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

Thu 13 Sep '18

9:30am - 7pm: Global Empires, Global Courts: Explorations in Politics and Religion

11:30am - 4pm: THE SECRET STRUGGLE FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH: ESPIONAGE, COVERT ACTION AND STATE SECURITY DURING THE COLD WAR

Tue 18 Sep '18

10am - 11am: Conference: Cultural Histories of National Health Care

Tue 16 Oct '18

4pm - 6pm: CHM Research Seminar

News

Sat 30 Jun '18

Douglass Adair Memorial Award 2018: Professor Rebecca Earle

Sat 23 Jun '18

Between and Beyond: Transnational Networks and the British Empire, 18th-20th Centuries

Fri 22 Jun '18

2018 Arts Faculty Research Poster Competition

Mon 11 Jun '18

Malaysia rethinks China’s rail deal | Should Western museums return ‘stolen’ artefacts?

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. Our new suite of postgraduate taught MA courses was launched in 2016.

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.