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Economic and Social History

The University of Edinburgh

Undergraduate PhD Full-time 3 Years History

About this course

We host one of the largest economic and social history research groupings in the UK.

Staff research interests are wide-ranging, including the study of:

  • economic development

  • financial history

  • energy policy

  • globalisation

  • slavery

  • urban history

  • consumption

  • material culture

  • museums and collecting

  • leisure

  • religious belief

  • popular culture

  • medicine and disease

  • gender

  • sexuality

  • the family

    The diversity of our research means we can support students’ economic and social history study in a vast range of time periods and geographical regions and from the early modern period to the present day.

    Particular areas of expertise available for research are:

  • culture and society in early modern Britain

  • slavery in the Atlantic world since 1700

  • the material culture of gender in 18th-century Britain

  • urban society and civil society in historical context

  • cinema and society in modern Britain

  • gender, crime and deviancy: Britain 1860–1960; energy policy in Britain since 1920

  • the economic history of China in the 20th century

  • the history of health and medicine in Britain since 1750

    The University’s economic and social historians host three research groups: material and visual cultures of the past; enlightenment and popular culture; and economic and social history.

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 2 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 6 Years

    Qualification: PhD

    Location: Edinburgh

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 3 Years

    Qualification: PhD

    Location: Edinburgh

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations. Click through for salaries, employment rates and other UK degrees that lead there:

    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries 3412 Authors, writers and translators 2472 Archivists, conservators and curators 4112 Local government administrative occupations 4214 Company secretaries and administrators 4135 Library clerks and assistants

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    3 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Edinburgh
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    History

    Offered by

    The University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh

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