History Department

About Us

The Warwick University History Department is one of the largest history departments in the UK, with teaching and research notable for its disciplinary range and geographical scope.

The Department has a strong international reputation and high rankings in university guides and surveys, and was ranked first in the UK in the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) for the proportion of world-leading research activity (4*) in the Department.

The Department is committed to maintaining and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion amongst its staff and student community.

Events Calendar

Fri 26 Apr '19

9:30am - 5pm: The Aftermath of the Great War - EHRC

Tue 30 Apr '19

4pm - 6pm: CHM research seminar: Dr Angela Woods (Durham) Relating to Leah's Voices: scholarly and clinical questions about agency and identity in the experience of hearing voices

4pm - 6pm: My Voyage around the World: The Atlantic and Pacific Travels of a Late Sixteenth-century Italian Merchant

Wed 01 May '19

2pm - 4pm: History Department Staff Meeting

4:30pm - 7pm: History Department Research Seminar: Sir John Elliott (Oxford) title tbc

News

Fri 15 Mar '19

British Conference of Undergraduate Research - James Piggott

Fri 15 Mar '19

Venice had its own ‘Airbnb problem’ during the Renaissance – here’s how it coped

Wed 13 Mar '19

Recruitment: Two Research Fellows for the project "What’s at Stake in the Fake? Indian Pharmaceuticals, African Markets and Global Health"

Fri 08 Mar '19

Recruitment: History Department Postgraduate and Research Coordinator

Wed 06 Mar '19

Warwick University Students' Union 2019 Elections - Provisional Results

Undergraduate Study

We have a population of approximately 1,000 undergraduate students. Half of the Department's students are enrolled on the single-honours History degree and the other half of the Department's students are enrolled on various joint-honours and interdisciplinary degrees.

If you are interested in applying for a place on one of our undergraduate courses, please see our Information for Prospective Undergraduate Students.

Postgraduate Study

We have a population of approximately 100 postgraduate students, on both our postgraduate taught and postgraduate research courses.

If you are interested in applying for a place on one of our postgraduate courses, please see our Information for Prospective Postgraduate Students.

Research

The Department engages in a wide variety of projects, networks, conferences, and fellowships, and is home to the Centre for the History of Medicine, the Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Centre, the European History Research Centre, and the Global History and Culture Centre.

The Department also has close connections with the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, the Humanities Research Centre, and the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies.