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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Sussex
Full Time
Jan 2027
4 Year
Explore modern history through archives and global teaching. Pioneer new approaches to historical research. Sussex is well-situated for accessing an extraordinary range of resources and documentary materials. The Keep, a world-class archival centre on our doorstep, is home to the German-Jewish archives, the papers of Rudyard Kipling and Leonard Woolf, and the Mass Observation Archive, an unparalleled resource for the study of modern British history. Sussex also has easy access to the British Library and National Archives in London. We combine a long tradition in a field of scholarship pioneered at Sussex with a commitment to fostering new and emerging fields of inquiry. Core supervisory expertise is offered in the following: all aspects of 20th-century British history the history of the United States trans-national and comparative histories of race gender history the histories of youth and popular culture the impact of war in the modern world German-Jewish history the history of emotion. We particularly welcome outstanding applications that reflect Sussex’s distinctive interdisciplinary and comparative approach to historical research.
Books, course materials and other costs (average) - 2.25 to 5.54 (Cost per week)
