Department of History

We work with graduates and researchers who contribute to both the discipline and to the wider community

Set within the magnificent setting of Durham's World Heritage Site

We are passionate about researching, learning and teaching history in its wide variety of forms

We offer opportunities to help you become critically and socially engaged

Welcome to the Department of History, ranked 2nd in The Complete University Guide (2019) and The Guardian University Guide (2019). We are a successful, expanding department, engaged in teaching and research across an exceptional range of chronological, geographical and thematic areas.

Sarah Davies, Head of Department

The winners of the Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards have just been announced, following a number of high-calibre applications.

Congratulations to Eleanor Barraclough who has been awarded an Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=34856

(6 Jun 2018)

A Short History of the Hundred Years War by Professor Michael Prestwich (https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=405) has recently been published.

(8 May 2018)