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1970
'Hiding behind history': Winston S. Churchill's portrayal of the Second World War east of Suez. Wilson, Catherine A.V.
Ph.D., Hull. (Hist.). Supervised by Omissi, David E.
Chronological coverage: 1939–1945
Religion in Tacitus' Annals: historical constructions of memory. Shannon, Kelly E.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Classics). Supervised by Ash, Rhiannon
Chronological coverage: 76–117
The authenticity of Asser's Life of Alfred. Lavington, Rosalind M.
M. A., Manchester. Supervised by John, E.
Categories: Medieval
The English historiography of the Crusades, 1550-1660. Mower, Andrew J.
Ph.D., East Anglia. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1550–1660
'X' marks the spot: the history and historiography of Coleshill House, Berkshire. Fielder, Karen
Ph.D., Southampton. (Hist.). Supervised by Arnold, Dana
Chronological coverage: 1660–2000
1971
Francis Bacon: the study of history and the science of man. Clark, D. S. T.
Ph. D, Cambridge. Supervised by Wormald, B. H. G.
Max Lenz: a study of Rankean historiography in the 20th century. Herkless, J. L.
M. Litt., Cambridge. Supervised by Forbes, D.
Nicolaus of Damascus: his historical writings, with particular reference to his biography of Augustus. Biltcliffe, D. A. W.
Ph. D., Leicester.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The apocalyptic tradition in early Protestant histiography in England and Scotland, 1535-1655. Firth, Katherine R.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Trevor-Roper, H. R.
The historical methods of Xenophon in the Hellenica, with special reference to the influence of Thucydides. Soulis, E.
Ph. D., Bristol.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The life and works of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, accompanied by a critical edition of certain sections of al-Saklawi's al-Jawahir wa-al-Durar. Rahmani, A. A.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Hopkins, J. F. P.
1972
Chronicon regum Manniae et Insularum: chronicle of the kings of Mann and the Isles. Translated rom the original Latin, with notes. Broderick, G.
M. Phil., Nottingham.
Categories: Medieval
Introduction and commentary on select chapters of Herodotus Book II. Lloyd, A. B.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Forrest, W. G. G.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
M. N. Pokrovsky and the origin of Soviet historiography. White, J. D.
Ph. D., Glasgow. Supervised by Brock, W. R.
The Bolshevization of Soviet Historiography, 1928-32. Barber, J. D.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Carr, E. H.
The Byzantine church historians form Eusebius to Evagrius: a historiographical study. Chesnut, G. F.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Greenslade, S. L.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The historical works of Jon Espolin and his contemporaries: aspects of Icelandic historiography. Sigurdsson, L.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Palsson, H.; Hay, D.
The Origines of Cato and the non-Roman historical tradition about ancient Italy. Cornell, T. J.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Momigliano, A. D.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir bi'llah, 1027-94: a discussion of al-Maqrizi's account given in the Itti'az al-Hunafa. Kessler, P. E.
B. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Richards, D. S.
1973
A critical edition of John Capgrave's Universal Chronicle. Lucas, P. J.
Ph. D., Leeds. Supervised by Cawley, A. C.
Categories: Medieval
A critical edition of the life of St. Samuel of Kalaman in the Pierpont Morgan Library, Coptic Codex no. 578, with translation, commentaries and a historical study of the saint and his times. Alcock, A.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Barnes, J. W. B.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
An edition of the History of King Richard the Third, by Sir George Buck, 1619. Kincaid, A. N.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Alton, R. E.
Augustus and the historians. Gillian Clark, E.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Lepper, F. A.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Objective history and the individual historian. Ingram, P. G.
Ph. D, Edinburgh.
Platina's History of the Popes. Palermino, R. J.
M. Litt., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hay, D.
Categories: Medieval
Shams al-din al-Sakhawi as an historian of the 9th/15th century, with an edition of that section of his chronicles (Wajiz al-kalam) covering the period 800-49/1397-1445. Al-Hasso, A. A.
Ph. D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Burton, J.
The 1929 debates in the Society of Marxist Historians, their relevance to the contemporary setting, and. Richards, N. A. C.
M. Sc., Salford.
The attitudes of Carlyle and his circle to the French Revolution with special reference to Carlyle's French Revolution. Smart, J. D.
B. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Burden, D. H.
The possibility of objectivity in history. Gorman, J.L.
Ph. D, Cambridge. Supervised by Gallie, W.B.
Traditional and contemporary elements in Xenophon's Hellenica. Rahn, P. J.
Ph. D., Liverpool. Supervised by Walbank, F. W.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1974
A critical edition of the Annals of Hailes, with a study of their sources. Blount, Margaret N.
M. A., Manchester. Supervised by John, E.
Categories: Medieval
A critical edition with introduction and summary of contents, of 'Umar b. Shabba'a History of Medina. al-Ghannam, S. M.
Ph. D., Manchester.
British scholarship on Muslim rule in India: the work of William Erskine, Sir Henry M. Elliot, John Dowson, Edward Thomas, J. Talboys Wheeler and Henry G. Keene. Wahi, Tripta
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Hardy, P.
The treatment of military operations and military leaders in Xenophon's Hellenika: the paradigmatic factor. Gray, Vivienne J.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Griffith, G. T.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1975
A critical edition of Ta'rikh Irbil of Ibn al'Mustawfi, accompanied by an introduction, evaluation and a biography of the author. al-Sakkar, S.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Serjeant, R. B.
A critical edition of the Artuqid section in Ta'rikh Mayyafariqin wa Amid, by Ibn al-Azraq al Fariqi. Savran, A.
Ph. D., St. Andrews.
An historical commentary on Plutarch's biography of Kimon. Stuart, M. J.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Barron, J. P.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
A study of al-Ma'afiri's biographies of famous women in early Islam. Tibi, A.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Jones, A.
Categories: Gender and Women; Asia and Middle East
Chronography and early Greek history. Ball, R. N.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Jeffery, Lilian R.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
History as celebration: Castilian and Hispano-Latin epics and histories, 1080-1210 A.D. West, G. R.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Deyermond, A. D.
Categories: Medieval
Introduction, text and commentary on chapters 1-27 of Plutarch's Life of Caesar. Pelling, C. B. R
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Russell, D. A. F. M.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Iohannes Cuspinianus and the History of the Emperors. Godfrey, D. M.
M. Phil., London. Supervised by Chambers, D. S.
Josephus: Jewish history and the Greek world. Rajak, Tessa
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Millar, F. C. B.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Memory into history: a study of the autobiographical writings of American historians who lived during the American Civil War. Carter, R. A.
M. Litt., Edinburgh. Supervised by Shepperson, G. A.
Suetonius's Life of Nero: a historical commentary. Bradley, K. R.
B. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Sherwin-White, A. N.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The growth of working-class consciousness in the first half of the 19th century: a study of the autobiographies of working men. Vincent, D. M.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by McKendrick, N.
The nature of theoretical history and its application in the works of William Robertson. Moore, Pauline
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Mitchison, Rosalind M.
Tradition and innovation in English chronicles down to the mid 13th century. Peterson, D. S.
M. Litt, Edinburgh. Supervised by Barker, L. G. D.; Hay, D.
Categories: Medieval
Views of ancient history in Italy, 1250-1350. Dury, R. J.
M. A., Manchester. Supervised by Hyde, J. K.
Categories: Medieval
Vita sancte Etheldrede Eliensis: an edition with a commentary, full glossary, and an introduction to the language of the text, of the Middle English Life of St. Etheldreda in MS. B. M. Faustina BIII. Eastwood, Othalie S. H.
M. A., Durham.
Categories: Medieval
1976
An edition and translation of the chronicles from Muhammad al-Qadiri's Nashr al-Mathani. Cigar, N. L.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Brown, K.
An edition of the Continuation of the Eulogium Historiarum, 1361-1413. Clifford, S. N.
M. Phil, Leeds. Supervised by Taylor, J.
Categories: Medieval
A study of 19th century historical work on Muslim rule in Bengal: Charles Stewart to Henry Beveridge. Hussain, M. D.
M. Phil., London. Supervised by Hardy, P.
Economic theory in historical explanation: the Hempel explanation schema in economic history. Howells, P. G. A.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by John, A. H.
Mustafa Selaniki's History of the Ottomans. Ipsirli, M.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Walsh, J. R.
Nationlism as a secular religion: the evolution of Jules Michelet's historical thought, 1840-6. Mago, Michela S.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Gallie, W. B.
The textual history of the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum. Dunville, D. N.
Ph. D., Edinburgh.
Categories: Medieval
1977
An historical commentary on Suetonius's Lives of Galba, Otho and Vitellius. Murison, C. L.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Wellesley, K.; Cadoux, T. J.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Economic and social interpretations of history in the works of selected British historians in the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilsher, J. C.
Ph. D., Lancaster. Supervised by Perkin, H. J.
Evagrius Scholasticus, the church historian. Allen, Pauline A.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Cameron, Averil M.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
George Buchanan's Rerum Scoticarum Historia. Abbott, D. M.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Campbell, I. M.; Donaldson, G.
Italian historiography and the French invasion of 1494. Ley, G. K. H.
M. Phil., London. Supervised by Chambers, D. S.
Mission and spirituality in Carolingian missionary literature, with particular reference to the Vita Bonifatii and the Vita Anskarii. Barker, Carole A.
Ph. D., Nottingham. Supervised by Markus, R. A.
Categories: Medieval
Perspective and method in early Islamic historiography: a study of al-Tabari's Tar'ikh al-Rusul wa'l Muluk. Straley, Dona S.
Ph. D., Edinburgh.
Studies in the lives of the Saints, with special attention to the Northern Homily Cycle. Heffernan, T. J. A.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Brewer, D. S.
Categories: Medieval
The historiography of mental 'illness': a cause for the social history of madness. Crawford, C.
M. Sc., Sussex. Supervised by Luckin, W.
The languages of the Chronicle of the Morea. Caney, J. C.
M. A., Birmingham. Supervised by Alexiou, Margaret
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The life and writings of Sir John William Kaye (1814-76). Singh, N. N. P.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Ballhatchet, K. A.
