News 2017
British Academy conference: Burckhardt at 200
Posted on Thursday 21 December 2017
A two-day conference revisits the Swiss historian's accounts of the Italian Renaissance, 31 May
Deprivation of liberty and the right to health
Posted on Monday 18 December 2017
Sanjoy Bhattacharya invited to comment on report to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Post doctoral research positions available
Posted on Thursday 14 December 2017
Do you have a PhD in Politics, International Development or a similar field?
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
Posted on Wednesday 13 December 2017
Now inviting expressions of interest
York History professor co-authors article on American journal Soil Science
Posted on Friday 24 November 2017
Professor David Moon's article marks the centenary of the journal
World Health Organization Renews CGHH as Official Collaborating Centre
Posted on Tuesday 21 November 2017
Centre for Global Health Histories will be an official collaborating centre for four more years
Department takes part in BBC History Weekend
Posted on Friday 10 November 2017
PhD students from the Department of History are taking part in the BBC's History Weekend event.
White Rose Doctoral Training Centre fellowship competition
Posted on Friday 10 November 2017
The Department of History is participating in the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre post-doctoral Fellowship competition.
Novel approaches to tackling antimicrobial resistance
Posted on Wednesday 25 October 2017
Suranga Dolamulla selected to attend international workshop
Two York historians are historical advisors in new Gunpowder Plot drama
Posted on Friday 20 October 2017
Dr Hannah Greig and Dr John Cooper advise on BBC’s retelling of the infamous plot
York historian wins American Historical Association prize
Posted on Wednesday 18 October 2017
Dr Laura Stewart receives prestigious prize for book on Scottish Revolution
‘Lost chapel’ of Westminster Palace revealed
Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017
AHRC-funded 3D visualisation developed by York academics
Conference: Call for papers
Posted on Friday 6 October 2017
Dr Laura Stewart co-organising conference on representations of the popular voice from c.1500
York historian launches new exhibition
Posted on Friday 6 October 2017
England the French wars of religion, organised by Dr Eric Durot, will open on 17 October at the Minster Library
Sri Lanka seminar work undertaken by CGHH academic
Posted on Friday 29 September 2017
Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya delivers training to College of Medical administrators in Sri Lanka
York historian highlighted in article on polio eradication
Posted on Tuesday 12 September 2017
Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories) featured in Devex article
British Academy grant achievement
Posted on Friday 8 September 2017
Sabine Clarke wins British Academy Small Grant for project 'Insects, Empire and Britain's 'Warfare State'.
Double grant success
Posted on Tuesday 5 September 2017
Dr Henrice Altink and Dr Alexander Medcalf both awarded grants for major new research projects
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
Posted on Wednesday 30 August 2017
Express your interest now for opportunities available in 2017/18
Man Booker longlist success
Posted on Friday 28 July 2017
PhD student Fiona Mozley has debut novel 'Elmet' longlisted for prestigious prize
Medical History: William Bynum Essay Prize
Posted on Sunday 23 July 2017
'Diagnosing the Kaiser: Psychiatry, Wilhem II and the question of German war guilt' wins prize
Dr Harry Wilson obituary
Posted on Monday 17 July 2017
Founding member of department remembered
Inspiring Communities in Global Health
Posted on Monday 17 July 2017
Interdisciplinary workshop reflects on the role of community health workers globally
New article published in journal 'Medical History'
Posted on Thursday 6 July 2017
Dr Monica Saavedra's article examines aspects of the history of healthcare in Goa.
BBC Question Time in York
Posted on Tuesday 6 June 2017
Dr Chris Renwick and Dr Mark Roodhouse give expert reactions
International disaster conference workshop
Posted on Friday 2 June 2017
Dr Henrice Altink delivers successful workshop at 2017 platform for Global Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico
Translating Medicine in the Pre-Modern World c. 1350-1800
Posted on Friday 2 June 2017
A new collaborative project to be kickstarted with two conferences
History student receives prestigious funding award
Posted on Friday 2 June 2017
Yiyun Ding secures funding from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
Dr Laura Stewart shortlisted for Longman-History Today book prize
Posted on Monday 22 May 2017
"Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-1651" one of six finalists
Wellcome Trust studentship for York MA student
Posted on Friday 19 May 2017
Lu Chen awarded prestigious Medical Humanities PhD studentship for smallpox project
Professor Simon Ditchfield to give Denys Hay lecture at University of Edinburgh
Posted on Friday 12 May 2017
Professor Ditchfield will speak on "Here time becomes space": Roma sancta in the Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion" on 6 June
Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya to advise on major Science Museum exhibition
Posted on Friday 12 May 2017
Professor Bhattacharya, director of the Centre for Global Health Histories, will join the advisory panel for the 5-year touring exhibition about the sun
York history lecturer awarded essay prize
Posted on Thursday 4 May 2017
Dr Emilie Murphy, Lecturer in Early Modern History, has been awarded the prize for the best essay published in Renaissance Studies for 2016
Professor David Wootton to deliver the 2017 Besterman lecture
Posted on Thursday 27 April 2017
On Thursday 18 May 2017, Professor David Wootton will speak on the theme of ‘Adam Smith: poverty and famine’ at Queen's College, University of Oxford.
York historians secure prestigious Leverhulme fellowships
Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2017
Three academics from the Department of History have each been awarded fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust for their upcoming research.
Conference on the uses of history in early modern religious controversies
Posted on Wednesday 29 March 2017
The Department of History is holding a conference on the uses of history in early modern religious controversies on Friday 2 June 2017, 9.30am to 6.15pm.
The centenary of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Posted on Monday 27 March 2017
David Moon, Anniversary Professor in History at the University of York, looks back at the career of Russia's last emperor.
Prestigious MA scholarship opportunity
Posted on Thursday 9 March 2017
History taught MA applicants eligible for £5,000 award
New editorial role
Posted on Monday 6 March 2017
Dr Tara Alberts becomes Book Reviews editor for 'Medical History'
The Daniel Pinfold MA Dissertation Prize
Posted on Wednesday 1 March 2017
New award in memory of former student
Student success stories
Posted on Saturday 25 February 2017
History students celebrate a first novel and a WHO internship
New article: Dictatorship of the Democracy?
Posted on Friday 17 February 2017
Dr Lara Douds on the Russian Council of People's Commissars
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Posted on Wednesday 15 February 2017
Dr Monica Saavedra discusses Wellcome-funded Indian healthcare research
Prestigious Wellcome Trust Research Award
Posted on Friday 3 February 2017
Sri Lanka's Director of Tertiary Care joins History to explore anti-microbial resistance
New article: After the Great Fire
Posted on Friday 3 February 2017
Dr Mark Jenner on Valentine Knight and the rebuilding of London
From Stats Man to Ad Man
Posted on Monday 23 January 2017
Dr David Clayton blogs for the British Library
EURIAS Fellowship success
Posted on Tuesday 10 January 2017
Dr Jasper Heinzen to be hosted by the Institut d’études avancées in Paris