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Professor Robert Bickers awarded AHRC Connected Communities Development grant

3 February 2012

Robert Bickers and team awarded an AHRC Connected Communities Development Grant.

Dr Jonathan Saha to be made a permanent lecturer

14 December 2011

Dr Jonathan Saha appointed as a permanent lecturer in Modern History.

Ludivine Broch gains fellowship at E.U.I.

13 December 2011

Dr Ludivine Broch, who is currently a Teaching Fellow in the Department, has just accepted the Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Fraenkel Prize success for three department historians

2 December 2011

Fraenkel Prize success for McLellan (joint winner), Cole specially commended.

Department applauds student's public engagement

9 October 2011

Chris Heal, a PhD student in the Department has just completed his twentieth public lecture on the subject of his research - the rise and fall of the hatting industry of the Bristol region from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Student satisfaction increases

5 October 2011

The Department was pleased to see that the overall level of satisfaction with the History BA increased to 92 per cent last year, following the detailed publication of the National Student Survey results.

Press interest in History PhD student's research

5 October 2011

Richard Jobson a History PhD student, garnered a good deal of press attention recently for his joint article on Labour's 2010 leadership election.

Professor Robert Bickers to give public lecture for the Royal HIstorical Society

15 September 2011

Professor Robert Bickers to give public lecture for the Royal HIstorical Society

Susan Flavin passes PhD

10 June 2011

The Department announces that Susan Flavin successfully passed her PhD viva today.

Cabot Project receives £120,000 funding

24 May 2011

The Cabot Project, run by Dr Evan Jones, is awarded with funding by Gretchen Bauta, a private Canadian benefactor.