Welcome to the Department of History
We are proud to be ranked in the top 50 in the world for History (QS World University Rankings 2020) and ranked 7th in the UK (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020). We are 2nd in the UK for research performance (Times Higher Education's ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2014).
We offer our students a huge choice of modules, ranging around the world and across 2,000 years. Teaching is by world-class experts in their field, reflecting their own groundbreaking research, and has an emphasis on small-group teaching.
Undergraduate
News
Express your interest in the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
Posted on Monday 3 August 2020
We are now inviting expressions of interest for applications to the 2020/21 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme.
Obituary: Professor Mark Ormrod
Posted on Monday 3 August 2020
A prolific researcher and leading historian of the later Middle Ages.
York historian named in national award for inspirational teaching
Posted on Wednesday 29 July 2020
Dr John Cooper has been named proxime accessit for the 2020 Royal Historical Society’s Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History.
Research
Gender equality
We hold a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality.
