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{{Short description|Department of the University of Oxford, England}}
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The '''Faculty of History''' at the [[University of Oxford]] organises the teaching and research of history in the University. Medieval and Modern History has been taught at Oxford for longer than at nearly any other University.<ref>http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/</ref> The first [[Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Modern History]] was appointed in 1724. It is part of the [[Humanities Division, University of Oxford|Humanities Division]]. The Faculty is in The Old School for Boys on George Street, Oxford and the Library is in the Old Indian Institute on Catte Street.<ref>http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history</ref>
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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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/ |title=Home &#124; Faculty of History |publisher=History.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref> and the first [[Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Modern History]] was appointed in 1724. The Faculty is part of the [[Humanities Division, University of Oxford|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.<ref>
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==Research Groups==
==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===
*2000-2002: [[Felicity Heal]], [[Jesus College, Oxford|Jesus College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers of the Faculty (June 2002) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020620020622/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/admin/board/officers.htm |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2002-2004: [[Christopher Haigh]], [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers of the Faculty (January 2003) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030107191723/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/admin/board/officers.htm |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2004-2006: John Robertson, [[St Hugh's College, Oxford|St Hugh's College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers of the Faculty (January 2006) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426081738/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/admin/board/officers.htm |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2006-2009: Christopher Haigh, Christ Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers of the Faculty (April 2009) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426081738/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/admin/board/officers.htm |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2009-2012: [[Chris Wickham]], [[All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Officers of the Faculty (October 2009) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710155638/https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty/admin/board/officers.htm |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2012-2015: [[Jane Humphries]], All Souls College<ref name="View" />
*2015-2018: [[Martin Conway (historian)|Martin Conway]], [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]]<ref name="View">{{cite web |last1=Conway |first1=Martin |title=The View from the Chair |url=https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/view-chair |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2018-2021: [[John Watts (historian)|John Watts]], [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Office Holders (June 2021) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609001426/https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty-office-holders#/ |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*2021-2024: Robert Iliffe, [[Linacre College, Oxford|Linacre College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Office Holders (October 2021) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020000241/https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/faculty-office-holders#/ |website=Faculty of History, University of Oxford |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academics |url=https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/academic |website=History Faculty, University of Oxford |access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[Regius Professor of History (Oxford)|Regius Professor of History]] ([[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]]): [[Lyndal Roper]]
*[[Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History]] ([[The Queen's College, Oxford|The Queen's College]]): Lisa McGirr
*Rhodes Professor of American History ([[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine's College]]): [[Pekka Hämäläinen]]
*Professor of the History of Art ([[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]]): [[Geoffrey Batchen]]
*[[Beit Professor of Commonwealth History]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]]): [[James Belich (historian)|James Belich]]
*[[Chichele Professor of Economic History]] ([[All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls College]]): [[Sheilagh Ogilvie]]
*Professor of Economic History (All Souls College): Debin Ma
*Professor of Economic and Social History ([[St Hilda's College, Oxford|St Hilda's College]]): [[Catherine Schenk]]
*Professor of Global and Imperial History ([[Nuffield College, Oxford|Nuffield College]]): [[Andrew Thompson (historian)|Andrew Thompson]]
*Professor of Indian History ([[St Antony's College, Oxford|St Antony's College]]): [[Faisal Devji]]
*Foster Professor of Irish History ([[Hertford College, Oxford|Hertford College]]): [[Ian McBride]]
*[[Chichele Professor of Medieval History]] (All Souls College): [[Julia M. H. Smith]]
*Professor of Modern History ([[Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College]]): [[Patricia Clavin]]
*Professor of the History of Science ([[Linacre College, Oxford|Linacre College]]): Robert Iliffe
*Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexuality ([[Mansfield College, Oxford|Mansfield College]]): [[Matt Cook (historian)|Matt Cook]]
*[[Chichele Professor of the History of War]] (All Souls College): [[Peter H. Wilson]]
*Hillary Rodham Clinton Professor of Women's History ([[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]]): Sarah Knott