The social and contintental background to early Anglo-Saxon hagiography. Thacker, A. T.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J. M.
Categories: Medieval
Tuscan historiography c.1400-c.1450 and the problem of Florentine hegemony in Tuscany. Webb, Diana M.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Rubinstein, N.
Categories: Medieval
1978
A translation and historical commentary of George Akropolites's History. Macrides, Ruth J.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Nicol, D. M.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
Idealism and the study of history: the development of the historiography of Max Lenz. Herkless, J. L.
Ph. D., Birmingham. Supervised by Grenville, J. A. S.
Marx and scientific social history. Lloyd, A. C.
M. Phil., Sussex.
Paolo Paruta as an historian. Phillips, Sara
M. A., Kent. Supervised by Laven, P. J.
Peter Heylyn: a 17th century church historian. Mainard, R. I.
M. A., Manchester.
Suetonius's Life of Claudius: a historical and social commentary. Mottershead, Jean
Ph. D., Manchester. Supervised by Birley, A. R.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Sulpicius's Saint Martin. Stancliffe, Clare E.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J. M.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The chronicle of Count Marcellinus in its contemporary and historiographical context. Croke, B. F.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Matthews, J. F.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The Chronographia of Michael Psellos: prolegomena to a new edition. Snipes, H. K.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Browning, R.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The Historia Ecclesiastica of Germanus I of Constantinople: its place in the development of Greek liturgical theology. Parsons, S. C.
M. Litt, Oxford. Supervised by Ware, K. T.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The Mildrith legend: study in early medieval hagiography in England. Rollason, D. W.
Ph. D., Birmingham. Supervised by Davis, R. H. C.
Categories: Medieval
The political, religious and historiographical ideas of Juan Fransisco Masdeu, S. J., 1744-1817. Mantelli, R.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Anderson, M. S.
The reception of the major works of W. E. H. Lecky, 1865-96. Pilling, N. P.
M. Phil., London. Supervised by Burns, J. H.
Time and the land: the work of American historians during the generation of the American Revolution. Perry, E. S.
Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Pole, J. R.
1979
A commentary on Quintus Curtius's Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis Book IV, 1-8. Bromley, Marilynne A. C.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Goodyear, F. R. D.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
'Al-mas' Udi, with special reference to his treatment of non-Muslim history and religion. Shboul, A. M. H.
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Hussey, Joan M.
An edition of MS. B (Cotton Tiberius A. vi) of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Taylor, R. S.
B. Phil, St. Andrews.
Categories: Medieval
Aristotle's treatment of historical material in the Politics. Thomas, D. H.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, D. M.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Attitudes to nationality in Scottish historical writing from Barbour to Boece. Drexler, Marjorie J.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Cowan, E. J.
Categories: Medieval
Biographies of early Icelandic bishops. Fort, P. M.
M. Litt, Edinburgh.
Categories: Medieval
Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold and Pater: their conceptions of history. Johnson, J. A.
Ph. D., Manchester.
Divine providence and Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World. Hardy, Linda R.
M. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Williamson, C. F.
French historical novels, 1814-36: some ideological implications of recreational fiction and its conditions of production. Gretton, T. H..
Ph. D., London. Supervised by Johnson, D. W. J.
G. G. Coulton and Catholic popular historiography. Bradburn, Carole A.
M. A., Sheffield. Supervised by Moore, R. E.
Historiography of the political culture of the Afghan period in northern India, 1451-1557. Milo, A.
M. Phil., London. Supervised by Hardy, P.
Reginald of Durham and St. Godric of Finchale: a study of a 12th-century hagiographer and his major subject. Tudor, Victoria M.
Ph. D., Reading. Supervised by Farmer, D. H.
Categories: Medieval
The development of British Indology, 1765-1820. Swanson, K. B.
Ph. D., Edinburgh.
The history of the Jazira, 1100-50: the contribution of Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi. Hillenbrand, Carole
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Howard, I. K. A.; Walsh, J. R.
The Sehname-i Humayun of Ta'liki-zade Medmed Efendi on the Ottoman campaign into Hungary in 1593-4: a critical edition of the text, with introduction and annotation. Woodhead, Christine M.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Walsh, J. R.
1980
A critical edition of Al-Araj al-Miski fi t-Tarikh al-Makki by 'Ali b. 'Abd al-Qadir at-Tabari, together with an introduction to the work and its author. Al-Tasan, M. S.
Ph. D., Edinburgh.
An edition of al-Muntakhab fi dhikr ansab qaba'il al' Arab by 'Abd al Rahman b. Hamad b. Zayd al-Mughiri al-Lami al-Ta'i (A.H. 1285-1364/A.D. 1863-1944). I. ibn. Al-Zayd, M.
Ph. D., Exeter.
A reconsideration of the historical works associated with Simeon of Durham: manuscripts, texts and influences. Meehan, B. A.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Baker, L. G. D.; Hay, D.
Categories: Medieval
A reconsideration of the literary sources of the history of Roman Britain. Reed, N. J.
M. Phil, St. Andrews.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
A survey of historical and ethnographic literature on the ancient kingdom of Kongo. Burke, Joan F.
M. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Lienhardt, R. G.
Determinism in humanist historiography: Facio, Palmieri and Platina. Palermino, R. J.
Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hay, D.
Categories: Medieval
Mosul and Mosuli Historians of he Jalili era (1726-1834). Kemp, P. E.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hourani, A. H.
Suetonius on the emperor: studies in the representation of the emperor in The Caesars. Wallace-Hadrill, A. F.
D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Brunt, P. A.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The Icelandic life of Saint Oswald from Reykjaholabok: an edition. Kernick, Sheila L.
M. A., Birmingham. Supervised by Faulkes, A. R.
Categories: Medieval
The legacy of evangelicalism in the lives and writings of certain descendants of the Clapham Sect, with special reference to biographical literature. Tolley, C. J.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Cockshut, A. O. J.
The life of St. Etheldreda. Gooding-Williams, Brenda C. M.
M. A., Birmingham. Supervised by Shepherd, G. T.
Categories: Medieval
The works of Jehan Creton: a critical edition. Stewart, Lorna A.
Ph. D., Aberdeen. Supervised by Laidlaw, J. C.
Categories: Medieval
Two Tudor translations of Hayton's La fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient: a critical edition. Burger, G. D.
D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Gray, D.
1981
A commentary on Einhard's Life of Charlemagne. Hocking, P.A.
M.Phil., London. Supervised by Ireland, R.I.
Categories: Medieval
Byzantine historiography in Kievan Russia: a study in cultural adaptation. Franklin, S.C.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Obolensky, D.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
Dionysius of Halicarnassus as a historian: an investigation of his aims and methods in the Antiquitates Romanae. Schultze, Clemence E.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Fredericksen, M.W.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Hagiography in England in the 19th century: a study in literary, historiographical and theological developments. Townsend, R.D.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Rowell, D.G.
Tacitus and Roman Britain, with special reference to De vita Agricolae. Rogan, J.
B.Phil., Open University.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Thomas Carlyle and the 18th century. Lockwood, D.N.
M.A., Birmingham.
William Harrison (1535-93) and The Great English Chronology: Puritanism andhistory in the reign of Elizabeth. Parry, G.J.R.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Elton, G.R.
1982
An analysis of the earliest historical writers (Ibn Ishaq, al-Tabari and al-Baladhuri). Luqman, M.
Ph.D., Glasgow.
Asceticism and society: a study in John of Ephesus's Lives of the Eastern Saints. Harvey, Susan Ashbrook
Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Young, Frances; Brock, S.P.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
A survey of the writing of French contemporary history, 1660-1700. James, Valerie A.
M.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Briggs, R.
Diodorus Siculus Book XV: a historical commentary (excluding the Sicilian portions). Stylianou, P.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Cawkwell, G.L.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Herodian on Elagabalus. Sidebotham, H.
M.A., Manchester. Supervised by Birley, A.R.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The compilation and production of a classic county history: a study of Francis Blomefield's History of Norfolk. Stoker, D.
M.Phil., Reading. Supervised by Dodwell, Barbara
The early county historians of Wales and western England, c.1570-1656. Deakin, Q.E.
Ph.D., Wales (Aberystwyth). Supervised by Walker, R.F.
The Historiae of Theophylact Simocatta. Whitby, L.M.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Howard-Johnston, J.D.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The Lives of the early Irish saints: a study in formulaic composition and thecreation of an image. Bray, Dorothy A.
Ph.D., Edinburgh.
Categories: Medieval
Xenophon's Hellenica: introductory essay and commentary on VI 3-5. Tuplin, C.J.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Andrewes, A.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1983
A critical study of the Liber Historiae Francorum. Gerberding, R.A.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hadrill, J.M. Wallace-
Categories: Medieval
Change and continuity in English historical thought, c.1590-1640. Woolf, D.R.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Aylmer, G.E.
Joachim of Fiore and the idea of historical progress. Gormley, J.E.
M.A., Belfast.
Categories: Medieval
Justin Martyr: a theology of history. Donner, T.G.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Chadwick, H.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Liberalism and historicism: history and politics in the thought of Benedetto Croce. Bellamy, R.P.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ginsborg, P.A.
Lord Macaulay's History of England and the historical imagination. Simmons, C.A.
M.Phil., Sheffield.
Mao and history: an interpretive essay on some problems in Mao Zedong's philosophy of history. Knight, N.J.
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Schram, S.R.
Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia, 1307-1422. Gray, B.
M.Litt., Birmingham.
Categories: Medieval
Textbook Germany for the adolescent historian, 1945-82. Lewis, T.C.
M.A., Birmingham. Supervised by Grenville, J.A.S.
The amateur and the professional: antiquarians, historians and archaeologists in 19th-century England, 1838-86. Levine, Philippa J.A.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Briggs, A.
The evolution of the Decline and Fall: a study of Gibbon in his historiographical context. Womersley, D.J.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Jack, I.R.J.
The historiography of Henry de Boulainvilliers. Price, R.
