| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPhil | Full-time | 12 months | - | - | - |
| PhD | Full-time | 36 months | - | - | - |
| MPhil | Part-time | 24 months | - | - | - |
| PhD | Part-time | 72 months | - | - | - |
Our history programme offers research opportunities in areas as diverse as medicine, death, historical demography, gender, women's history and urban culture. As an MPhil or PhD student you will enjoy a research environment in which ambitious and original ideas can flourish.
Many of the research opportunities in history are interdisciplinary and are available for most periods of history and in most geographical regions.
You can find out more about MPhil and PhD supervision areas from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. There are opportunities for joint supervision with Latin American researchers in the School of Modern Languages.
Supervision is normally available in the following subject areas:
Classical, medieval and early modern medicine
Topics include:
The supervisor in this area is Dr T Rütten.
Death and burial
The history of poverty and poor relief in pre-industrial England (Professor J Boulton).
Gender, women's history and the history of sexuality
Britain (Dr H Berry); the modern Atlantic world (Dr D Paton); Greece (Dr V Hionidou).
Historical demography
The history of nutrition, famine and mortality; the history of fertility, birth control and contraception (Dr V Hionidou).
History of ideas
Revolutionary ideology in 18th and 19th century Britain and France (Dr R Hammersley); European historiography (Dr L Racaut).
History of psychiatry
Mental health and the 'asylum'; forensic psychiatry, criminal lunacy and crime; the history of the body; early modern social and cultural history of health; history of hospitals; history of sexuality; domestic/household medicine; travel and medicine (Dr J Andrews).
Early medieval Britain and Europe (Dr S Ashley, Ms A Redgate).
National identity, inter-ethnic relations and border issues
Japan (Dr M Dusinberre); North America (Dr B Houston); Russia and Ukraine (Professor D Saunders); Mexico and Cuba (Dr K Brewster); the Caribbean (Dr D Paton); Spain (Dr A Quiroga); Ireland (Dr S Ashley, Dr F Campbell); the Irish in Britain (Dr J Allen).
Politics, international relations and the impact of war
Modern British politics (Dr J Allen, Dr M Farr, Dr F Campbell); European fascism and the Nazi new order (Professor T Kirk); 20th century France (Dr M Perry); 20th century Italy (Dr C Baldoli); transwar Japan (Dr M Dusinberre); American Civil War and the United States in the 19th century (Professor S M Grant); the United States in the 20th century (Dr B Houston).
Urban history and urban culture
History of the press in early modern France (Dr L Racaut); 19th century Newcastle and the North East (Dr J Allen); 18th century urban cultures in Britain (Dr H Berry); 17th century London (Professor J Boulton); urban culture in the Habsburg Empire (Professor T Kirk).
Seminars and conferences
You take part in the School's research seminar series, lunchtime Postgraduate Forum seminars, and annual postgraduate conference which is organised by postgraduate students. The Postgraduate Forum also runs its own peer-reviewed e-journal.
See our course fees and funding webpage - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/8210f-54/#fees-and-funding
A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree and a Master's degree at Merit level, or international equivalent, in a related subject. We will give specific consideration to any independent research you do as part of your studies and/or appropriate professional experience.
You must submit two letters of recommendation (obligatory) and a writing sample, such as a chapter from an MA dissertation or a published paper (optional).
English Language Requirements:
Direct Entry: IELTS 6.5 overall (with 6.5 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in all other sub-skills).
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