Faculty of History, University of Oxford explained
The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford organises that institution's teaching and research in medieval and modern history. Medieval and modern history has been taught at Oxford for longer than at virtually any other university,[1] and the first Regius Professor of Modern History was appointed in 1724. The Faculty is part of the Humanities Division, and has been based at the former City of Oxford High School for Boys on George Street, Oxford since the summer of 2007, while the department's library relocated from the former Indian Institute on Catte Street to the Bodleian Library's Radcliffe Camera in August 2012.[2]
Organisation
As with other departments at the University of Oxford, the Faculty of History is self-governing, being led by a rotating group of its academics. The Chair of the Faculty Board is the head of the History Faculty, who typically serves a three-year term.
Chairs of the Faculty Board
Endowed chairs
The Faculty of History is home to numerous professorships (or chairs), which are typically linked to a particular college. Each endowed chair is listed below alongside their associated college and current postholder.[11]
Research groups
- Britain and Europe Group
- Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History
- Centre for the History of Childhood
- Late Antique & Byzantine Studies
- Modern European History Research Centre
- OxCRUSH: Oxford Centre for Research in United States History
- Oxford Centre for Medieval History
- Research Cluster in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
- Wellcome Unit for History of Medicine, Oxford[12]
Notable academics
Notable alumni
(See also the 'Historians' section of the page List of University of Oxford people in academic disciplines.)
- Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Matthew d'Ancona, former Editor of the Spectator
- Norman Davies
- Niall Ferguson
- John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia
- Graham Greene
- Dominic Grieve, Attorney General of the United Kingdom
- Harald V of Norway, King of Norway
- T. E. Lawrence
- George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Michael Palin
- Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada
- John Redwood, former Secretary of State for Wales
- Evelyn Waugh
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Notes and References
- Web site: Home | Faculty of History . History.ox.ac.uk . 2018-01-29.
- Web site: Bodleian History Faculty Library | Home . 2022-07-15 . Bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
- Web site: Officers of the Faculty (June 2002) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Officers of the Faculty (January 2003) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Officers of the Faculty (January 2006) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Officers of the Faculty (April 2009) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Officers of the Faculty (October 2009) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Conway . Martin . The View from the Chair . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Faculty Office Holders (June 2021) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Faculty Office Holders (October 2021) . Faculty of History, University of Oxford . 5 May 2024.
- Web site: Academics . History Faculty, University of Oxford . 17 June 2024.
- Web site: University of Oxford Faculty of History > Research > Research Projects: A-Z . 2013-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130623205601/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/a-z.html# . 2013-06-23 . dead .