Ph.D., Durham.
The Zafar-Namah of Hamdallah Mustaufi and the Il-Khan dynasty of Iran. Ward, L.J.
Ph.D., Manchester. Supervised by Luft, P.
Thomas Carlyle's method of epic and prophetic history, 1820-37. Sorensen, D.R.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Richards, B.A.
1984
Historiographical aspects of Russian Liberalism, 1890-1918. Wilson, A.J.H.
M.A., Keele. Supervised by Service, R.J.
John Lingard: the historian as apologist. Cattermole, P.H.
Ph.D., Kent.
The development of Jean-Paul Sartre's theory of history, 1945-60. Dobson, A.N.H.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Warnock, Helen M.
The historical novel as philosophy of history: three German contributions - Alexis, Fontane, Doblin. Humphrey, R.P.B.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Stern, J.P.
The idea of Walter Benjamin: researches in philosophical historiography and the philosophy of history. Tagart, R.W.
M.A., Kent. Supervised by Bann, S.
The ideological context of John Milton's History of Britain. Dzelzainis, M.M.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Skinner, Q.R.D.
The Miroir historical abrege de France and Cest chose profitable: a study of two 15th-century French historical texts and their context. Daly, Kathleen
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Vale, M.G.A.
Categories: Medieval
The writing of Thomas Carlyle's Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches. Trela, D.J.
Ph.D., Edinburgh.
Traditional Thai historiography and its 19th-century decline. Pongsripian, W.
Ph.D., Bristol. Supervised by Brailey, N.J.
William Mitford and Greek history. Taylor, J.S.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Murray, O.
1985
A commentary on Livy Book IX, chapters 1-28. Oakley, S.P.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Goodyear, F.R.D.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
A commentary on Plutarch's Life of Pompey, chapters 1-46.4. Watkins, O.D.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Pelling, C.B.R.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
An unexploited source for the history of the Saljuqs: a translation of and critical commentary on the Akhbar al-dawlat al-Saljuqiyya. Ayaz, Q.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hillenbrand, Carole
Explanation in social history. Lloyd, A.C.
M.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Torrence, J.R.
Fourth-century Greek historical writing about Persia in the period between the accession of Artaxerxes II Mnemon and that of Darius III (404-336 B.C.). Stevenson, Rosemary B.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, D.M.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Gold Coast historians and their pursuit of the Gold Coast pasts, 1882-1918. Jenkins, R.G.
Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by McCaskie, T.C.
The Lives of St. Francis of Assisi contained in MSS. B.N. fr. 19531, 2094, 13505. Pinder, Janice M.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Kennedy, E.M.
Categories: Medieval
1986
A critical edition of Tarikh al-Madinah by Al-Shaykh Qutb al-Din. Drees, A.A.A.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hillenbrand, Carole
A critical edition of volume 2 of Tarikh al-duwal wa'l muluk by Muhammad b. Abd Al-Rahim b. Ali Ibn Al-Furat. Elshayyal, M.F.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hillenbrand, Carole
A critical reconstruction and edition of the historical writings of Madaini. Al-Shihab, A.M.N.
Ph.D., Exeter.
Agents and masters in ancient near eastern history writings. Lawrence, P.J.N.
Ph.D., Liverpool.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
An examination of attitudes towards non-Europeans in British school history textbooks and children's periodicals, 1890-1914. Castle, Kathryn A.
Ph.D., Council for National Academic Awards. ((North London Polytechnic)). Supervised by Judd, D.O.; Aldrich, R.E.
Arab historians and the rise of the nation-state, 1820-1980. Choueiri, Y.M.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Hinds, G.M.
Milton's History of Britain in its historical context. von Maltzahn, N.D.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Carey, J.
Studies in oral tradition and written record in classical Athens. Thomas, Rosalind
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Humphreys, Sarah C.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The Gesta Dei per Francos of Guibert, abbot of Nogent. Coupe, M.D.
Ph.D., Southampton. Supervised by Morris, C.
Categories: Medieval
The Life of S. Pancratius of Taormina. Stallman, Cynthia J.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Mango, C.
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The politics of German historians, 1914-45. Lambert, P.
D.Phil., Sussex. Supervised by Rohl, J.C.G.
1987
Medieval Irish saints' Lives: a study of the three Latin collections. Sharpe, R.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Dumville, D.N.
Categories: Medieval
Piacentine historiography in the later 16th century: the Cronica dell' origine di Piacenza of the Inquisitor Umberto Locati (1503-87). Ditchfield, S.R.
M.Phil., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
Plutarch and Rome: three studies. Swain, S.C.R.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Pelling, C.B.R.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1988
Economics and modes of security in the philosophy of history. Blackburn, R.J.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Cohen, G.A.
Flodoard of Rheims, Historia Ecclesiae Remensis, III 22-29: a translation and commentary. Carroll, M.L.
M.A., York. Supervised by James, E.
Categories: Medieval
Giambattista Vico: imagination and historical knowledge. Desbrisay, Cecelia G.M.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Berlin, I.
Orientalism, utilitarianism and British India: James Mill's The History of British India and the romantic Orient. Majeed, J.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Shrimpton, N.G.
Paolo Sarpi, Cardinal Albizzi and the history of the Inquisition in Venice, 1600- 30. M. Flanagan, Honoria
M.Phil., Manchester. Supervised by Pullan, B.S.
Sixteenth-century civic communities and the advent of the Reformation: the Moeller initiative, the subsequent debate and current dominant interpretive trends in the social historiography of the urban Reformation in Germany and France. Gaganakis, C.
Ph.D., Glasgow. Supervised by Black, C.F.
St. Peter Damian's Vita Beati Romualdi: introduction, translation and analysis. Phipps, C.R.
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
Categories: Medieval
The Asiatic mode of production: historical materialism and Indian historiography. O'Leary, D.B.
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nossiter, T.J.
The English Reformation and English Catholic historians, 1790-1940. Vidmar, J.C.
M.Phil., Edinburgh.
The Evangelical Revival as seen by contemporary and subsequent writers. Whiteman, R.D.
M.Phil., St. Andrews.
1989
A critical edition of the Vita Gregorii Magni by an anonymous member of the community of Whitby. E. Mosford, Sian
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Winterbottom, M.
Categories: Medieval
Cassius Dio and the Julio-Claudians. Mills, C.A.
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Millar, F.G.B.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Historical commentary on Suetonius's Life of Caligula, with introduction. Wardle, D.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Griffin, Miriam T.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Hydatius: a late Roman chronicler in post-Roman Spain: an historiographical study and new critical edition of the chronicle. Burgess, R.W.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Matthews, J.F.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Poverty and the historians: a study in historiography and opinion, c.1850-1930, with particular reference to Thomas Mackay and Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Kidd, A.J.
Ph.D., Manchester. Supervised by Rose, M.E.
Tahrir defterleri as a source for history. Cicek, K.
M.Phil., Birmingham. Supervised by Ursinus, M.O.H.
The Lives of Meletios of Myoupolis: introduction, translation and commentary. Armstrong, P.
M.A., Belfast.
Categories: Medieval
The reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae: the evidence of manuscripts and textual history. Crick, Julia C.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Dumville, D.N.
Categories: Medieval
Thomas Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts-Bay: its context and construction. Murphy, Mary-Rose
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Pole, J.R.
Valerius Maximus as a source for his own times. Bellemore, Jane
Ph.D., London. Supervised by North, J.A.
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1990
An historical and critical survey of the secondary material on the life, thought andinfluence of Jonathan Edwards (1703-58). McMullen, M.D.
M.Th., Aberdeen. Supervised by Sefton, H.R.
Authorship and authority in Hume's History of England. Slater, G.P.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Womersley, D.J.
Commemorating the past: a critical study of the shaping of British and Arthurian history in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Wace's Roman de Brut, Layamon's Brut and the alliterative Morte Arthure. Johnson, Lesley A.
Ph.D., London. Supervised by Cowen, Janet M.
Categories: Medieval
Jewish autobiography in eastern Europe: the pre-history of a literary genre. Moseley, M.G.M.
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Patterson, D.
The British debate on the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and his critics. Yang, Su-hsien
Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Dickinson, H.T.
The 'other' feudalism: a critique of 20th-century Turkish historiography and its particularization of Ottoman society. Berktay, H.
Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Wickham, C.J.; Ursinus, M.O.H.
Virtue, learning and the Enlightened historian: Calvinist humanism and the rise of Scottish scholarship, 1550-1800. Allan, D.W.
Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Goldie, M.A.
1991
Early medieval writers on 5th-century Britain. Raraty, David G.J.
Ph.D., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Wood, I.N.
Chronological coverage: 500–900
Index terms: Historiography, medieval
Categories: Medieval
Golden ages and barbarous nations: antiquarian debate on the Celtic past in Ireland and Scotland in the 18th century. O'Halloran, Clare
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Bradshaw, B.I.
Chronological coverage: 1700–1800
Hagiography and ecclesiastical historiography in late 16th and early 17th-century Italy: Petro Maria Campi of Piacenza, 1569-1649. Ditchfield, Simon R.
Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
Chronological coverage: 1589–1649
Marx's use of Hegel: methodology and the `historical transformation problem'. McMahon, Charles
M.Litt., Glasgow. (Soc. Sc.). Supervised by Meikle, S.
Chronological coverage: 1838–1858
Miners' autobiographies: a critical study of life accounts by English miners and their families. Howard, W. Stuart
Ph.D., Council for National Academic Awards.
Chronological coverage: 1790–1945
Index terms: Autobiographies; Miners
Nabob, historian and orientalist: the life and writings of Robert Orme, 1728-1801. Tammita-Delgoda, A. Sinharaja W.
Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Marshall, P.J.
Chronological coverage: 1742–1763
Ovid and the `Fasti': an historical study. Herbert-Brown, Geraldine E.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Lit. Hum.). Supervised by Price, S.R.F.
Chronological coverage: 8–8
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Recent interpretations of historical materialism. Hwang, Richard R.-C.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Soc. & Pol.). Supervised by Giddens, A.
