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NORTH EAST ENGLAND HISTORY INSTITUTE |
MASTERS IN RESEARCH IN REGIONAL HISTORYThe Masters in Research in Regional History is offered by each History department in the North-East England History Institute: A Centre for Regional History. It offers the opportunity to study regional history both in a national and international context and in all periods from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Its aim is to provide students with training in research methods in regional history and the opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of research for their dissertation. Students have the option of registering at the institution whose specialist expertise most closely matches their own interests. The programme is intended to provide students with the skills to enable them to engage in further independent research at Ph.D. level, but may also be taken as a stand alone MA.
Regional History is currently a vibrant branch of historical research and debate. Focusing upon regions enables historians to challenge well-worn narratives about the formation of the nation and the state, and to focus upon the identities and cultures which people experienced on a more immediate day to day basis. This MA course, based in the internationally recognised Centre for Regional History at the North-East England History Institute in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, combines the teaching capacity of over forty historians from the five universities in the North-East of England, and provides a lively postgraduate environment. Our approach to Regional History is a broad one. It embraces the study of regional identities and cultures; of regional societies and economies; politics and religion. You may choose to focus on one region of Britain or develop an international and comparative approach. Students on this degree may specialise in the history of one region – such as the North-East – or indeed a smaller locality in its regional setting. Alternatively, students may wish to develop comparative approaches between regions in Britain and Europe, and where specialist supervision is available, to work on regions in Africa, East Asia or the Americas. The programme consists of three parts.
The MA is principally designed for students who wish to progress to research at Ph.D. level, but it also offers a qualification which may enhance promotion prospects in other professions such as teaching, museum and archive work. We also welcome those who wish to pursue research for personal rather than career reasons. Entry Requirements A good honours degree in History or another relevant discipline (class 1 or 2.i). Special cases will be considered on individual merits. Enquiries Please contact the Director of the programme, Dr. Adrian Green (e-mail: a.g.green@durham.ac.uk), to enquire about possible areas of supervision; or write to . NEEHI Postgraduate Applications c/o Emma Shaw, School of Arts and Media, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA. Students will usually be registered with the university where their lead supervisor is based. Supervisers Durham University
Dr. Lawrence Black: Cultural, social and poiltical change in post-1945 Britain (consumption, the arts, youth culture, national identity).
Prof. Chris Brooks: Early Modern British history, especially social, political and legal history of England 1500-1800.
Dr Alejandro Caneque: Early modern Atlantic world; Spanish empire and colonial Latin America, especially Mexico.
Dr Ben Dodds: Medieval economic and social history, especially agricultural history and that of the peasant economy, with particular interest in comparative regional studies.
Prof. Richard Gameson: Medieval history of the book, medieval manuscripts and book production/decoration.
Dr Adrian Green: Regional society, economies and culture in Britain and its colonies, 1500-1800, with particular attention to landscape and material evidence.
Prof. Howell Harris: US History, especially the history of business and technology.
Dr Christian Liddy: English regional history in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries.
Dr Cathy McClive: Early Modern France and Europe - history of medicine, sexuality, gender and the body.
Prof. Ranald Michie: Modern economic and financial history.
Dr David Moon: Environmental history in Russia and North America, in the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.
Dr Christine Newman (Victoria County History of Durham): Late medieval and early modern north-east England.
Dr Andrzej Olechnowich: Social history of Britain and especially North-East England after 1880, especially the inter-war period.
Dr. Richard Reid: Nineteenth and twentieth century Africa, especially East and Northeast Africa.
Prof. David Rollason: Anglo-Saxon history, especially religion and society, and Northumbria; northern England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Dr. Kay Schiller: Twentieth-century Germany.
Prof. Paul Stephenson: Byzantine history and culture; history of late antique and early medieval Eastern Mediterranean; medieval history and historiography of the Balkans and Southeastern Europe.
Dr. Gabriella Treglia: Race in the United States since the nineteenth century, especially Native American and African American experiences.
Dr Julian Wright: Modern French history, Regionalism in France.
Newcastle University
Dr Joan Allen: Radical politics in Victorian Britain; journalism and the press; the Irish in Britain and Victorian society more generally.
Prof. Jeremy Boulton, Towns and cities and their hinterlands, urban social and economic history, 1500-1800.
Dr. Fergus Campbell. British and Irish history in the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries; regional history; comparative history of revolution, nationalism, and peasant protest; the history of the west of Ireland.
Dr Martin Farr: modern and contemporary British politics, particularly parliamentary and electoral politics, foreign policy, and political biography.
Dr Rachel Hammersley: Early Modern British and French history, with a particular interest in intellectual history/the history of ideas, revolutions and radical groups.
Dr. Naomi Standen. Social and political history
of middle-period China, especially frontier
regions and cultural interaction.
Northumbria University
Dr Alex Cowan: early modern European history, especially urban culture and the history of Venice.
Dr Ewan Knox: modern British social history, especially working class history, middle class history, the labour movement.
Dr Bill Lancaster: modern social and cultural history: in particular, popular politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, regional culture, environmental history; consumerism; regional music; Anglo-Scandinavian comparative history.
Dr Avram Taylor: twentieth-century British history, especially immigrants and minorities.
Sunderland University
Dr Gill Cookson: Regional and local history, especially of the north of England, 1700-1900; economic and industrial history, urban development.
Dr Peter Hayes: The history of political thought, including Marxism, modern Asian politics and the politics of inter-racial adoption.
Dr Simon Henig: Modern British electoral history; the history of the British Labour Party.
Dr W.S. Howard: British labour history; history of North East England (1750-1994); history of coalmining; philosophy and methodology of history.
Dr Maureen Meikle: Early modern history, including British social history, Scottish history, British women's history and local history.
Professor Michael Turner: British political history since 1760, particularly reform politics and radicalism from the late 18th to the mid 19th century.
Dr Kevin Yuill: Modern and contemporary American history, especially the civil rights and Nixon eras.
Teesside University
Dr Graham Ford: German labour relations - trade unions, industrial conflict and health and safety during the Kaiserreich; history of modern Bavaria - the Christian Social Union (CSU) and postwar Bavarian political history.
Dr Rob Lee: British social and cultural history 1800 - 1950; local and regional history; labour unrest, labour militancy and labour politics; power and landownership; religion; popular culture; the impact of industrialisation on local communities.
Dr Diana Newton: Early modern English political and religious history; regional history especially late sixteenth and early seventeenth century north-east of England.
Dr Tony Nicholson: Modern British social and cultural history; local and regional history, with special emphasis on North-East history.
Linda Polley: Professional architectural practice in Victorian North East England; housing for the working class; history of parks and gardens; the use of visual imagery as historical source material.
Dr Natasha Vall: Twentieth century history of regional cultures; popular radio and television; post-industrialism in European cities; twentieth century popular culture in North East England; comparative urban European history.
Dr Margaret Williamson: history of the family; women in twentieth century Britain; oral history.
Funding
Each university may be able to offer bursaries to reduce the cost of study. Some applicants may be eligible for AHRC funding. To enable us to process AHRC applications, you should apply by March 1st.
How to Apply
Following consultation with the programme director (Dr. Adrian Green) you will need to apply for a place at the university of your choice. See the links below for how to apply to each institution:
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