| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
February and October |
January to April |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
February and October |
Application period
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.
Entry requirements
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.
Current research projects
- Gareth Bryant – Nuclear Disarmament and the Breakup of Britain: Nationalism and Internationalism in the Peace Movement, 1979–1992
- Sophie Dubillot – Ce n'est pas une blague: Purposes and limits of humour in early post-war France, 1944–46
- Ann Gillan – We do not wish to impose our ideas on other nations: Promoting the aims of the Third Reich to an international audience. A study of the National Socialist journal Freude und Arbeit, 1936–1939.
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: £4,786 per year |
Full-time: £12,146 per year |
| Part-time: £2,393 per year |
Part-time: £6,073 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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