Chronological coverage: 1950–1990
Sir John Hayward's The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII and its unpublished continuation: the humanist historical tradition and its dissolution. Polfreman, Malcolm J.
Ph.D., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Black, R.D.
Chronological coverage: 1599–1599
The hagiography of St. Alban and St. Amphibalus in the 12th century. Gordon-Taylor, Benjamin N.
M.A., Durham. (Hist.). Supervised by Rollason, D.W.
Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
Categories: Medieval
The Historia Iherosolimitana of Albert of Aachen: a critical edition. Edgington, Susan B.
Ph.D. (Ext.), London. (Ext.)
Chronological coverage: 1100–1100
Categories: Medieval
1992
A commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus's Historiae Alexandri Book X. Dempsie, William A.R.
Ph.D., St. Andrews.
Chronological coverage: 50–50
Index terms: Quintus Curtius Rufus (fl. c.50; Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.); Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis (Quintus Curtius Rufus's); Greece, ancient
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Aspects of history writing in 19th-century France: the politics, poetics and practice of A.A. Monteil. Warne, Christopher M.
Ph.D., Birmingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Jones, P.M.
Chronological coverage: 1801–1850
Index terms: France; Monteil, Amans Alexis (1769-1850); Historiography, French
Beowulf, Cu Chulainn and Grettir: aspects of the hero in three medieval societies. McDonald, Kathleen H.
M.A., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Wood, I.N.
Chronological coverage: 750–800
Index terms: Beowulf; Cu Chulainn; Hero, in medieval societies; Grettir
Categories: Medieval
H.G. Wells and his writings. Hamm, Philip M.
M.A., Keele. (Hist.). Supervised by Field, F.
Chronological coverage: 1900–1920
Index terms: Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946)
Ibn al-Adim and Bughyat al-Talab fi Ta'rikh Halab. Morray, David W.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Or. Stud.). Supervised by Richards, D.S.
Chronological coverage: 1212–1212
Index terms: Ibn al-Adim (1193-1262); Historiography, Arab; Bughyat al-Talab fi Tar'ikh Halab (Ibn al-Adim's); Aleppo, Syria
John Ruskin's understanding of history: a comparison of The Stones of Venice and St. Mark's Rest. Keck, Stephen L.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Harris, Jose F.; Birch, D.L.
Chronological coverage: 1843–1843
Index terms: Stones of Venice (Ruskin's); Ruskin, John (1819-1900); St. Mark's Rest (Ruskin's)
Laonikos Chalkokondyles: a translation and commentary of the Demonstrations of Histories, books I-III. Nicoloudis, Nicolaos G.
M.Phil., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
Chronological coverage: 1463–1463
Index terms: Historiography, Byzantine; Chalkokondyles, Laonikos (d. c.1464); Byzantine empire
Categories: Medieval
One more fight: the writings of Sir Winston Churchill. Woods, Frederick B.
Ph.D., Keele. (Hist.). Supervised by Jones, T.A.
Chronological coverage: 1930–1958
Index terms: Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965), prime minister; World War II (1939-45)
Problems in historical construction: an idealist approach. Rogerson, Paul G.
Ph.D., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by Bentley, M.J.
Chronological coverage: 1933–1980
Regino of Prüm and the 'Chronicon': history and history-writing in Lotharingia in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. Lee, Sally Orwin
M.Phil., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
Chronological coverage: 880–906
Index terms: Chronicles; Regino of Prüm (d. 915); Lotharingia
Categories: Medieval
Scottish whig historiography and the creation of Anglo-British identity, 1698-c.1800. Kidd, Colin C.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Robertson, J.C.
Chronological coverage: 1688–1800
Index terms: Whig party; Scotland; Anglo-British identity
Socrates Scholasticus: historian of church and state. Urbainczyk, Theresa
Ph.D., Birmingham. (Byz. Stud.). Supervised by Haldon, J.F.
Chronological coverage: 400–450
Index terms: Byzantine empire; Historiography, Byzantine; Socrates (c.380-c.450)
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
The contribution of 'Abd al-Basit to Mamluk historiography: a critical edition of parts of his unpublished work, Nayl al-Amal. Al-Wahaibi, Khalid K.N.
M.Litt., Edinburgh. (Mid. E. Stud.). Supervised by McDonald, M.V.; Hillenbrand, Carole
Chronological coverage: 1250–1517
Index terms: `Abd al-Basit, Mamluk historian; Mamluks; Historiography, Mamluk; Nayl al-Amal (`Abd al-Basit's)
The Goggam chronicle: introduction, with edition, translation and annotation of select chapters. Getahun, Girma G.Y.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Or. Stud.). Supervised by Brock, S.P.
Chronological coverage: 1901–1901
Index terms: Go province, Ethiopia; Ethiopia; Goggam chronicle
The life and historical writings of Michael Attaleiates. Hicks, Michael D.
M.Litt., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Howard-Johnson, J.D.
Chronological coverage: 1000–1100
Index terms: Attaleiates, Michael (fl. 11th cent.); Byzantine empire
Categories: Medieval
The pilgrimage of 'an eternal Oedipus': continuity and change in the philosophy of history of R.G. Collingwood. Kim, Hyun S.
Ph.D., Wales. (Swansea Hist.). Supervised by Shannon, R.S.
Chronological coverage: 1909–1937
Index terms: Collingwood, Robin George (1889-1943)
The Vita of St. Epiphanius of Salamis: a historical and literary study. Rapp, Claudia
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Mango, Cyril
Chronological coverage: 340–403
Index terms: Epiphanius, Saint (c.315-403); Church, early
Categories: Medieval
Yodit. Levi, Caroline A.
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist. of Afr.). Supervised by Irvine, A.K.; Brett, M.
Chronological coverage: 1270–1500
Index terms: Yodit, fictional ancestress; Ethiopia
Categories: Medieval
1993
An assessment of Velleius Paterculus and his attitudes towards the period from the late Republic to the early Principate. Pine, Jeremy R.
M.Phil., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Burton, G.P.
Chronological coverage: 1–30
Index terms: Velleius Paterculus (c.19 B.C. - after 30 A.D.); Rome, ancient
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
A study of Ottoman historiography in the 17th century. Piterberg, Gabriel
D.Phil., Oxford. (Or. Stud.). Supervised by Repp, R.C.
Chronological coverage: 1600–1699
Index terms: Ottoman empire
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
Enlightenment historical writing in national context in France, Britain and America, 1731-89. O'Brien, Karen E.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Rivers, Isabel
Chronological coverage: 1731–1789
Index terms: United States of America; France; Enlightenment
George Grote on Plato and Athenian democracy. Demetriou, Kyriacos
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Rosen, F.
Chronological coverage: 1846–1856
Index terms: Democracy, in ancient Greece; Greece, ancient; Grote, George (1794-1871); Athens, Greece, ancient; Plato (c.427-c.347)
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
Izaak Walton and his precursors: a literary study of the emergence of the ecclesiastical Life. Martin, Jessica H.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Eng.). Supervised by Luckett, R.
Chronological coverage: 1623–1683
Index terms: Biography; Church of England; Walton, Izaak (1593-1683)
Materials towards a critical edition of John Aubrey's Brief Lives. Bennett, Kate S.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Robbins, R.H.
Chronological coverage: 1680–1680
Index terms: Biography; Aubrey, John (1626-97); Brief Lives (Aubrey's)
Narratives of Protestant mission in Canada: the writings of Benjamin Kohlmeister, Joshua Marsden and Joseph Abbott, 1814-46. Williams, Robert J.M.
Ph.D., Edinburgh.
Chronological coverage: 1814–1846
Index terms: Abbott, Joseph (1789-1863); Marsden, Joshua (1777-1837); Missions, Christian, in Canada; Kohlmeister, Benjamin (1756-1844); Canada
The historiography of the late Stalin period: a case study of war veterans through oral history. Cohen, Jonathan H.
M.Litt., Oxford. (Pol.). Supervised by McAuley, Mary
Chronological coverage: 1945–1953
Index terms: Stalin, Joseph (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili)(1879-1953); Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The texts, transmission and circulation of some 11th-century Anglo-Latin saints' Lives. Love, Rosalind C.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Anglo-Saxon). Supervised by Lapidge, M.
Chronological coverage: 1000–1099
Index terms: Saints; Hagiography
Categories: Medieval
The uses of the writings of the Venerable Bede in the 12th century. Archer, Peter A.
M.Phil., St. Andrews. (Med. Hist.). Supervised by Bullough, D.A.
Chronological coverage: 1100–1199
Index terms: Bede, the Venerable (c.673-735)
Categories: Medieval
1994
Alcibiades and Athens: a study in literary presentation. Gribble, David W.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Lit. Hum.). Supervised by Pelling, C.B.R.
Chronological coverage: -432–-404
Index terms: Greece, ancient; Athens, ancient; Alcibiades (c.450-404 B.C.)
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
A study of the English Lives of St. Mary of Egypt in their literary context. Lavery, Simon P.J.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Eng.). Supervised by Brewer, D.S.
Chronological coverage: 1300–1500
Index terms: Hagiography; Mary of Egypt, saint (5th cent.)
Categories: Medieval
David Hume of Godscroft: his life and work. Gilfillan, Flora N.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Scot. Hist.). Supervised by Ferguson, W.; Lynch, M.
Chronological coverage: 1580–1630
Index terms: Hume, David (c.1560-c.1630); Scotland
Fictive ancient history and national consciousness in early modern Europe: the influence of Annius of Viterbo's Antiquitates. John, Richard T.
Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Kraye, Jill A.; Chambers, D.S.
Chronological coverage: 1498–1498
Index terms: Annius of Viterbo (1432-1502); Antiquitates (Annius of Viterbo's); National consciousness; Nanni, Giovanni see Annio
Procopius and the Persian wars. Greatrex, Geoffrey B.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Lit. Hum.). Supervised by Howard-Johnston, J.D.
Chronological coverage: 526–526
Index terms: Procopius (c.499-565); Persian wars
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The Attlee governments in perspective: commitment and detachment in the writing of contemporary history. Burgess, Simon G.
