PhD Studentship in History

The History group at the University of Hertfordshire invites applications for a fully funded, full-time, 3-year PhD studentship.

Over the past two decades, the History group at the University of Hertfordshire has ranked as one of the strongest in the UK for the impact of its research. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, 82% of the department’s overall research was rated 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent'.

The group includes cultural, gender, political, religious, business and social historians, and its expertise ranges from the study of early modern medicine and witchcraft to protest in 19th-century Britain and propaganda during the Cold War.

Historians at Hertfordshire have an excellent track record in the sphere of research co-production and in developing international and interdisciplinary links. The department works with museums and trade organisations, volunteer groups, and journalists and government departments.

History sits within the Department of Humanities in the School of Creative Arts.

Overview

• Qualification type: PhD
• Subject area: History
• Location/Campus: Hatfield, College Lane campus
• Start date: 03/02/25
• Closing application date: 30/11/2024
• Full-time/ part-time availability (duration i.e 3 years): Full-time, 3 years

Project outline

In principle, proposals are welcome on any topic in history. Potential applicants may nonetheless wish to consider the research interests and expertise of the faculty. This includes, but is not limited to: 

public history and heritage studies; histories of medicine and health; twentieth-century international history; film and history; histories of the supernatural and popular religion in the early modern and modern periods; democratic and social movements and popular protest from the eighteenth century to the present; landscape and environmental heritage; urban history and town planning; gender, race and sexuality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the British Empire; colonial South Asia; law and crime

Supervisors

We have diverse supervisory expertise. For further details about the history group team and their research please visit: https://www.herts.ac.uk/research/groups-and-units/history-research-at-hertfordshire 

Entry requirements

To apply for this studentship, you must hold a good honours degree (2:1 or above), and a Master's degree, in a relevant discipline (Essential).

Eligibility

Applicants must be permanently resident in the UK and have UK Home fee status.

How to apply

Applicants must submit:

• A completed application form.
• A 2000-word research proposal
• Two academic references - to be send direct from the referee to the Doctoral College.
• Copies of qualification certificates and transcripts.
• A copy of your passport.
• Certification of English language competence (minimum IELTS 6.5 or equivalent) for candidates for whom English is not their first language.
• Interviews will take place: Week commencing 16/12/2024
• For advice on the application process, please contact Dr Laura Mee, Research Tutor for the School of Creative Arts (l.mee2@herts.ac.uk)
• For informal enquiries about potential research topics, and History research at UH more broadly, please contact Professor Tony Shaw (a.t.shaw@herts.ac.uk).

Funding information

Full tuition fee waiver for three years and a stipend each year at UK Research Council rates, which for 2024-2025 will be £19,237.

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