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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Goldsmiths, University of London

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    23-SEP-24

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

The distinctive emphasis of Goldsmiths' Department of History is a theorised, interdisciplinary and comparative approach to research.

The culture of the Department of History is open, friendly and accessible, and research students are encouraged to be innovative in their use of sources and methodologies.

Our staff is young and we are on the cutting-edge of our fields and the student-teacher ratio allows us to devote an unmatched amount of time to individual supervision.

MPhil and PhD topics in the department currently include:

  • The Song of the Pen: Penny Romantic Literature 1839-89
  • The Freak Show in Nineteenth-Century Britain
  • British Women and German Prisoners of War in the 1940s
  • Decoding Dress in Interwar Detective Fiction
  • The British Diaspora - Race Return Migration and Identity in 20th Century Britain
  • Atatürk and his Cult - A Visual History, 1918-1968
  • Another Balkan Myth? The Extreme Right Wing in Serbia: Indigenous Phenomenon or Foreign Adaptation?
  • London Schools and Children, 1870-1920
  • The Seekers Found: Radical Religion during the English Revolution

Careers

Our PhD students have taken up academic posts in history and related fields around the world; others are employed in the media and as researchers and teachers.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 17,690per year

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University information

Goldsmiths, University of London

  • University League Table

    74th

  • Campus address

    Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, Lewisham, SE14 6NW, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    78th out of 91 13

  • Entry standards

    / Max 208
    117 57%

    56th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    60.0 60%

    50th

    6
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.68 74%

    86th

    18

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