History

Research groups

The best guide to the strengths of the department is the list of staff profiles below – browse these to see who we are and what we do. All staff will welcome contact from prospective postgraduate researchers.

As a department, we seek to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment in which collaboration and discussion among those working on many different places and time periods comes naturally. As part of a wider programme of organised events for postgraduates within the department, regular research seminars bring together staff and postgraduate students and researchers, with speakers from Bristol and a number of visiting experts. The department also provides opportunities to workshop postgraduate research and to discuss research with others across the University and beyond. Specialist workshops on key fields of shared interest provide a focus for research groups.

Postgraduate students have opportunities to organise and participate in a range of other events at the departmental level, and to collaborate with colleagues across the School of Humanities and the Faculty of Arts. The department is engaged actively with the Bristol Institute for Research in the Arts and Humanities (BIRTHA); the GW4 group of universities; the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP); and with other universities and consortia across the country and around the world (such as the World Universities Network). The department is committed to public engagement and public history, and to working with libraries, archives, galleries and other institutions in Bristol, the South West and further afield.

Careers

Some graduates of this programme go into academic posts or post-doctoral positions. Others take their skills in research and written/oral communication into a host of other professions