modern history PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Study History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh - funding opportunities available

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is one of the great world centres for the study of the human past. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

University of Birmingham School of History and Cultures

Classics and Ancient History - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

The Department of Classics and Ancient History offers the opportunity to carry out postgraduate research in a distinctively wide range of areas, from all the major civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean, to all periods of classical antiquity. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding Humanities Research Programme

Swansea University School of Culture and Communication

History: Fully Funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD Scholarship: From Wales to the World: A History of the Children’s Peace and Goodwill Message, 1922-1972

Funding providers: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Subject areas: History. Project start date: . 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September). Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Irish

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Sheffield School of Languages and Cultures (SLC)

PhD in Languages and Cultures

The School is in the top 100 of the QS World University World Rankings and is at the forefront of national and international research in modern languages across a range of disciplines and periods, historical and contemporary. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Arts Research Programme

History PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University or National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Department of History at King's has a long and distinguished tradition in world leading, cutting-edge research. Our staff and research students are fully engaged in original historical scholarship, ranging from late antiquity to the present day. Read more

University of Sheffield Department of History

History PhD Programme

The University is rated 69th in the 2014 QS World University Rankings and is in the top ten UK research-intensive universities (latest Research Assessment Exercise). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

University of Leeds Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures

Research degrees in the School of History

The School of History offers research degrees at both Masters and PhD level. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Arts Research Programme

PhD at the Institute of Historical Research

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

PhD Modern War Studies

University of Buckingham

“We must continually ask questions of the past, even the most recent past, because it holds the key to the future. History must be handled carefully of course, for it is trained experts that must provide the intellectual underpinning for decisions taken by politicians and the senior leaders of the Armed Forces. Read more

University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities

History at UEA

The School of History is a vibrant learning community of staff and students. We cover a wide range of periods and regions, from Medieval to Modern, from Britain, Russia and Europe to America, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Asia. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

European University Institute Florence

Fully-funded four-year PhD in History and Civilisation

Fully-funded four-year PhD programmes. The European University Institute (EUI) offers well-structured doctoral programmes allowing you to develop your intellectual curiosity and enabling original research. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Sheffield Hallam University Humanities Research Centre

PhD Opportunities in English, History and Performance

We warmly invite applications for full-time or part-time self-funded PhD study. About the PhD programme. The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) at Sheffield Hallam University was founded in 1996. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Humanities Research Programme

Aberystwyth University School of Art

Augustus John: Reassessing the Collections at Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales and Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru—National Library of Wales

The University of Bristol, Prifysgol Aberystwyth University, Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales and Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru—National Library of Wales are pleased to announce the availability of a fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from October 2024 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Scheme. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Brockington, Mr N Thornton, Ms N Daniel, Dr SR Raybone

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Leeds Beckett University School of Cultural Studies and Humanities

School of Cultural Studies and Humanities

The School of Cultural Studies and Humanities is the home of English Literature, Creative Writing, History and Media Studies research at Leeds Beckett University. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Social Sciences Research Programme

University of Exeter College of Humanities

Last chance to apply

Global Commodities in Early Modern Wills’: A Leverhulme Trust funded PhD Studentship in the Department of Archaeology and History

Duration 3-year studentship. Funding source The Leverhulme Trust. Funding Home (UK) tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate of £18,622 per year (2023/24 rate). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Whittle, Dr L Sangha

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

University of Bath Department of Life Sciences

The evolution of reproductive strategies from dinosaurs to modern birds

This project will study dinosaurs and modern birds to examine patterns in the evolution of reproduction from 250 million years ago to the modern day. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Longrich, Prof T Szekely

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Coventry University Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities

Atlantic Stories, Colonial Legacies and the Bodleian Library, 1650-1800

Eligibility: UK/International (including EU) graduates with the required entry requirements. Duration: Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AL Leonard

27 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Our current research students work mainly in cultural and historical studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, including literary studies, film and cinema studies; theatre studies; literary and cultural theory; and the history of ideas. Read more

Philosophy PhD (option of joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Philosophy Department at King’s is one of the largest research departments in the field in the UK. Read more

Theology & Religious Studies PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

At King's you will find a broad range of overlapping areas of research. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through. Read more

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Weather, climate, human impacts and human responses in early modern Scotland (c.1600-c.1700).

This project is relevant to the interdisciplinary research theme of climate action and net zero. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A MacDonald

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Art History and World Art Studies at UEA

Art History and World Art Studies at UEA is a research-led, interdisciplinary department engaging such global challenges as climate change, coloniality, and continuing economic and political inequalities. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

PhD at the Institute of English Studies

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Arts Research Programme

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field. Read more

French PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers research strengths and opportunities for PhD supervision across all periods of French and Francophone literature and visual culture, French thought and modern French history and politics. Read more

Digital Humanities PhD

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary subject area that brings a range of computational, quantitative and other innovative and collaborative methods to the study of texts, images, histories, languages and cultures, while also being critical about methodology, disciplinarity and pedagogy. Read more

PhD at the University of London Institute in Paris

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field. Read more

University of Birmingham School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

Last chance to apply

125th Anniversary Scholarships for Black British Researchers - ‘WHOSE AFRICA?’: Connecting Art and Communities through the University of Birmingham’s African Collection

About the Project. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DS Sözen, Dr HJ Jørgensen

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

The Scottish Sheriff Court in the Seventeenth Century

Sheriff courts were the key regional nodes of both civil and criminal justice in early modern Scotland, but neither they nor their work have been subject to sustained modern analysis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kennedy

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Music PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

For 2024/25 entry, the Music Department is only accepting applications for PhDs in Eighteenth-Century Music History and Composition. Read more