Ph.D., London. (L.S.E. Govt.). Supervised by Barnes, A. John L.
Chronological coverage: 1945–1951
Index terms: Labour party; Attlee, Clement R. (1883-1967), 1st Earl Attlee, prime minister
The chronicle and career of George Chastellain (c.1415-1475): a study in the political and historical culture of the court of Burgundy. Small, Graeme P.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Fowler, K.A.
Chronological coverage: 1435–1475
Index terms: Burgundy; Chastellain, George (c.1415-1475); France; Chronicles
Categories: Medieval
The continuations of the Chronicle of Fredegar and the political aims of the Carolingians. Ferguson, Adam T.B.
M.A., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Wood, I.N.
Chronological coverage: 801–850
Index terms: Fredegar (fl.7th cent.); Franks; Chronicle of Fredegar; Carolingian empire; Chronicles
Categories: Medieval
The social and ecclesiastical background to the treatment of the Connachta in Tirechan's 7th-century Collectanea. Swift, Catherine J.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Charles-Edwards, T.M; Blair, W.J.
Chronological coverage: 600–600
Index terms: Connachta; Ireland; Tirechan (fl. 7th cent.); Church, in Ireland
Categories: Medieval
The use of Byzantine historiography in the works of P.S. Delta. Spanaki, Marianna
Ph.D., Birmingham. (Byz. Stud.). Supervised by Alexiou, C.
Chronological coverage: 1912–1947
Index terms: Delta, Penelope S. (1874-1941); Byzantium
The writing of urban histories in 18th-century England. Sweet, Rosemary H.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Langford, Paul
Chronological coverage: 1700–1799
Index terms: Urban histories
Vernacular history in the making: Anglo-Norman verse historiography in the 12th century. Damian-Grint, Peter B.
Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck French). Supervised by Short, Ian
Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
Index terms: Anglo-Norman verse
Categories: Medieval
1995
A study of Matthew Paris's Lives of the two Offas. Todd, Andrew D.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Van Houts, Elisabeth M.C.
Chronological coverage: 1240–1240
Index terms: Offa (fl.709), king of the East Saxons; Paris, Matthew (c.1200-1259); Lives of the two Offas (Paris's); Vitae duorum Offarum (Paris's; Offa (d. 796), king of the Mercians
Categories: Medieval
A study of Tursun Bey's History of Mehmed the conqueror (Tarikh-i-Ebu `l-Feth). Inan, Kenan
Ph.D., Manchester. (Mid. E. Stud.). Supervised by Imber, C.
Chronological coverage: 1497–1500
Index terms: Ottoman empire; Tursun Beg/Bey (fl. 1454-1500)
Idealist and pragmatist elements in R.G. Collingwood's philosophy of history. Requate, Angela
Ph.D., London. (L.S.E. Govt.). Supervised by Minogue, K.R.
Chronological coverage: 1909–1937
Index terms: Collingwood, Robin George (1889-1943)
Literary and linguistic studies in the Epitome historion of John Zonaras. Grigoriadis, Jordan
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Anc. Hist.). Supervised by Magdalino, Paul; Whitby, L. Michael
Chronological coverage: 1200–1240
Index terms: Byzantium; Zonaras, John (fl. 12th cent.); Epitome historion (Zonaras's)
Categories: Medieval
Matthew Paris and Anglo-Saxon England: a 13th-century view of the distant past. Reader, Rebecca
Ph.D., Durham. (Hist.). Supervised by Prestwich, Michael C.
Chronological coverage: 1240–1240
Index terms: Paris, Matthew (d.1259); Anglo-Saxons
Categories: Medieval
Medical biography and autobiography in Britain, c.1780-1920. Hutt, Marten H.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Pelling, Margaret H.
Chronological coverage: 1780–1920
Index terms: Autobiography, medical; Biography, medical; Medicine
Quintus Curtius Rufus's Historiae Alexandri Magni: a study in rhetorical history. Moore, Philip I.W.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Lit. Hum.). Supervised by Hornblower, N.S.R.; Pelling, C.B.R.
Chronological coverage: 1–99
Index terms: Quintus Curtius Rufus (fl. 1st cent.); Historiae Alexandri Magni (Quintus Curtius Rufus's); Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
1996
A comparative study to show how medieval European religious history was understood in Italy and Britain in the 18th century. Barnett, Stephen J.
Ph.D., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by Kirk, Linda M.; Luscombe, David E.
Chronological coverage: 1700–1800
Index terms: Religion, in Europe; Italy
A new Liberal descent: the joint historical pursuits of Barbara and Lawrence Hammond. Javurek, formerly Rabow, Teresa M.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Szreter, Simon R.S.
Chronological coverage: 1911–1934
Index terms: Hammond, Barbara (1873-1961); Hammond, Lawrence (1872-1949)
Christian-Muslim relations as a topos in Maltese historiography, literature and culture. Gauci, Joe V.
Ph.D., Birmingham.
Chronological coverage: 1800–1999
Index terms: Muslims, and Christians; Malta; Christians, and Muslims
Sons of Ismael and followers of Mahomet: the depiction of the 'Saracenus' and 'Moro' in the universal histories of 13th-century Christian Europe. Clegg, Justin H.
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Morgan, David A.L.
Chronological coverage: 1200–1300
Index terms: Crusades, Crusaders; Moors; Saracens
Categories: Medieval
'The Ancient, Famous and Honourable History of Amadis de Gaul': a critical modern-spelling edition of Anthony Munday's translation of Book One (1589-1619) with introduction, notes and commentary. Moore, Helen D.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Duncan-Jones, Katherine D.; Cooper, E. Helen
Chronological coverage: 1589–1619
Index terms: The Ancient, Famous and Honourable History of Amadis de Gaul (Munday's edition); Munday, Anthony (1553-1633)
The 'Chronicle of Alfonso III' and its significance for the historiography of the Asturian kingdom, 718-810: a critical study of the content, purpose and themes of a late 9th-century historical text. Wreglesworth, John E.
Ph.D., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Wood, Ian N.
Chronological coverage: 718–810
Index terms: Alfonso III, king of the Asturias (9th c.); Spain; Asturias, Spain; Chronicles
Categories: Medieval
The Scotorum Historiae of Hector Boece: a study. Royan, Nicola R.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Mapstone, Sally L.; Winterbottom, Michael
Chronological coverage: 1527–1527
Index terms: Boece, Hector (c.1465-1536); Scotorum Historiae; Scotland
The union of 1707 in Scottish historiography, c.1800-1914. Iwazumi, Kino
M.Phil., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Mason, Roger A.
Chronological coverage: 1800–1914
Index terms: Union of England and Scotland (1707); Scotland
1997
'A chief standard work': the rise and fall of David Hume's History of England, 1754-c.1900. Baverstock, James A.G.
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Hoppit, Julian
Chronological coverage: 1754–1900
Index terms: History of England (Hume's); Hume, David (1711-76)
Antiquarianism in the Midlands and the development of county history, 1586-1656. Broadway, Janet R.
Ph.D., Birmingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Cust, Richard P.
Chronological coverage: 1586–1656
Index terms: Antiquarians, Antiquarianism; Midlands; County history
A post-Conquest English retrospect upon the age of the Anglo-Saxons: a study of the early Middle English verse chronicle attributed to Robert of Gloucester. Mitchell, Sarah L.
D.Phil., York. (Med. Stud.)
Chronological coverage: 1270–1300
Index terms: Chronicles; Anglo-Saxons; Robert of Gloucester (fl. 1260-1300)
C. Licinius Macer and the historiography of the early republic. Hodgkinson, Michael J.
Ph.D., Exeter. (Anc. Hist. & Classics)
Chronological coverage: -40–-66
History in black and white: the treatment of history in the political novels of André Brink. Plummer, Robert J.N.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Kelly, John S.
Chronological coverage: 1962–1995
Index terms: Novels, political; South Africa; Brink, André (b.1935)
Plotting Irish history: nationalism and the invention of narrative. McCracken, James H.
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1800–1922
Index terms: Nationalism, in Ireland; Ireland
Subjects of history: the prose writings of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1582-1603. Davies, Rosalind A.
Ph.D., London. (Q.M. Eng.)
Chronological coverage: 1582–1603
Index terms: Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618); Prose writing
The construction of the Holocaust: genocide and the philosophy of history. Stone, Daniel
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Harris, Ruth; Benjamin, A.
Chronological coverage: 1933–1945
Index terms: Jews; Genocide; Holocaust
The martyrology of Jean Crespin and the early French Evangelical movement. Watson, David
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Pettegree, Andrew D.M.
Chronological coverage: 1554–1554
Index terms: Evangelicals, Evangelicalism, in France; Reformation, in France; France; Crespin, Jean (1520-72); Martyrology; Historiography, in France
The Roman Alexander: studies in Curtius Rufus. Spencer, D.J.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Classics). Supervised by Henderson, J.G.W.
Chronological coverage: 41–54
Index terms: Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.); Curtius Rufus, Quintus (c.41-54)
Categories: Ancient; Ancient history
The unwritten verities of the past: history and the English Reformations. Betteridge, Thomas
Ph.D., East Anglia. (Eng. & Amer. Stud.)
Chronological coverage: 1540–1563
Index terms: Reformation
1998
Being different: schools of hagiography in Bedan Northumbria. Duncan, Sandra A.J.
Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Higham, Nicholas J.
Chronological coverage: 680–735
Index terms: Northumbria; Saints; Hagiography; Bede, the Venerable (c.673-735)
Categories: Medieval
Byzantine hagiographies in Arabic: three translations from a 9th-century manuscript copied at the monastery of Mar Saba in Palestine (Vaticanus Arabicus 71). Leeming, Katherine I.M.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Zimmerman, Friedrich W.; Brock, Sebastian P.
Chronological coverage: 800–900
Index terms: Mar Saba monastery, Palestine; Hagiography; Byzantine church
Categories: Europe; Byzantine history
Four studies in the historiography of early Rome. Northwood, Simon J.
