Department of History, Politics and Philosophy

Our lively, diverse department is home to over 1,000 students and more than 50 academic staff.

We offer a student-centered approach to learning across our foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees.

Our teaching is future-focused, practice led, and supported by collaborations with outside organisations. It provides a cutting-edge education that prepares our students for graduate-level employment or further study. 

Our thriving research culture inspires our teaching and allows students to work regularly with leading experts. We’re committed to excellence in research, and to driving forward knowledge that has real-world impact locally, nationally and internationally.  

Interdisciplinarity sits at the heart of what we do, providing creative synergies between the key areas of:

• Ancient history

• Archaeology

• Critical social and political theory

• Digital politics

• Disability studies

• European philosophy

• Gender studies

• Global governance

• Intellectual history

• International relations

• Modern European history

• Regional history and heritage