History Research

History research at the Department for Continuing Education
The Department for Continuing Education has a long tradition of teaching and research in historical subjects. Research in the Department is currently focussed on the following areas:
- Late medieval Britain
- Social and economic history in Britain from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century
- The history of religion in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth century
- The history of decoration in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- The history of the British in India and the British Empire
- Modern British and European history
- The historic environment
- The British and Irish Civil Wars, 1640-1660
- Local history
Research highlights, past and present:
- The Fray on the Meadow: Violence and a Moment of Government in Early Tudor England, History Workshop Journal (2017, Jon Healey)
- The Raj at War: a People's History of India's Second World War (2015, Yasmin Khan)
- The First Century of Welfare: Poverty and Poor relief in Lancashire 1620-1730 (2014, Jonathan Healey) This book is the first major regional study of poverty and its relief in the seventeenth century, the first century of welfare.
- The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby (2009, Angus Hawkins) The first ever full biography of the 14th Earl of Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving party leader in modern British party politics
The British and Irish Civil Wars, 1640-1660

The British and Irish Civil Wars, 1640-1660
Uncovering the lives of forgotten soldiers and war widows of the British Civil Wars.
The Pioneer Generation: historical narratives of British South Asian lives, 1945-1968

The Pioneer Generation: historical narratives of British South Asian lives, 1945-1968
Yasmin Khan's British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship research programme.
Designing Modern France: Tapestry and French Republics since 1870

Designing Modern France: Tapestry and French Republics since 1870
A history of modern French tapestry and interior decoration under France’s three republics.
Prices from the Durham Obedientiary Accounts, 1368 – 1460

Prices from the Durham Obedientiary Accounts, 1368 – 1460
A study of commodity prices in the account rolls of Durham Cathedral Priory and its dependent cells in the period 1368 - 1460.
Through an artist’s eye: Felicia Browne and the Spanish Civil War

Through an artist’s eye: Felicia Browne and the Spanish Civil War
Professor Buchanan helps to contextualise the work of Felicia Browne.
Penelope's weaving and les années noires

Penelope's weaving and les années noires
Women entrepreneurs and the Aubusson tapestry rennaisance.
Lord Herbert of Cherbury

Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Lord Herbert was a complex, highly accomplished and much travelled Anglo-Welsh nobleman.
Victorian Elections and Political Culture Workshop

Victorian Elections and Political Culture Workshop
Friday 20 April 2018. Sponsored by the History Faculty and the Keble Research Centre in Victorian Political Culture.
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