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
- Departmental Research Seminar: Rowland Weston, (The University of Waikato, New Zealand), "William Godwin as Historian," Thursday 11 February, 4:30pm, The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building. More details...
- Aylmer Lecture: Professor Alexandra Walsham (Professor of History, University of Exeter, and Professor Elect of Modern History, University of Cambridge), "The Reformation and the Landscape: Religion, Identity and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland." Wednesday 10 March, 5:30pm, P/L/002. All welcome.
- Call for Papers: The York History Research Society will be holding its fourth annual conference on Friday 2 July, 2010, on "Material Culture in History." Deadline for submissions is Friday 14 May. More details...
- News: Prison Writings in Early Modern England, edited by Professors Bill Sherman and Bill Sheils as a special issue of the Huntington Library Quarterly, has been awarded the 2009 Voyager Award at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association.
- News: Prof. Stuart Carroll's, Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe, has been selected as one of the Best History Books of 2009 by The Independent. More details...