Projects per year
Organisation profile
Established as recently as 1994 from members of what had previously been a body of English and European historians scattered across multi-disciplinary schools, the School of History supports a series of research clusters ranging in time from the early middle ages to the modern era and in theme from landscape history through social history, gender history, medical history and ecclesiastical history to political and diplomatic history. The Centre of East Anglian Studies, the first regional centre of its kind, is also located in the School.
In the field of medieval history, the school supports several major research projects. One involves editing and contextualising the charters of the Plantagenet kings, including Magna Carta. The project has several strands sponsored by the AHRC, Leverhulme and the British Academy. Other areas of particular strength include the study of the Norman Conquest, the study of kingship more generally, and a British Academy sponsored edition of Anglo-Saxon charters.
In the field of Landscape History, the school supports a major GIS-aided project on the landscape of Northamptonshire, as well as publicly-funded projects on Sutton Hoo, the landscape and agriculture of East Anglia, 1870-1950, and a characterisation of the Suffolk coastal marshes. The school is also noted for research on the history of parks and garden and the history of castles. In the field of Medical History, in collaboration with the universities of Valencia and Bergen, the school is actively involved in a comparative project on European Rural Health Care, c. 1800-1945. It is also supporting a project on the Concepts of Health and Cleanliness in Medieval England.
In the field of Early Modern history, the school supports four major research initiatives. The first is funded by the AHRC and focuses on custom and perceptions of the past through a study of early modern England. The second is a JISC-funded project on the history of political discourse before 1800 and the third a British Academy funded Virtual Reading Group, which fosters electronic discussion about primary and secondary texts. The British Academy currently supports the ongoing project to publish all the Bacon papers. Research is also undertaken in Spanish social history, Italian gender and religious history, and the history of popular culture.
In the field of modern history, the school is producing an AHRC-funded edition of the Letters of Richard Cobden. The school also supports a project on free trade and globalisation. Research work is also undertaken in the field of diplomatic and political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the field of imperial history of the twentieth century. The history of popular sports and pastimes is another area of research activity. The European historians concentrate on late nineteenth and twentieth century history, where the British Academy and AHRC have funded a project on the Documentary History of the Soviet Union. Research also focuses on the history of the Balkans, on ethnic cleansing in central and southeastern Europe, work which is supported by the British Academy, on the history of Austria, and on the social history of Bavaria.
New Interpretations on the Angevin World
For the very first time in the history of the study of the European lands that made up the empire of King Henry II (1154-1189), we plan to bring together a network of researchers who currently work in the field of Angevin studies. You can read more at our Angevin World website.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Apartheid in the Air: Race, Decolonisation and South African Airways, 1948-1994
16/04/24 → 15/06/25
Project: Research
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« Les Maîtres de la mer » ou la traversée singulière du vingtième siècle par Hajduk Split
Mills, R., 22 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Football(s).Translated title of the contribution :“Masters from the Sea”: Hajduk Split Football Club’s Unique Twentieth Century Voyage Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Brief Talking on the Genealogical Background of Branch Families of the Japanese Imperial House
TSUJI, H., 1 May 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Aldus Manutius (c. 1450–1515), Musarum panagyris and Other Early Poems
Margolis, O., 2024, An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry by Classical Scholars. Barton, W. M., Harrison, S., Manuwald, G. & Xinyue, B. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 81–104 (Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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$500 Travel Award from the Sixteenth-Century Society (2018).
Shaw, Dannielle (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AHRC Early Career Leadership Fellowship
Schofield, C. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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AHRC International Placement Scheme, Kluge Center Fellow, Library of Congress
Grant, Nicholas (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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HOTCUS 2024 Conference
James Whiteside (Speaker)
19 Jun 2024 → 20 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Q&A with Dr Emily Cockayne, Wicked Little Letters, Cinema City Norwich
Emily Cockayne (Speaker)
6 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival/Exhibition/Performance
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Oxford Literary Festival 2024
Emily Cockayne (Speaker)
21 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival/Exhibition/Performance
Press/Media
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UEA academics receive Freedom of the City of London for impactful work
25/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The demise of eastern European clubs, once regulars at football's top table
10/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media