History: University of Cambridge

The Faculty of History is one of the world's leading history departments and has always been at the forefront of developments in the subject. They are continually pioneering new ideas, approaches and methods in response to the advance of scholarship and the needs of the national and international community. They provide teaching for over 350 graduate students from over 40 countries. This is the largest concentration of history graduate students in Britain and perhaps in Europe. The study of history equips their students with a broad range of skills in the collection, critical analysis and presentation of information.

Key research areas

We have specialists in the many branches of ancient history, medieval history, early modern history, the modern history of Great Britain and Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

While some of our most famous historians have focused on political and constitutional history, we have also played a central role in the development of the history of political thought and in the flourishing fields of economic, social and cultural history. Some members have expertise in business history, the history of population, the family and gender, and in religious and literary history.

The Faculty is divided into `Subject Groups' (though staff are often members of more than one Subject Group):

• Ancient and Medieval History
• Early Modern History
• Modern British Political History
• British Economic and Social History
• Modern European History
• Political Thought and Intellectual History
• Extra-European History
• American History

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Further information:

• see www.hist.cam.ac.uk for both full-time and part-time PhD and MPhil course guides and funding guides
• see http://cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/CPEP/index.html for details of the MSt in Local and Regional History
• printed guides also available from the General Information and Enquiry Office