Economic and Social History PhD

We host one of the largest economic and social history research groupings in the UK.<br/><br/>Staff research interests are wide-ranging, including the study of:<br/><br/><br/>- economic development<br/><br/><br/>- financial history<br/><br/><br/>- energy policy<br/><br/><br/>- globalisation<br/><br/><br/>- slavery<br/><br/><br/>- urban history<br/><br/><br/>- consumption<br/><br/><br/>- material culture<br/><br/><br/>- museums and collecting<br/><br/><br/>- leisure<br/><br/><br/>- religious belief<br/><br/><br/>- popular culture<br/><br/><br/>- medicine and disease<br/><br/><br/>- gender<br/><br/><br/>- sexuality<br/><br/><br/>- the family<br/><br/><br/>The diversity of our research means we can support students’ economic and social history study in a vast range of time periods and geographical regions and from the early modern period to the present day.<br/><br/>Particular areas of expertise available for research are:<br/><br/><br/>- culture and society in early modern Britain<br/><br/><br/>- slavery in the Atlantic world since 1700<br/><br/><br/>- the material culture of gender in 18th-century Britain<br/><br/><br/>- urban society and civil society in historical context<br/><br/><br/>- cinema and society in modern Britain<br/><br/><br/>- gender, crime and deviancy: Britain 1860–1960; energy policy in Britain since 1920<br/><br/><br/>- the economic history of China in the 20th century<br/><br/><br/>- the history of health and medicine in Britain since 1750<br/><br/><br/>The University’s economic and social historians host three research groups: material and visual cultures of the past; enlightenment and popular culture; and economic and social history.