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Our Graduates

From museums and schools to the entertainment and gaming industries, our graduates are highly sought after by employers in an extraordinary range of sectors, and not just for their skills in problem solving and analysis. They are also sought after for the intellectual rigour they bring to decision-making and strategy.

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Studentships, scholarships and prizes

Lancaster's Department of History offers scholarships, prizes and studentships at undergraduate, Master's and doctoral level throughout the year. These currently include our MA Scholarships, Iredell MA Studentship, and two undergraduate essay prizes, the Merriman Prize (on the topic of International and/or Military History) and the Lancaster Prize in Digital Humanities.

Studentships and Essay Prizes

Study Abroad at Lancaster

Lancaster University enjoys partnerships across the world and offers students many opportunities for global travel and study. As an undergraduate historian at Lancaster, you can choose to study in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe or New Zealand under the study abroad scheme.

Study abroad

Our Community

We seek to create a welcoming environment for all of our students and staff, irrespective of background, and we are strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity. Our activities include participating in Athena SWAN (a scheme to address gender equality in Higher Education), celebrating Black History, and fostering community engagement through our historical projects.

Our Community

Historic Lancaster

The city of Lancaster and its surrounds are steeped in history. Explore the top historic sites to visit as recommended by members of the History Department, from Bronze Age stone circles to gothic churches, from Norman castles to Civil War fortresses, and from the mills of the Industrial Revolution to marvels of Art Deco architecture

Historic Lancaster

Latest News

Delgates gathered in a conference room for the MHC conference.

Second Annual Military History Consortium Conference, at Iscte-University Institute Lisbon

Over 4-6 June 2025, Lisbon Iscte-University Institute Lisbon (Iscte-IUL) hosted the Second Annual Conference of the Military History Consortium (MHC), of which Lancaster University is a founding and leading member. 
Professor Catherine Clarke and Dr Sarah Rose

Lancaster historian honoured with VCH Outstanding Contribution Award

Dr Sarah Rose has received a prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award from the Victoria County History (VCH) of England in recognition of her transformative work with the VCH of Cumbria.

The montage shows a handful of the pamphlets from the Patten Collection: ‘How to Keep Well in Wartime’, ‘Our Wonderful Women’ and ‘Here Comes The Milk’.

Student’s surprise finding links to University Library’s VE Day exhibition

A Lancaster University student, keen to find out about a special collection held by the University’s Library, got a big surprise when it turned out the memorabilia had been amassed by his grandfather.
The new Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ Heads of School are (top row from left to right): Beatrice Szczepek Reed, Bryan Clark, Caron Gentry and Emma Rose. The new Deputy Heads of School are (bottom row left to right): Mark Knight, Chris Grover, Chris Macleod and Angus MacCulloch.

Four new schools to launch at Lancaster University

Lancaster University is launching four new schools this summer as part of moves to strengthen and streamline the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Front cover of OUP Handbook with portraits of Professor Wyss and Kleynhans

Landmark publication on African Defence and Armed Forces

This week sees the publication of the landmark volume, the Oxford University Press Handbook of African Defence and Armed Forces, edited by two CWD researchers, Professors Marco Wyss and Evert Kleynhans.

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Developing computational models to formalize concepts and fuzzy toponyms in British India colonial corpus

Friday 18 July 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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CWD Roundtable: UK Defence and Security: Past, Present and Future

Tuesday 21 October 2025, 5:00pm to 6:30pm

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