Research overview

Staff in the History department research political, economic, social, cultural, religious, medical, environmental, maritime, naval, military and diplomatic history. We range in time from the early medieval period to the late 20th century. We have particular strengths in the history of Britain and continental Europe, but also focus on the history of the United States, Africa, and India.

A number of research centres are linked with the work of the Department and organise seminar series with regular meetings through the academic year which are an important meeting place for postgraduate students to hear, discuss and present research.

Medieval studies

Staff members of the Centre for Medieval Studies are engaged in a wide range of research projects, singly or in collaboration with scholars from other institutions. Listed below are our major funded projects currently in progress.

• Anarchy? War and Status in Twelfth-Century Landscapes of Conflict
• Architecture and Asceticism: Cultural Interaction between Syria and Georgia in Late Antiquity
• Bishop John Grandisson of Exeter (1327-69)
• Magic in Malta 1605: The Moorish Slave Sellem Bin Al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman Inquisition
• The Past in its Place: Histories of Memory in English and Welsh Locales
• The Works of Guillaume de Machaut

Careers

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