Durham University History Department

04/03/2025

As of 10/03/2025 this account will be paused for a while. You can keep up to date with our research, teaching, and job postings via LinkedIn, Instagram, and Bluesky. Just search for Durham History and we'll be there!

15/02/2025

We are now advertising for an Assistant Professor in Early Modern History. The deadline for applications for this open-ended, full time post is 27th March 2025. For full details see the link below.

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

07/02/2025

On Friday 28th February at 5.15pm the CEO of Historic England, Duncan Wilson, will deliver the final keynote address of the three Hidden Heritage workshops at the Prior’s Hall, Durham Cathedral. This talk, which will consider ‘The Value of Heritage’, is free to attend and open to all, but please use the booking link to secure your seat.

Booking link: https://pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham/duncanwilsonheritagelecture

For more details see: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/history/events/the-value-of-heritage/

To conclude the three Hidden Heritage workshops at Durham Castle and CEO of Historic England, Duncan Wilson will deliver a final keynote reflecting on the value of heritage.

27/01/2025

There's just 1 week left to apply for the Collaborative PhD Studentship for "AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain", working with Prof. Julie-Marie Strange, Prof. Leanne McCormick, Dr David Minto, and the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre. More details available in the job advert below.

Apply for a PhD Studentship - AIDS, Inequality and Religious Ethics of Care in 1980s and 90s Britain. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

05/11/2024

Are you interested in doing a Masters degree? Want to continue your studies or simply broaden your historical horizons? Then come and see what we at Durham History can offer you this November 13th during the Durham University Open Day. Scan the QR code to learn more and book your place now.

15/09/2024

Huge congratulations to Dr Alex Barber and Dr Katherine East on the release of their new edited volume on Radical Ideas and the Crisis of Christianity in England, 1640-1740: The Politics of Religion. Click the link to find out more:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651825/radical-ideas-and-the-crisis-of-christianity-in-england-1640-1740/

10/12/2023

Do you like pies and pastry? If so, check out this fabulous new article by our very own Amanda Herbert and Mark Walkden on 'Hearse Pies and Pastry Coffins: Material Cultures of Food, Preservation, and Death in the Early Modern British World.' Now available here:

With a long history as a vehicle for preserving perishable fillings against spoilage, pie was imagined as both a lavish banqueting centerpiece and an edible symbol of globalization in the seventeen...

08/12/2023

Join our team of food history experts, Daniel L Newman, Giles Gasper and Amanda Herbert as they recreate a delicious medieval sweet, Zulabiyya, and share ins...

16/11/2023

We are delighted to announce the launch of our a new MA in Global History to start in September 2024! 🎉This programme will offer students a chance to explore world histories and connections from late antiquity to the modern day. Watch this video to find out more.

Find out more about the new MA Global History which offers postgraduate students the opportunity to study the History of the world from late antiquity to the...

13/11/2023

Are you around in London this Friday (17th) between 6-8pm? If so, please come along to King's College to hear our very own Dr Coreen McGuire discuss "Disabled Innovation in Britain's Responaut Communities." More details below:

An Evening Lecture with Dr Coreen McGuire Responauts were people who depended on respirators to help them breathe. This technol...