department of History has placed 10th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 for the subject of history. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
The results of the 2025 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of the Department of History in ‘teaching on my course’.
Guidelines for expressions of interest to the department of History
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Join us next week for the History Research Seminar at @YorkHistoryDept. @claudiajsoares will share her research on empire, emotions, and welfare, 1860-1900. 4 Dec, 5:30 -7:00 PM. All welcome!
For more info: york.ac.uk/history/about/…
Professor Helen Cowie's book, Animals in World History is out now with @routledgebooks. If you're interested in panda diplomacy, celebrity kakapos or cocaine hippos, you can find out more here: routledge.com/Animals-in-Wor…. Some chapters available Open Access.
Join us next week for the History Research Seminar
@YorkHistoryDept, Beth Wilson, BA Postdoctoral Fellow at @UniofOxford, will be talking about ‘Slavery, Emotions and Gender in the US South’. 20 November 2024, 5:30 -7:00 PM. All welcome! For more details: shorturl.at/dIlfX
There are two fully-funded PhD opportunities with the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at York, with supervisors in the History Department @AnthropoceneBio @kewgardens @archivemole
Deadline: 2nd February 2025. See the VLE for details and LCAB's recruitment website.
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