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Modern History PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
School of History and Cultures| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
There are 23 full-time academic staff in the field of Modern History in the School of History and Cultures, covering a wide range of British and European history from around 1500 to the present. Research topics range from questions such as how England became a Protestant nation in the 16th century to why smoking played such an important role in 20th century life.Whatever your interest, whether it is cultural or social history, military or political history, economic or religious history, there is someone doing that kind of history in the department.
Research degrees are best planned by individual discussion. In line with the AHRC’s '1+3' model for research degrees, postgraduates are expected to register initially for an MPhil(B) degree. This combines a 20,000-word thesis on a specific research topic with taught courses. You may register for an MPhil research degree, which is examined by thesis alone. The thesis can be a maximum of 40,000 words. A PhD thesis is 80,000 words.
Key facts Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD – 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time; MPhil – 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Start date: September 2011
Contents
Research interests of staff
* 19th– 21st-century military history.
Contact: Professor Gary Sheffield
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3203/3983
Email: g.d.sheffield@bham.ac.uk
* Air power: history, theory and practice. Contact: Air Cdre (Ret’d) Dr Peter Gray
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8423
Email: p.w.gray@bham.ac.uk
* Comparative European economic history. Contact: Dr Francesca Carnevali
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6635
Email: f.carnevali@bham.ac.uk
* History of control of emotion in the 20th century. Contact: Dr Hera Cook
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5747
Email: h.cook@bham.ac.uk
* British 20th-century political history. Contact: Dr Nicholas Crowson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5485
Email: n.j.crowson@bham.ac.uk
* Society and politics of 17th-century England. Contact: Professor Richard Cust
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5764
Email: r.p.cust@bham.ac.uk
* History of the West Midlands since 1700. Contact: Dr Malcolm Dick
Tel: +44 (0)121 4158253
Email: m.m.dick@bham.ac.uk
* Counter-Reformation belief and politics. Contact: Dr Elaine Fulton
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6632
Email: e.k.fulton@bham.ac.uk
* The British economy in the 20th century. Contact: Dr Julian Greaves
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5760
Email: j.l.greaves@bham.ac.uk
* Politics and ideas in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England. Contact: Dr Alexandra Gajda
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5738
Email a.m.gajda@bham.ac.uk
* Art and material culture of early modern Britain. Contact: Dr Tara Hambling
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 9510
Email: t.j.hambling@bham.ac.uk
* German history since 1870.
Contact: Dr Armin Grünbacher
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5759
Email: a.gruenbacher@bham.ac.uk
* Modern British social history. Contact: Professor Matthew Hilton
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7697
Email: m.j.hilton@bham.ac.uk
* French social and political history. Contact: Professor Peter Jones
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5746
Email: p.m.jones@bham.ac.uk
* British–German relations since 1945. Contact: Dr Sabine Lee
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5736
Email: s.lee@bham.ac.uk
* 17th-and 18th-century European history. Contact: Dr Jerzy Lukowski
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5742
Email: j.t.lukowski@bham.ac.uk
* Religious history of Western Europe and the USA from 1750. Contact: Professor Hugh McLeod
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5665
Email: d.h.mcleod@bham.ac.uk
* France, Germany and Italy 1934–1945. Contact: Dr Steffen Prauser
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5512
Email: s.prauser@bham.ac.uk
* Moral economy and popular protest in England, 1750–1850. Contact: Professor Adrian Randall
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6626
Email: a.j.randall@bham.ac.uk
* 19th–20th century European history; environmental history. Contact: Professor Corey Ross
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5757
Email: c.d.ross@bham.ac.uk
* Early Modern European exploration, expansion and colonisation. Contact: Dr Margaret Small
Tel: +44 (0)121 4145501
Email: m.small@bham.ac.uk
* History of religion in the British Army. Contact: Dr Mike Snape
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3405
Email: m.f.snape@bham.ac.uk
* British and European urban history, 1700–1850. Contact: Dr Leonard Schwarz
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6629
Email: l.d.schwarz@bham.ac.uk
* British industrial finance.
Contact: Dr Katherine Watson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6631
Email: k.e.watson@bham.ac.uk
Research advice
A number of academics and experienced researchers, whose commitments elsewhere preclude them from providing full-time supervision, are available for consultation to assist students with areas of research. These include:
* The social and political history of 19th and 20th centuries (particularly of Birmingham and its region)
Contact: Professors Carl Chinn and Peter Marsh, via the History Office
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5736
Email: h.j.cullen@bham.ac.uk
* All aspects of the First World War
Contact: Members and Fellows of the Centre for First World War Studies
* All aspects of the Second World War
Contact: Members and Fellows of the Centre for Second World War Studies
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* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicant’s potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.
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* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Please note
* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
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