Welcome to the Department of History
One of the foremost centres of historical research and practice in the UK, the University of York's Department of History has thirty-five faculty members and nearly eight hundred undergraduate and graduate students, both from the UK and internationally.
RAE 2008 has placed the University of York among the top 10 research universities in the UK. The History department, with all academic staff entered, had over a quarter of our research rated as 'world leading' and over half as 'internationally excellent' or better.
We combine exciting and original research with a tradition of stimulating and innovative teaching, and work closely with a network of internationally renowned research centres and institutes. This makes the department, which is 7th in The Times subject rankings for 2010, an excellent place to study history.
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News
- News: The Sunday Times and The Economist praise Prof. Stuart Carroll's book Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe. More details...
- Announcement: Due to library refurbishment, books in the History section will be temporarily relocated to the first floor from week ten onwards. More details...
- History Research Seminar: Professor James Sharpe (York), "Trying to clear the mess up: the East Riding Archdeaconry Visitation of 1663", Thursday 19 November, 4:30pm in The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building. More details...
- New acquisitions: The university library is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new electronic research resource, "The Grand Tour". The collection comprises manuscript, visual, and printed works giving an insight into the English abroad from 1550 to 1850.
- The 2009 Riddy Lecture: Professor Pauline Stafford, Emerita (University of Liverpool), 'Fathers and Daughters in Early Medieval England,' Thursday 12 November, 5:30pm, in The King's Manor, K/133. All welcome.
- Parliamentary History Prize: Congratulations to York graduate Josephine Jay, whose dissertation, 'A Cry for Attention: Gladstone and the 1857 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,' has won the History of Parliament Dissertation Competition 2009.