==Research groups==
[[File:Faculty of History, University of Oxford.JPG|thumb|Entrance to Faculty of History, University of Oxford]]
*Britain and Europe Group
*Britain and Europe Group
*Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History
*Centre for Early Modern British and Irish History
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*Oxford Centre for Medieval History
*Oxford Centre for Medieval History
*Research Cluster in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
*Research Cluster in History of Science, Medicine and Technology
*Wellcome Unit for History of Medicine, Oxford<ref>http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/a-z.html</ref>
*Wellcome Unit for History of Medicine, Oxford<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/a-z.html# |title=University of Oxford Faculty of History > Research > Research Projects: A-Z |access-date=2013-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623205601/http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/a-z.html# |archive-date=2013-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Notable Members==
==Notable academics==
{{See also|Category:Historians of the University of Oxford}}
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*[[Martin Biddle]]
*[[Martin Biddle]]
*[[John Blair (historian)|John Blair]]
*[[John Blair (historian)|John Blair]]
*[[Laurence Brockliss]]
*[[Judith M. Brown]]
*[[Judith M. Brown]]
*[[Averil Cameron]]
*[[Averil Cameron]]
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*[[Timothy Garton Ash]]
*[[Timothy Garton Ash]]
*[[Robert Gildea]]
*[[Robert Gildea]]
*[[Pekka Hämäläinen (historian)|Pekka Hämäläinen]]
*[[Brian Harrison (historian)|Brian Harrison]]
*[[Brian Harrison (historian)|Brian Harrison]]
*[[Peter Harrison (historian)|Peter Harrison]]
*[[Peter Harrison (historian)|Peter Harrison]]
*[[Robin Kelley]]
*[[Felicity Heal]]
*[[Daniel Walker Howe]]
*[[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]]
*[[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]]
*[[Yasmin Khan]]
*[[Alan Knight (historian)|Alan Knight]]
*[[Alan Knight (historian)|Alan Knight]]
*[[Paul Langford]]
*[[Paul Langford]]
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*[[Richard Sharpe (historian)|Richard Sharpe]]
*[[Richard Sharpe (historian)|Richard Sharpe]]
*[[Paul Slack]]
*[[Paul Slack]]
*[[Hew Strachan]]
*Sir [[Hew Strachan]]
*Sir [[Keith Thomas (historian)|Keith Thomas]]
*Sir [[Keith Thomas (historian)|Keith Thomas]]
*[[Christopher Wickham]]
*[[Christopher Wickham]]
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*[[Norman Davies]]
*[[Norman Davies]]
*[[Niall Ferguson]]
*[[Niall Ferguson]]
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*[[Dominic Grieve]], Attorney General of the United Kingdom
*[[John Gorton]], Prime Minister of [[Australia]]
*[[John Gorton]], Prime Minister of [[Australia]]
*[[Graham Greene]]
*[[Graham Greene]]
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*[[Dominic Grieve]], Attorney General of the United Kingdom
*[[Harald V of Norway]], King of [[Norway]]
*[[Harald V of Norway]], King of [[Norway]]
*[[T. E. Lawrence]]
*[[T. E. Lawrence]]
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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

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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

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Endowed chairs

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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

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Entrance to Faculty of History, University of Oxford
  • 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

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See also: Category:Historians of the University of Oxford

Notable alumni

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(See also the 'Historians' section of the page List of University of Oxford people in academic disciplines.)

References

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  1. ^ "Home | Faculty of History". History.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Bodleian History Faculty Library | Home". Bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Officers of the Faculty (June 2002)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Officers of the Faculty (January 2003)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Officers of the Faculty (January 2006)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Officers of the Faculty (April 2009)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Officers of the Faculty (October 2009)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b Conway, Martin. "The View from the Chair". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Faculty Office Holders (June 2021)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Faculty Office Holders (October 2021)". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Academics". History Faculty, University of Oxford. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  12. ^ "University of Oxford Faculty of History > Research > Research Projects: A-Z". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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