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Our Graduates

From museums and schools to the entertainment and gaming industries, our graduates are highly sought after by employers in an extraordinary range of sectors, and not just for their skills in problem solving and analysis. They are also sought after for the intellectual rigour they bring to decision-making and strategy.

History Alumni

Studentships, scholarships and prizes

Lancaster's Department of History offers scholarships, prizes and studentships at undergraduate, Master's and doctoral level throughout the year. These currently include our MA Scholarships, Iredell MA Studentship, and two undergraduate essay prizes, the Merriman Prize (on the topic of International and/or Military History) and the Lancaster Prize in Digital Humanities.

Studentships and Essay Prizes

Study Abroad at Lancaster

Lancaster University enjoys partnerships across the world and offers students many opportunities for global travel and study. As an undergraduate historian at Lancaster, you can choose to study in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe or New Zealand under the study abroad scheme.

History Study Abroad

Our Community

We seek to create a welcoming environment for all of our students and staff, irrespective of background, and we are strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity. Our activities include participating in Athena SWAN (a scheme to address gender equality in Higher Education), celebrating Black History, and fostering community engagement through our historical projects.

Our Community

Historic Lancaster

The city of Lancaster and its surrounds are steeped in history. Explore the top historic sites to visit as recommended by members of the History Department, from Bronze Age stone circles to gothic churches, from Norman castles to Civil War fortresses, and from the mills of the Industrial Revolution to marvels of Art Deco architecture

Historic Lancaster

Latest News

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Lancaster University historian awarded prestigious fellowship

We are delighted to announce that Dr Katherine McDonough (Lecturer in Digital Humanities, Lancaster University and Senior Research Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute) has been named as part of the new cohort of fellows in the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).
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History PhD graduate awarded prestigious thesis prize

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Johanne Marie Skov (History PhD, 2023) has been awarded the 2024 British International History Group (BIHG) Michael Dockrill Memorial Thesis Prize.
Professor Marco Wyss opening the Grey Zone workshop at the NATO Defence College, Rome

‘Into the Grey: Grey Zone Warfare in Past, Present, and Future’ Workshop at the NATO Defence College, Rome.

In December 2024, the third project workshop for the AHRC-funded research network on Grey Zone Warfare, led by Lancaster University and the University of Amsterdam, was held in Rome.
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Emotions, Objects, and “Affective Curatorship” in the British Regimental Museum

Our colleague Dr Michael Brown has successfully secured AHRC/NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award funding for a PhD studentship to be undertaken in partnership with Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life in Carlisle (CMoML). This highly competitive scheme promotes collaborative research between universities and non-academic partners, including in the museum and heritage sector.
“Crossed Hands of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)” by J. E. Boehm (c.1874). Courtesy of the Victorian and Albert Museum, London’.

The Victorian Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, and Identity, Past and Present

As of December 2024 our colleague Dr Michael Brown is embarking upon a major externally funded research project. Developed in collaboration with Professor Joanne Begiato (University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion), this project, entitled ‘The Victorian Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, and Identity, Past and Present’, has received £846,900 from the AHRC to enable a major programme of both historical research and public and professional engagement.

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Upcoming Events

16th Jan

History Department Research Seminar, DR ROSEANNA WEBSTER (CAMBRIDGE), ‘Building barrios and seeking sexual justice: women’s activism during and in the aftermath of Franco’s Spain’

Thursday 16 January 2025, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
21st Jan

History Department Brown Bag Research Seminar, DR ZOE ALKER, ‘Skin and bone: gender, interpersonal violence and embodiment in London, 1760-1901’

Tuesday 21 January 2025, 1:10pm to 2:00pm
23rd Jan

Re-reading Austen

Thursday 23 January 2025, 7:30pm to 8:30pm

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