Ph.D., Manchester.
Chronological coverage: -500–0
Index terms: Rome, ancient
Historiography and visual culture in Britain, 1660-1783. Sullivan, Matthew G.
Ph.D., Leeds. (Fine Art)
Chronological coverage: 1660–1783
Index terms: Visual culture
History and legend in the chronicle of Peter of Langtoft. Wilde, James F.
Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Denton, Jeffrey H.
Chronological coverage: 1280–1300
Index terms: Chronicles; Peter of Langtoft (d. c.1307)
Categories: Medieval
Kingmaking: the historiography of Bruce and Lancaster in biography, ceremonial and document. Tolmie, Sarah K.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Eng.). Supervised by Axton, Richard P.
Chronological coverage: 1294–1399
Index terms: Kingmaking; John of Gaunt (1340-99), duke of Lancaster; Ceremonial; Bruce, Robert (1274-1329); Biography
Categories: Medieval
Past or present? Writing women's history: the case of women in the Weimar Republic. Christison, Nichola
M.Res., Strathclyde. (Hist.). Supervised by Fischer, Conran J.
Chronological coverage: 1919–1933
Index terms: Weimar Republic; Germany; Women
Categories: Gender and Women; Europe; 19th Century; 20th Century
Politics and identity: a critical analysis of Israeli historiography and political thought. Adiv, Ehud
Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck)
Chronological coverage: 1881–2000
Index terms: Political thought, in Israel; Israel; Middle East
Reforming Rome: the reception and interpretation of imperial Roman history in Reformation England. Pucci, Michael S.
Ph.D., Nottingham.
Chronological coverage: 1520–1600
Index terms: Reformation; Roman empire; Rome
Representations of the Second World War: ideological currents in French history-writing under the Fourth Republic. Frey, Hugo J.
Ph.D., Surrey.
Chronological coverage: 1947–1960
Index terms: Historiography, French; World War II (1939-45); France
Sacred historiography and its rhetoric in 16th-century Japan: an intertextual study and partial critical edition of Principio y progresso de la religión christiana en Jappón [...] (1601-3) by Alessando Valignano. Uçerler, M. Antoni
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1601–1603
Index terms: Historiography, sacred, in Japan; Japan; Principio y progresso de la religión christiana en Jappón [...] (1601-3); Valignano, Alessandro (1539-1606)
Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica: a medieval chronicle and its historical and literary context. King, Andrew C.
M.A., Durham. (Hist.). Supervised by Prestwich, Michael C.
Chronological coverage: 1362–1369
Index terms: Scalacronica (Gray's); Gray, Sir Thomas (d. 1369)
Categories: Medieval
The historical thought of S.T. Coleridge: the later prose works. Lloyd, Myfanwy J.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Garnett, E. Jane
Chronological coverage: 1792–1834
Index terms: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834); Philosophy, of history
The politics of time: 'primitives' and the writing of history in colonial Bengal. Banerjee, Prathama
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist. of S. Asia). Supervised by Arnold, David J.
Chronological coverage: 1800–1900
Index terms: Time, perceptions of, in Bengal; Middle classes, in Bengal; Bengal; India; Santhals, in Bengal
The representation of history in the Cuban revolutionary press during the 1960s. Dorling, Grail
M.Phil., Wolverhampton.
Chronological coverage: 1960–1969
Index terms: Press, newspaper, in Cuba; Cuba
The 'Sibylla Tiburtina' and its medieval audience: interpretation and diffusion of the Latin text. Holdenried, Anke
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by d'Avray, David L.
Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
Index terms: Sibylla Tiburtina
Categories: Medieval
Wonders in central medieval chronicles of the Anglo-Norman realm. Watkins, Carl S.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Brett, Martin
Chronological coverage: 1066–1200
Index terms: Wonders; Chronicles
Categories: Medieval
Writing Wounded Knee: representations of the 1890 massacre. Forsyth, Susan J.
Ph.D., Kent. (Eng.)
Chronological coverage: 1890–1998
Index terms: Wounded Knee, Battle of
1999
Art and identity in the Mariana Islands: issues of reconstructing an ancient past. Flores, J.S.
Ph.D., East Anglia.
Chronological coverage: 1668–2000
A study of Bede's Historiae. Gunn, Victoria A.
Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts). Supervised by Bates, David R.
Chronological coverage: 633–731
Index terms: Historiae; Bede
Cultural narration and the historical subject: Annie Garnett, her diary, life and works. Brunton, Jennie
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.). Supervised by Constantine, Stephen
Chronological coverage: 1896–1896
Index terms: Garnett, Annie (fl.1896)
Divination and Roman historiography. Nice, Alexander Thetmore
Ph.D., Exeter.
Chronological coverage: -300–-200
Index terms: Divination, Roman; Roman, ancient; Historiography, Roman
Elite perceptions of the Victorian and Edwardian past in inter-war England. Gardiner, John P.
Ph.D., Kent. (Hist.). Supervised by Cunningham, Hugh St. C.
Chronological coverage: 1919–1939
Imagining resistance: British historiography and popular fiction on the Indian rebellion, 1857-9. Chakravarty, Gautam
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Eng.)
Chronological coverage: 1857–1859
Index terms: India; Popular fiction; Indian Rebellion (1857-8)
Kingmaking: the historiography of Bruce and Lancaster in royal biography, ceremonial and document. Tolmie, Sarah K.
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: 1306–1422
Index terms: Scotland; Bruce, House of; Lancaster, House of; Biography, royal; Ceremonial
Newspapers and historical research: a study of historians and custodians in Wales. Secker, Jane-Louise
Ph.D., Wales. (Aberystwyth)
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Index terms: Press, newspaper; Wales
Perceptions of the Thirty Years' War in eye-witness personal accounts. Mortimer, Geoffrey
D.Phil., Oxford. (German). Supervised by Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen
Chronological coverage: 1618–1648
Index terms: Thirty Years' War (1618-48)
Sir James Edmonds and the official military histories of the Great War, 1915-1948. Green, Andrew S.
Ph.D., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Gooch, John
Chronological coverage: 1915–1948
Index terms: World War I (1914-18); Edmonds, Sir James Edward (1861-1956)
Sir John Hayward and early Stuart historiography. Richardson, Lisa J.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Collinson, Patrick
Chronological coverage: 1603–1627
Index terms: Hayward, Sir John (c1564-1627)
The Arab tribes from Jahiliya to Islam: sources and historical trends. el-Sakkout, Ihab
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Kennedy, Hugh N.
Chronological coverage: 500–750
Index terms: Arab tribes; Islam
The Chatsworth labyrinth heritage in hypertext: the creation and evaluation of a computerized introduction for the public environment in a major stately home. Williamson, Nigel
M.Phil., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by Greengrass, Mark
Chronological coverage: 1600–1990
Index terms: Computerized heritage projects; Chatsworth House, Derbyshire; Stately homes
The influence of Switzerland on the life and writings of Edward Gibbon. Norman, Brian
Ph.D., Open University. (Hist.). Supervised by Lentin, Antony
Chronological coverage: 1753–1758
Index terms: Gibbon, Edward (1737-94); Switzerland
The language of character and the nature of events in the historical narratives of William Robertson. Hargraves, Neil K.
Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Dickinson, Harry T.; Phillipson, Nicholas T.
Chronological coverage: 1753–1793
Index terms: Scotland; Robertson, William (1721-93)
Towards a reading of Mexican women's autobiography. Molene, Soledad
M.A., Warwick. (Hist.). Supervised by King, John P.
Chronological coverage: 1521–1998
Index terms: Autobiography; Women Writers; Mexico
Categories: Latin America and West Indies; 16th Century; 16th-17th Century; 17th Century; 18th-19th Century; 19th Century; 20th Century; Gender and Women
Transcending deconstruction. Antonio Gramsci, E.P. Thompson and the future of social history. The history of adult education, 1700-1850: a case study. McKay, Fergus
Ph.D., Wales. (Swansea Educ.). Supervised by Lowe, Roy A.
Chronological coverage: 1700–1850
Index terms: Thompson, E.P. (1924-93); Education; Gramsci, Antonio (1891-1937); Adult education
2000
Aby Warburg and art in Hamburg's public realm, 1896-1918. Russell, Mark A.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Steinberg, Jonathan
Chronological coverage: 1896–1918
Index terms: Germany; Art; Warburg, Aby (1866-1929); Hamburg, Germany
Attitudes to philosophy's past in the 17th century: Theophilus Gale and his continental precursors. Pigney, Stephen J.
Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Kraye, Jill A.
Chronological coverage: 1600–1700
Index terms: Gale, Theophilus (1628-78); Philosophy
Damit mit alles mit der zeit in vergessenheit khome: historiographical writings by nuns in German, 1450-1720. Woodford, Charlotte
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1450–1720
Geography in early Christian historiography. Merrills, Andrew H.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 312–636
Index terms: Christianity, Christians; Geography; Historiography, Christian
James Mill's History of British India in its intellectual context. Chen, Jeng-Guo
Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Dickinson, Harry T.; Phillipson, Nicholas T.
Chronological coverage: 1817–1817
Index terms: Empire, British; India; History of British India; Mill, James (1773-1836)
The historiography of Britain's West European policy, 1945-73. Daddow, Oliver J.
Ph.D., Nottingham. (Pol.). Supervised by Forster, Anthony W.; Aldrich, Richard J.
Chronological coverage: 1945–1973
Index terms: Foreign policy; Europe, Western
Theories of Columbus's landfall in the New World: a historiographical enquiry. Burgess, Doreen A.
M.Phil., Leicester. (Hist.). Supervised by Housley, Norman J.
Chronological coverage: 1492–1492
Index terms: Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); New World
The road books of England and Wales, 17th-19th centuries: a cartobibliography and analysis. Hodson, Donald
Ph.D., Exeter. (Geog.). Supervised by Kain, Roger K. P.
Chronological coverage: 1600–1899
Index terms: Wales; Cartobibliography; Road books
Transforming history: women's prose writing and historiography in the G.D.R. Bridge, Helen R.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Med. & Mod. Lang.)
