Department of History
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The History of Art Research Seminar of the new academic year.
Posted on 26 September 2023
The Department of History has placed 8th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for the subject of history. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities we provide to our students.
Posted on 19 September 2023
The Department of History has placed 11th in the Guardian University Guide 2024 for the subject of history. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
Posted on 13 September 2023
History at York ranked 9th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).
Posted on 8 June 2023
Applications are invited for a fully funded 3-year PhD programme at the University of York on perceptions of and responses to rats in one or more North-Western European countries between c.1650 and c.1850.
Posted on 5 May 2023
Applications are invited for a fully funded 3-year PhD programme at the University of York on perceptions of and responses to rats in one or more North-Western European countries between c.1650 and c.1850. Our preferred geographical focus is England and the Netherlands. The project will be supervised Prof. Mark Jenner in the History Department with secondary supervision by Dr David Orton (Archaeology).
Applications are now invited for the McCormack Student Research Travel Fund Spring 2023.
Posted on 19 April 2023
Applications from current postgraduate students are now invited for the James Jarvis Memorial Bursary.