War and Peace in the 20th Century

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	January to April January to April

We have a wide range of expertise on conflict, war and politics in the 20th century, supported by the Centre for War and Peace in the Twentieth Century. Professor Annika Mombauer and Dr Vincent Trott work on the history of the First World War; Dr Frances Houghton specialises in the experience, representation and memory of Britain's armed forces during the Second World War; Professor Paul Lawrence's research interests include: history of nationalism; Dr Luc-André Brunet works on the history of the Second World War, the Cold War, and peace activism. There is also overlap with the Empire and Post Colonial research area with Professor Karl Hack’s work on 20th-century imperial and colonial conflicts and insurgency; and with the International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice.

We welcome applications in areas that correspond with current staff research interests. We look for detailed and proposals, which set out specific research questions and outline the originality of your topic or approach. We strongly encourage you to contact us to discuss your ideas informally before submitting an application.

Most successful applicants to the PhD programme have a masters degree in history or a related discipline, and/or a first class history degree with a substantial original-source dissertation. However, applicants can still be considered if they demonstrate evidence of the ability to pursue research and write at a high level in some historical field.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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