Chronological coverage: 1945–1990
Index terms: German Democratic Republic, East Germany; Germany; Historiography, in the G.D.R.; Women; Prose writing, women's, in Germany
Categories: Gender and Women; Intellectual history; 20th Century
2001
Ancient myths, modern mythmaking: Olaus Rudbeck and the Swedish origins of classical civilization. King, David V.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Burke, U. Peter
Chronological coverage: 1697–1702
An historical G.I.S. for England and Wales: a framework for reconstructing past geographies and analysing long-term change. Gregory, Ian N.
Ph.D., London. (Q.M. Geog.)
Chronological coverage: 1500–1997
Index terms: G.I.S., see Geographic Information Systems; Geographic Information Systems; Wales
Discrepancies in Olympiad dating and the chronological problems of archaic Peloponnesian history. Shaw, Pamela-Jane
Ph.D., Wales. (Cardiff Hist.)
Chronological coverage: -776–393
Index terms: Peloponnesian history, ancient; Olympiad dating
Interpretations of Stalinism. Redman, Jennifer
M.A., Kent. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1924–1998
Index terms: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Stalin, Joseph (1879-1953), Soviet leader
Literary writing and the recording of history: a study of Marinos Tzane Bounialis's The Cretan War (17th century). Vlassopoulou, Maria
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Mod. & Med. Lang.)
Chronological coverage: 1681–1681
Index terms: The Cretan War, of Marinos Tzane Bounialis; Bounialis, Marinos Tzane (fl. 17th c.)
Perceptions of the national past in Victorian historiography and literature. Welsh, Sheila M.
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Edge Hill Coll.: Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1837–1901
Index terms: Literature, Victorian; Historiography, Victorian
The campaign for the reopening of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the dynamics of heritage in modern Britain. Howarth, Rachel S.
M.A., York. (Hist.). Supervised by Ditchfield, Simon R.
Chronological coverage: 1985–2000
The historians and the nation in the 19th century: the case of east-central Europe. Baár, Monika K.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Evans, Robert J.W.
Chronological coverage: 1800–1900
The Holocaust and the entwinement of identity, testimony and representation. Waxman, Zoë V.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Webber, J.M.
Chronological coverage: 1941–1998
The origin of the Turks: a problem in Renaissance historiography. Meserve, Margaret Hamilton
Ph.D., London. (Warburg)
Chronological coverage: 1400–1500
Index terms: Renaissance; Historiography, Renaissance; Turks
2002
Ammianus Marcellinus: autopsy, allusion, exemplum. Kelly, Gavin A.J.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Lit. Hum.). Supervised by Tomlinson, Roger S.O.; Kraus, C.S.
Chronological coverage: 350–395
An historiographic approach to the role of women in Minoan society. Mckenzie-Young, Rebecca G.E.
Ph.D., London. (Ext.)
Chronological coverage: -1500–1990
Categories: Europe; Pre-1000 BC; 20th Century
Contested histories or multiple pasts? The representation of the archaeological past in the museum. Webb, S.H.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Archaeol.)
Chronological coverage: 1950–2000
Index terms: Museums; Archaeology
Decolonising African history: crises and transitions in African historiography, 1950-90. Brizuela Garcia, Esperanza
Ph.D., London.
Chronological coverage: 1950–1990
Index terms: Historiography, African; Africa
Derrida and the Holocaust. Jacobson, Simon
Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Joyce, Patrick J.
Chronological coverage: 1941–1998
Index terms: Postmodernism; Derrida, Jacques (1930-), French philosopher; Holocaust
Enlightenment contra humanism: Michel Foucault's critical history of thought. Dalgliesh, Bregham P.
Ph.D., Edinburgh.
Chronological coverage: 1960–1984
Epigraphical research and historical scholarship, 1530-1603. Stenhouse, William J.
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Crawford, Michael H.
Chronological coverage: 1530–1603
Historical justification and the portrayal of Palestinian political identity, 1967-77. Rangwala, G.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Soc. & Pol. Sc.). Supervised by Mayall, James B.L.
Chronological coverage: 1967–1977
Index terms: Palestine; Identity, Palestinian
John Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses: a case study of a biographical dictionary and the automated conversion of the printed text to a structured database format. Barker, Emma J.
Ph.D., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by Willett, Peter; Greengrass, Mark
Chronological coverage: 1922–1954
Philochorus and the tradition of local historical writing at Athens: genre, ideology and methodology in the reconstruction and presentation of Attic history. Joyce, Christopher J.
Ph.D., Durham. (Classics). Supervised by Rhodes, P.J.
Chronological coverage: -286–-260
Tyche: fortune and chance in Euripides and 5th-century historiography. Giannopoulou, V.
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: -484–-406
Index terms: Greece, ancient; Euripides (484 x 480-406 B.C.), Greek dramatist; Fortune, in ancient Greece; Chance, in ancient Greece
Writing people into the landscape: approaches to the archaeology of Badenoch and Strathnaver. Lelong, Olivia C.
Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts). Supervised by Knapp, A. Bernard; Barrett, John C.; Morrison, Alex
Chronological coverage: 1–1900
Writing the history of the Russian revolution: historiographical and theoretical approaches. Macvarish, Kathryn A.
D.Phil., Sussex. Supervised by Williams, Beryl J.; van Gelderen, Martin
Chronological coverage: 1917–1917
2003
Historiography in the Ayyubid period. Hirschler, Konrad
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist. of Near & Mid. E.). Supervised by Hawting, Gerald R.
Chronological coverage: 1171–1250
Index terms: Ayyubid sultanate
Ottomans looking west? The idea of a 'Tulip Age' (1718-30) and its development in Turkish historiography, 1908-50. Erimtan, Can
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Kerslake, Celia J.
Chronological coverage: 1908–1950
Index terms: Ottoman empire; 'Tulip Age', Turkey; Turkey
Plural pasts: the role of function and audience in the creation of meaning in Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the siege of Nagykanizsa. Norton, Claire
Ph.D., Birmingham. (Byz., Ottoman and Mod. Greek Stud.). Supervised by Murphey, Rhoads
Chronological coverage: 1688–1690
Index terms: Turkey; Ottoman empire; Nagykanizsa, siege of
Polybius's concept of Pragmatike Historia: constitutional decline and the struggle for the Peloponnese. Hunt, Paul C.
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Hornblower, Simon
Chronological coverage: -200–-118
Index terms: Pragmatike Historia, of Polybius; Peloponnese; Polybius (200-118 B.C.)
Sites of salvage: science history between the wars. Scheinfeldt, J. Thomas
D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Bennett, James A.
Chronological coverage: 1919–1939
Index terms: Science, history of
The idea of the Roman past in early medieval Italy: Paul the Deacon's Historia Romana. Cornford, B.D.P.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
Chronological coverage: 760–780
Index terms: Paul the Deacon (720-c.799); Italy, and Rome; Historia Romana, of Paul the Deacon
The liberation of the Nazi concentration camps in British memory. Bunting, Aimee
M.Phil., Southampton. (Hist.). Supervised by Kushner, A.R.J. (Tony)
Chronological coverage: 1945–2000
Index terms: National Socialists, National Socialism, National Socialist party; Concentration camps; Nazi party, see National Socialists; World War II (1939-45); Germany
The Presbyterian interpretation of Scottish history. Forsyth, G. Neil
Ph.D., Stirling. (Hist.). Supervised by Bebbington, David W.
Chronological coverage: 1580–1995
Index terms: Scotland; Presbyterians, Presbyterianism, in Scotland
2004
Developments in historiography in the 4th century B.C. Stavrou, Stavros
M.A., Leeds.
Chronological coverage: -400–-300
Factional pasts: the shifting relations between 19th-century historiography and historical fiction, 1814-70. Jenkin, Oliver D.P.
Ph.D., Exeter.
Chronological coverage: 1814–1870
Index terms: Fiction, historical
How Keats read his histories: 18th-century historiography and Keats's narrative poems. Fermanis, Porscha
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1816–1821
Index terms: Keats, John (1795-1821), poet; Poetry, narrative
Josephus and the Maccabean revolt. Taverner, Stephen
Ph.D., Southampton. (Hist.). Supervised by Pearce, Sarah J.K.
Chronological coverage: 57–101
Index terms: Josephus, Flavius (A.D. 37/38-100), Jewish historian; Maccabean revolt (166-162 B.C.)
Roman noble self-presentation as an influence on the historiographical tradition of early Rome. Richardson, James H.
Ph.D., Exeter.
Chronological coverage: -264–-100
Index terms: Rome, ancient; Nobility, Roman
Studies on the composition of Niketas Choniates' Historia. Simpson, Alicia J.
Ph.D., London.
Chronological coverage: 1190–1210
Index terms: Choniates, Niketas (c.1140-1213), Byzantine historian; Historia (late 12th-early 13th cent.), of Niketas Choniates; Byzantium
The writing of history in ancient Egypt during the 1st millennium B.C., c.1070-180 B.C.: trends and perspectives. Gozzoli, Roberto B.
Ph.D., Birmingham.
Chronological coverage: -1070–-180
Index terms: Egypt, ancient
Tracing the reception of the Description de l’Egypte. Bednarski, Andrew
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: 1809–1850
Index terms: Description de l’Egypte (1809-28)
2005
Architecture as past history and present politics: the architectural writings of Edward Augustus Freeman. Dade-Robertson, Christine
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.). Supervised by Jotischsky, Andrew; Richards, Jeffrey M.
Chronological coverage: 1843–1892
Index terms: Freeman, Edward Augustus (1823-92), historian; Architectural writing; Architecture
Beyond the foreigner: representations of non-Roman individuals and communities in Latin historiography from Sallust to Ammianus Marcellinus. Chlup, James T.
Ph.D., Durham.
Chronological coverage: -66–390
Index terms: Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86 B.C.-34 B.C.), Roman historian; Rome, ancient; Foreigners, in ancient Rome; Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330-c.390), Roman historian
Cecil Roth and the imagination of the Jewish past, present and future in Britain, 1925-64. Lawson, Elisa J.
