History

PhD / MPhil

Duration: PhD – 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time
MPhil – 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Contact: PGR administrator; humss.pgr@keele.ac.uk; (+44) 01782 733641

How to apply
Apply for PhD
Apply for Distance PhD
Apply for MPhil
Apply for Distance MPhil
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Entry requirements

Summary

Keele historians are enthusiastic, reflective and ambitious scholars. History is in the top 3 performing subjects at Keele: 82% of its research is recognised as world leading and internationally excellent (4*and 3*) on REF 2014.

Overview Research interests

Overview

Facilities

Research students are supported through the provision of: shared office space, IT equipment and research funding to support some travel and other expenses.

There are significant library resources at Keele to support Humanities research, including Early English Books On-Line (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) , as well as the private David Bruce Centre Library for American Studies students and Staffordshire Studies repository for local historians. Keele is also ideally located near to other major libraries and collections, eg, John Rylands Library, the University Libraries of Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester and Liverpool and St Deiniol’s Library. Keele is less than 2 hours away from the extensive scholarly resources and libraries in London and has established collaborative working relationships with all major archives and record offices within the region

Research Staff and Students

The Research Institute provides a dynamic and supportive environment for postgraduate study and research. Postgraduates are encouraged to participate in all research activities of the Institute, from attending and giving papers at research seminars to taking part in academic events beyond the University.

We support long-standing, flourishing centres for American Studies (the David Bruce Centre) and for Local History. Regular seminars series are: Early Modern, Medieval M6, Modern, Local, Science in the Humanities and Reading & Writing Lives.

Staff interests

Research interests

Medieval History
Early modern British History
Modern British
European, African and Asian History
Local History
Public History
History of Medicine
Gender History
Imperial History
Religious History

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