Postgraduate research
History
Early Modern History
- Protestantism in Britain and America, esp. 17thC Puritanism and 18thC Evangelicalism
- Persecution and Religious Toleration
- The English Revolution, 1640-60
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the Protestant Atlantic World, inc. the career of William Wilberforce
- Intellectual History, esp. history of political thought (from the pre-Socratics to the twentieth century), including ideas of gender
- Historiography
- Britain from 1660 to 1714, especially politics, medicine and literature
- History of texts
- Social and cultural history of Britain c. 1600-1850
- History of poverty and welfare in Britain and Europe 1600 to 1850
- Histories of crime and deviance
- Histories of sex and sexuality (including LGBTQ+ histories)
- Histories of courtship and marriage
- Histories of old age and childhood
- Histories of the family
- Histories of disability
- Histories of diversity and marginalisation in Britain pre-1900
- Social and cultural history from the early modern period to 19th century
- Urban history (early modern period to 19th century)
- History of travel in Britain, Europe and Asia (early modern period to 19th century)
- Antiquarianism and the reception of the past (early modern period to 19th century)
- Gender history (early modern period to 19th century)
English Local History
- British agriculture since 1945
- Medieval Countryside, c. 400-1500
- Settlement and Landscape Change
- Perceptions of Landscape and the Natural World
- Individual, Group, and Regional Identity
- Interdisciplinary approaches to the Medieval Landscape, particularly Integration of History and Archaeology
- History of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland since 1850
- History od modern local government, planning and administration
- Welsh local history
- Diversity in England and Wales
- Local studies of marriage, courtship, birth, death or marginalisation
Global, Colonial and Post-Colonial History
- All areas of colonial and global history
- International economy, particularly settler societies and international debt
- London stock exchange
- Australian history
- British imperialism and economic expansion
- Slavery in the Americas
- Nineteenth century US political and social history, including the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Crime and punishment in the United States and comparative perspectives, especially the death penalty
- African history (especially southern Africa)
- Popular culture, youth and urban history in Africa
- The global history of migration and diasporas
- Histories of music, dance and performance
- Economic, political, and social history of modern South Asia, c. 1750-1950
- Colonial urbanism
- Social history of sport
- British imperialism in Africa, Australia, and Asia
- Economic, political, and social history of modern China
- Chinese urban history and industrialisation
- The history of modern Egypt and the Sudan
- 19th- and 20th-century British and colonial women’s history
- 19th- and early-20th-century imperial history
- Impact of the Empire on Britain in the late 19th and early 20th Century
Medical Humanities
- History of the Body 1600-2000
- History of Disability, 1700-1900
- History of Poverty and Welfare, 1601 to the NHS in 1948
- History of Crime and Punishment 1700-1900
- History of Medical Death, Dying and Death Cultures, 1700-1900
- History of Psychology - Black, LGBTQ+ and Ethnicity Hidden Histories, 1850-2000
- History of Medical Ethics, 1500-2020
- History of the body c. 1600-1850
- History of sex and sexuality
- Childbirth and birth control
- Legal/medical history
Medieval History
- Later Medieval English History (c.1200-c.1450), esp.
- High Politics
- Monarchy, Nobility and Gentry
- Aristocratic Women
- Charity and Giving
- Late Antiquity, 200–750 AD
- Gender and Social Hierarchy
- Ancient and Medieval Slavery
- The Merovingian Kingdoms
- Early Medieval Britain
- Early Islamic(ate) Society
- Medieval Countryside, c. 400-1500
- Settlement and Landscape Change
- Perceptions of Landscape and the Natural World
- Individual, Group, and Regional Identity
- Interdisciplinary approaches to the Medieval Landscape, particularly Integration of History and Archaeology
- Early Medieval Europe, c. 400-1100
- Carolingian Francia
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Early medieval manuscript studies and epigraphy
- Early medieval art, including manuscript illumination and sculpture
- Interdisciplinary approaches to early medieval studies, including archaeology, biological sciences and digital methods
Modern American History
- Slavery in the Americas
- Nineteenth century US political and social history, including the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Crime and punishment in the United States and comparative perspectives, especially the death penalty
- American Women's and Gender History, particularly those focused on the 19th century
- 19th-century American social reform, including anti-slavery, temperance and social welfare reform
- 19th-century American women and politics, including the women’s rights and suffrage movements
- Protestantism in Britain and America, esp. 17th-century Puritanism and 18th-century Evangelicalism
- Slavery and anti-slavery in the Protestant Atlantic world, inc. the career of William Wilberforce
- American Revolution
- 20th-century US Political and Diplomatic History
- Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, particularly the Second World War
- The US and the Vietnam War
- Religion and the Cold War
- Religious movements in 20th and 21st century America
- Premillenialism in 20th and 21st century America, especially Jehovah's Witnesses
- Religious conscientious objection
- US Race Relations and Southern Politics
- The Civil Rights Movement, White Supremacy and Resistance, and the "New Conservatism"
- Un-Americans, and competing ideas of un-Americanism and Americanism
Modern British and European History
- Modern British financial history
- Britain in the world economy
- The Holocaust and WW II
- Modern Jewish History
- Everyday (Jewish) life during the Holocaust
- Modern criminal and legal history
- Clothing and fashion history in Modern Europe and Palestine/Israel
- Modern German and Eastern European History (particularly Poland and the Soviet Union)
- Women's political activism in Britain c.1890-1990
- Suffrage
- Women in World War One
- Second Wave Feminism
- British socialism
- Intellectual History, esp. history of political thought and history of international relations theory to the present, including ideas of gender.
- Historiography
- British politics from 1700 to 1914
- History of texts
- Social, economic and cultural history of Britain since 1900
- History of modern science and technology
- Oral History
- Gender history, especially relating to work, careers and organisations
- British industrial history since 1900
- British agriculture since 1945
- 20th century Russian history, particularly religion in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia
- History of Orthodox churches in communist Eastern Europe
- History of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide
- History of religious minorities in modern Europe
- Victorian and Edwardian social and economic history
- Victorian and Edwardian art and cultural history
- The history of museums
- Political parties and elections in Britain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Popular politics and social movements
- The history of Liberalism and Liberal theory
- History of the Weimar Republic
- History of Nazi Germany
- History of Post-1945 Germany
- History of the media and propaganda
- Interwar Europe
- Social and cultural history of Britain c. 1600-1850
Urban History
- African Urban History
- Cities in Southern Africa
- Colonial and Postcolonial Cities
- Leicester and the East Midlands since 1900
- Economic, political and social history of modern South Asia, c. 1750-1950
- Colonial urbanism
- Social history of sport
- British imperialism in Africa, Australia, and Asia
- Economic, Political, and social history of modern China
- Chinese urban history and industrialisation
- The government and management of cities
- Urban social and environmental problems
- Modern conservation and heritage practice
- Social and cultural history from the early modern period to 19th century
- Urban history (early modern period to 19th century)
- History of travel in Britain, Europe and Asia (early modern period to 19th century)
- Antiquarianism and the reception of the past (early modern period to 19th century)
- Gender history (early modern period to 19th century)