Our research

Research Centres

The Centre for Public History is home to leading academics in their field, who come together to work collaboratively on research projects, outreach activity with local and regional communities, and educational events. Their commitment to research in public history is embedded in our curriculum, providing exciting opportunities to students in the Department of History.

Research clusters

Our collaborative and supportive research culture is underpinned by our three overlapping research clusters, which organise a wide variety of research and impact-related events for cluster members. Our members include postgraduate students, visiting and postdoctoral fellows, academic staff, and also members of the public.

Members of our department have a wide range of research specialisms and employ a range of historical and interdisciplinary methodologies, but our research interests coalesce around a focus on understanding individuals and their lived experience in history, and on exploring how people interacted with various systems of power and responded to and remembered traumatic historical events. Explore our research clusters below to learn more about our work.

Research showcase

Dive deeper into understanding our research by exploring our research showcases below.