Research

The research interests of members of the Oxford History Faculty cover the entire spectrum of history since Antiquity. They range from the early middle ages to the present, from Britain to Asia, and from the history of population to the history of art and ideas. In this section you can find out about the historical periods and research centres we work within, our numerous research projects, and our rich international programme of research seminars.

Featured Research Projects

Cultures of Knowledge

Cultures of Knowledge is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project...

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Everyday Life and Fatal...

Tudor England was a dangerous place. There were plagues and wars, perilous...

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The Gascon Rolls

In 1152 the future King Henry II Plantagenet of England married the divorced...

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Early Modern History

Oxford has long been a leading centre for the study of early modern history, and recent developments in the Faculty have renewed and diversified this tradition. Ground-breaking work on the Reformation and the Civil War continues, along with new research into social structure, the law, and the relations between literature, religion and politics. Irish history is a major interest. Oxford’s early...

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Featured Research Centres

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  Late Antique & Byzantine Studies Centre

  Late Antique and Byzantine Studies concerns the thousand-year period which...

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  Oxford Centre for Medieval History

  Oxford’s centre for research in medieval history exists to present and promote...

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