The University of Northampton - History Postgraduate courses

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History Postgraduate Courses

Old photograph As a vibrant research community, we offer a range of opportunities for post-graduate study and research, an MA Programme and a wealth of expertise in PhD supervision.

Old painting of a market scene Our MA programme in Social and Cultural History provides the opportunity to study particular aspects of history in greater depth, with teaching provided by full-time members of staff who are research-active experts in their fields. The programme also offers an excellent grounding for research degrees.

The number of PhD students studying history at Northampton has grown considerably in recent years, and forms an important part of the Division's research strategy. Our students are working on topics as diverse as eighteenth-century material culture, First World War Military Service Tribunals, and medical provision in nineteenth-century Poor Law Unions. We also offer a wide range of expertise in PhD supervision, with particular strengths in the history of war and in social and cultural history.

PhD students

The Graduate School and Division provide a focused, supportive yet stimulating environment in which to study for a PhD in history. Our PhD students play an active part in our research seminar series. Recent completions include studies of the Northamptonshire Military Service Tribunals, Women and shell-shock in the First World War and the role of the Summary Courts in the criminal justice system of nineteenth-century London.

Student	Project Title	Supervised by
Amy Barnett	Taste and material culture in provincial England: the role of the shopkeeper, 1660-1800	Jon Stobart and Cathy Smith
Daniel Damon	The tactical, strategic and training impact of joint UK-US counter-insurgency operations in the 21st century	Matthew Seligmann and Sally Sokoloff
Fiona Cosson	“A knowledge of local history seems to be a very worth-while thing”: Community, heritage and identity in Irthlingborough, 1840-2008	Jon Stobart and Philip Garner (Education)
Zoe Dyndor	The political culture of parliamentary elections in Northampton, c. 1750-1850	Matthew McCormack and Jon Stobart
Rosie MacArthur	Material culture and consumption on an English estate: Kelmarsh Hall, c.1687-1845	Jon Stobart and Cathy Smith
Janette Pearson	Nineteenth-century sea troop transport	Matthew Seligmann and Sally Sokoloff
Barbara Russell	Social capital, community and business integration: taking the long view	Jon Stobart and Nada Kakabadse (Business)
Jagath Senaratne	Insurgency and counter-insurgency	Matthew Seligmann and Sally Sokoloff
Michael Senior	Lieutenant General Sir Richard Haking as a corps commander on the Western Front, 1915-18	Matthew Seligmann and Sally Sokoloff
George Watley	The Consumer Behaviour of Caribbean people in Northamptonshire, c. 1955-1975	Jon Stobart and Julia Bush

If you are interested in undertaking PhD research at The University of Northampton, please contact Prof. Jon Stobart.

PhD Supervision

We are able to offer PhD supervision and expertise in the following areas:

PhD Supervisor	PhD area
Matthew Feldman	Socio-political modernism since the twentieth century, especially revolutionary modernism.
Drew Gray	Summary legal process and the development of the criminal justice system in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England.
Matthew McCormack	Political culture and/or gender in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.
Veronica West-Harling	Ecclesiastical, social and cultural history of the Middle Ages, and perceptions of medievalism, especially in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Matthew Seligmann	Great power politics in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially Anglo-German relations, the origins of wars and the development of the Royal Navy's plans for war before 1914.
Cathy Smith	Social history of eighteenth and nineteenth century England. Particularly the Poor law, poverty and lunacy.
Sally Sokoloff	Social history of World War Two Britain, Military Service Tribunals, and aspects of Northamptonshire History 1870 - 1970, particularly oral histories.
Jon Stobart	Social, cultural and economic history of eighteenth and early nineteenth century England, particularly material culture and consumption. Retail history.

If you are interested in undertaking PhD research at The University of Northampton,please contact Prof. Jon Stobart