Undergraduate Research Student Scholarships

The Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (URSS) gives students the chance to become directly involved in the research work of the University, experience what it's like to be a member of a research team and take part in cutting-edge research. URSS has been in place since 2002 and History projects have been funded in almost every round. Students on the scheme have travelled to Europe and further afield to undertake the research and have actively supported research in the department in areas as diverse as genocide, non-violent resistance, public opinion in sixteenth-century France and Turkish baths.

2013/14

Eleanor Barnett, 'Cultures of Commemoration in post-Reformation Bristol', supervised by Professor Peter Marshall
James Handy, 'Everyday acquisitiveness: Luxury in English public discourse, 1650-1800', supervised by Professor Giorgio Riello
Ben-kilian Fleuss, 'German reactions to the Hundred Days', supervised by Professor Mark Philp
Ewan McGowan, 'Military, diplomatic and political additions to a virtual exhibition on the Hundred Days', supervised by Professor Mark Philp
Samuel Excell, 'What we can learn about how imperialists, experienced- and tried to understand- their imperialism in the face of resistance.', supervised by Dr Charles Walton
Veselin Ivanov, 'Art, Power and Identity - A Comparative Study of Early Modern Islamic Empires', supervised by Dr James Baldwin
Sarah Gray, 'Napoleon and Wellington in the 100 Days: 100 Days in 100 Objects (Bicentenary Project)', supervised by Professor Mark Philp
Rachel Callear, 'How far can the impact of the inter-national tobacco trade on Native communities in Canada be considered an example of early modern globalisation?', supervised by Professor Rebecca Earle

2012/13

Holly Winter, 'The Scandal of Empire: Anglo-Indian Material Culture and the making of the English Country House', supervised by Dr Chris Nierstrasz
Tereza Hausmanova, 'The Manila galleons in global history: trans-pacific exchanges and consumer cultures, 1400-1800', supervised by Dr Anne Gerritsen
Ilina Sen, 'Global Gifts: Embassies to the Mughal Emperors and the Role of Gift-giving, 1600-1750', supervised by Professor Giorgio Riello
Samantha Tanizar, 'Mestizo cultures in early modern Malacca in a global perspective', supervised by Dr Anne Gerritsen
Bethany White, 'Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Coventry and the Midlands 1938-1945', supervised by Dr Christoph Mick
Megan Keeley, 'The Negotiation of Remembrance: The War Memorial in Leamington Spa', supervised by Dr Christoph Mick
Barclay Lane, 'War, Trauma and Civilians: The psychological impact of the bombing on Coventry during the 2nd World War', supervised by Dr Christoph Mick

2011/12

Katherine Heathward, 'Building the Socialist Way of Life'. Supervised by Professor Chris Read
Matthew Jenkins, 'The Press Gang, Black Tars and Free-Born Englishmen: bonded labour and the language of Impressment in Georgian Britain'. Supervised by Professor Mark Knights

2010/11

Martin Christ, 'The Non-Reformation of Schwäbisch-Gmünd: Religious Tensions in the Parishes of an Imperial Free City c. 1500-55'. Supervised by Professor Beat Kümin
Joshua Cockcroft and Sacha Hepburn, 'The International Criminal Court in Kenya: Impunity, Violence and the Post-Colonial State'. Supervised by Dr Daniel Branch
Thomas Colville, 'Early Modern Corruption'. Supervised by Professor Mark Knights
Joseph Francombe, 'The History of Nonviolent Resistance in India'. Supervised by Professor David Hardiman
Lucy Gill, 'No finer tribute… Commemorating the Great War in inter-war Coventry'. Supervised by Dr Christoph Mick
Nicholas Niemczycki, 'James Boevey and Seventeenth Century Trade'. Supervised by Professor Mark Knights
Varvara-Vera Pratikaki,'A comparative view of European and Japanese cultures through a study of their mechanical automata in the 18th and early 19th centuries'. Supervised by Dr Anne Gerritsen
Daniel Rafiqi, 'From Deviance to Acceptance: Changing Attitudes to Heresy during the Reformation'. Supervised by Dr Penny Roberts

2009/10

Harriet Owens, 'History on Trial: the Politics of Memory in Post-Colonial Kenya and Britain'. Supervised by Dr Daniel Branch
'The Portrayal of Violence against Women in the Indian Press, 1977-80'. Supervised by Professor David Hardiman
Sacha Hepburn, 'Spatial Distribution of Wealth in a Seventeenth-century Rural Community' . Supervised by Professor Steve Hindle
'Analysing the Political, Religious and Intellectual Views of Seventeenth-Century Peers through Data on Book Dedications and Funeral Sermons'. Supervised by Professor Mark Knights
'The Gordon Petition of 1780'. Supervised by Professor Mark Knights
Clare Stone, 'The Social Geography of a Yellow Fever Epidemic - Savannah in 1854'. Supervised by Dr Tim Lockley
Eleanor Stubbs, 'Researching the History of Parliament, 1832-1867'. Supervised by Dr Sarah Richardson
Rebecca Unsworth, 'Flying Carpets? Material Culture and the Global Trade of Turkish Carpets, c. 1400-1700'. Supervised by Dr Giorgio Riello
Lishar Camille, 'The Career of Dr David Eder in Palestine, 1918-22: Connections between Socialism, Pyschoanalysis and Zionism'. Supervised by Dr Mathew Thomson

2008/09

Catherine Boycott, 'Nonviolent Resistance in India before Gandhi'. Supervised by Professor David Hardiman
Monica Callus, 'The History of Student Health at the University of Warwick' . Supervised by Dr Mathew Thomson and Dr Claudia Stein
Claudia Kreklau, 'Nationality in the eye of the beholder - Shaping modern Western European notions of nationality' . Supervised by Dr Christoph Mick
Pauel Pujszo, 'Perpertrators' fear as causative factor of genocides' . Supervised by Professor Christopher Read
Sally Thomas, 'The Gandhian hope for Gujarat' . Supervised by Professor David Hardiman

2007/08

Grace Allen, 'Global Commodities: the Material Culture of Early Modern Connections'. Supervised by Dr Giorgio Riello and Dr Anne Gerritsen
Sheena Amin, 'Database of a unique public opinion poll in sixteenth-century France' . Supervised by Dr Penny Roberts
Barclay Lane, 'The Evolution of Student Protest in Britain (1960-1975): Tactics and Images'. Supervised by Dr Gerd-Rainer Horn

2006/07

Elizabeth Simpson, 'The Turkish Bath, Royal Leamington Spa: Health, Pleasure, Curiosity and Culture' . Supervised by Professor Hilary Marland and Dr Jane Adams

2005/06

Mark Chapman and Charlotte Grove, 'The Material Culture of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, 1867-2006'. Supervised by Dr Mathew Thomson
Scott Harrison, 'An analysis and visual presentation of statistical evidence about morbidity and mortality in the British concentration camps of the South African War (1899-1902)'. Supervised by Dr Iain Smith

2004/05

Neil Adams, 'Mothers, Beauty Queens and Skilled Workers? Women, Engineering and trade Unionism in Post-War Britain' . Supervised by Professor Hilary Marland

2002/03

Hunt Boulware, 'The Benevolent Women of Antebellum South Carolina'. Supervised by Dr Tim Lockley