Ph.D., Southampton. (Hist.). Supervised by Roemer, Nils
Chronological coverage: 1925–1964
Index terms: Roth, Cecil (1899-1970), historian; Jews
Hibernia: Celtic tiger in the shadow of an eagle? The historiography of Hiberno-Roman studies and an investigation into the nature and extent of links between Ireland and the Roman world as indicated by textual and material evidence. Kelly, Eamonn H. Rennick
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1–400
Index terms: Rome, empire; Hibernia; Ireland, see also Hibernia
Identifying Romanness: virtus in Latin historiography during the late republic and early empire. Balmaceda, Catalina
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: -200–200
Index terms: Rome, empire; Rome, republic; Historiography, Roman; virtus
Michael Drayton and early modern antiquarianism. Vine, Angus E.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Eng.). Supervised by Vine, R.T.R.
Chronological coverage: 1583–1631
Index terms: Drayton, Michael (1563-1631), poet; Antiquarianism
Once called Albion: the composition and transmission of history writing in England, 1280-1350. Fisher, Matthew N.
D.Phil., Oxford. (Eng.). Supervised by Hudson, A.M.
Chronological coverage: 1280–1350
The composition and context of Joachim von Sandrart's Teutsche Akademie. Meurer, Susanne
Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Hope, Charles A.
Chronological coverage: 1675–1679
Index terms: Teutsche Akademie, of Joachim von Sandrart; von Sandrart, Joachim (1606-88)
The emulation of nations: William Robertson and the international order. Grundy, Geoff
Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Brown, Stewart J.; Phillipson, Nicholas T.
Chronological coverage: 1741–1793
Index terms: Robertson, William (1721-93), historian and Church of Scotland minister
The water mill in medieval Europe: the Italian case in the findings of 20th-century historiography. Papaccio, Gloria
M.Phil., Birmingham.
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Index terms: Water mills, in medieval Italy; Italy
Towards reflexive practice: an assessment of the postmodern sceptical challenge to empirical historiography. Brickley, Peter F.
Ph.D., Southampton. (Chichester: Hist.). Supervised by Foster, Andrew W.; Andress, David R.
Chronological coverage: 1980–1996
2006
Argentina's partisan past: nationalism, Peronism and historiography, 1955-76. Goebel, T. Michael
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1955–1976
Index terms: Nationalism, Argentinian; Argentina; Historiography, Argentinian; Perón, Juan (1895-1974), Argentinian president
Bias and objectivity in the historiography of the Arab-Israeli conflict: a case study of the time period, 1967-74. Ehnsio, Rikard
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1967–1974
Index terms: Arab-Israeli conflict
E.H. Carr’s sense of crisis in an age of crisis. Okayasu, Satoshi
M.Phil., Birmingham.
Chronological coverage: 1925–1982
Index terms: Carr, Edward Hallett (1892–1982), historian
The Chronicle of Morea: historiography in Crusader Greece. Shawcross, Clare T.M.
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1300–1350
Index terms: Crusades; Greece; Historiography, Greek; Chronicle of Morea
The cultural politics of history. Writing in Singapore: a post-colonial study. Teng, Siao See
Ph.D., Essex. (Sociology)
Chronological coverage: 1965–2000
Index terms: Historiography, Singaporean; Singapore
The double life of Scottish history: deployment of the past in Lowland Scotland, 1830-1920. Coleman, James J.
Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts)
Chronological coverage: 1830–1920
Index terms: Scotland, lowland
The Pax Romana, Britannica and Americana: a conceptual and historiographical study. Parchami, Ali
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 0–2005
The representation of women, warfare and power in Greek historiography, 400-1 B.C. Vassiliu, Vassilis
Ph.D., Exeter.
Chronological coverage: -400–-1
Index terms: Power, in ancient Greece; Warfare, in ancient Greece; Greece, ancient; Women, representation of, in ancient Greece
Categories: Gender and Women; Military/naval history; Ancient; 1000-1 BC
2007
Derrida, postmodernism and the end of history. Hart, Sally
M.Phil., Chichester. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1965–2000
Index terms: Derrida, Jacques (1930-2004), philosopher; Postmodernism
Family history in England, c.1945-2006: culture, identity and (im)mortality. Titley-Bayes, Simon
Ph.D., York. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1945–2006
Interpreting Abu Bakar, the ruler of Johor (1862-95): the reconstruction of selected issues in the existing historical writings. Abdullah, Abdul Rahman bin Tang
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1862–1895
Index terms: Abu Bakar (1833-95), sultan of Johor; Johor
Manufacturing the past: collective memory and the commodification of history as popular culture on British television. Dillon, Robert
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1980–2000
Index terms: see also media; Television; Culture, popular; History, on television; Memory, collective
'Nothing more than words': E.H. Carr and the apologia of appeasement. Smith, Benjamin J.
M.Phil., Birmingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Crowson, Nicholas J.
Chronological coverage: 1930–1961
Index terms: Appeasement; Carr, Edward Hallett (1892-1982), historian and diplomatist
Representations of history in Greek upper secondary education with special reference to understandings of interculturality. Daniil, Ekaterini
Ph.D., London. (Inst. of Education)
Chronological coverage: 1980–2007
The production of history: historians, publishers and the transfer of knowledge in Britain, 1895-1980. Churchill, Paul
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.)
Chronological coverage: 1895–1980
The role of history in the recent Mexican novel: a study of five historical novels by Elena Garro, Carlos Fuentes, Fernando del Paso, Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Rosa Beltrán. Rafael, Laura
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Spanish)
Chronological coverage: 1950–2000
2008
A study of 15th-century Ottoman historiography. Menguc, Murat C.
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: 1400–1500
Index terms: Historiography, Ottoman; Ottoman empire
Fighting for peace? How has the Roman army been perceived and portrayed by historians, military historians and the popular imagination?. Stride, Richard J.
M.Phil., Bristol.
Chronological coverage: -500–500
Index terms: Army, Roman; Rome, ancient
Learned societies and the ancient national past in Britain, France and Germany, 1830-90. Manias, Chris
Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck)
Chronological coverage: 1830–1890
Index terms: Learned societies, in Germany; Learned societies, in France; Learned societies; National past; Germany; France; National past, in France, in Germany
Philosophic historiography in the 18th century in Britain and France. Brereton, Mary C.
D.Phil., Oxford.
Chronological coverage: 1700–1800
Index terms: Historiography, philosophic, in France; Historiography, philosophic; France
The culture of enthusiasm: technology, collecting and museums. Geoghegan, Hilary
Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Geog.). Supervised by Driver, Felix F.
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Index terms: Museums; Collecting; Technology
The scholar advocate: Rudolf Schlesinger's writings on Marxism and Soviet historiography. McKendry, Stephanie J.
Ph.D., Glasgow. Supervised by White, James D.
Chronological coverage: 1921–1969
Index terms: Historiography, Soviet; Marxists, Marxism; Schlesinger (1901-69), political commentator and scholar; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The years 1920-45 in Korean church historiography: a study of nationalism. Ryoo, Chang W.
Ph.D., Birmingham.
Chronological coverage: 1920–1945
Index terms: Nationalism, in Korea; Korean church; Historiography, Korean
2009
English literature on the Ottoman Turks in the 16th and 17th centuries. Ingram, Anders I.G.
Ph.D., Durham. (Hist.). Supervised by Brooks, Chris W.; Woodhead, Christine
Chronological coverage: 1500–1700
Index terms: Ottoman empire, in English literature
From archaic to classical: reassessing Greek history, 525-450 B.C. Watson, James
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: -525–-450
Index terms: Greece, ancient
History, ecology and the postmodern. Coope, Jonathan
M.Phil., Chichester. (Hist.). Supervised by Jenkins, Keith W.
Chronological coverage: 1965–2000
Index terms: Postmodernism; Ecology
Julius Caesar in the early Italian Renaissance. Schadee, Hester
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Davidson, Nick
Chronological coverage: 1400–1450
Index terms: Italy, Renaissance; Renaissance, Italian; Caesar, (Gaius) Julius (100-44 B.C.), Roman emperor
Opening the hidden land: state formation and the construction of Sikkimese history. Mullard, Saul
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Ramble, Charles
Chronological coverage: 1641–1750
Index terms: India; Sikkim
Outside Auschwitz: history, responsibility, witnessing. Carter-White, Richard
Ph.D., Exeter.
Chronological coverage: 1945–2000
Index terms: Holocaust; Auschwitz
Ouvrir l'archive': rituels historiographiques et critique postcoloniale. Bruyère, Vincent
Ph.D., Warwick.
Chronological coverage: 1945–2000
Index terms: Archives, post-colonial
Rectifying the 'ignoraunce of history': John Foxe and the collaborative reformation of England's past. Phillpott, Matthew
Ph.D., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by Greengrass, Mark
Chronological coverage: 1536–1587
Index terms: Foxe, John (1516/17–87), martyrologist
The construction of Zi zhi tong jian's imperial vision: Sima Guang on the southern and northern dynasties. Strange, Mark
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Dudbridge, Glen
Chronological coverage: 1039–1086
Index terms: China; Zi zhi tong jian, of Sima Guang; Guang, Sima (1019-86), Chinese historian
The Islamic conquest of Spain: historiographical perspectives, 8th-14th centuries. Clarke, Nicola
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Robinson, Chase F.
Chronological coverage: 700–1400
Index terms: Spain, Islamic
The sword of the lord': West vs. East in the historical writings of E.A. Freeman. Morrisroe, Vicky L.
Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Jones, Stuart
Chronological coverage: 1867–1892
Index terms: Freeman, Edward Augustus (1823-92), historian
Turkey and Western subjectivity: orientalist ontology and the occlusion of Ottoman Europe. Bryce, Derek
Ph.D., Glasgow Caledonian.
Chronological coverage: 1800–2000
Index terms: Ottoman empire; Orientalism; Turkey, and the West
Writing history in the Third Republic: the 'legend' of the École Méthodique (1860-1914). Noronha-DiVanna, Isabel
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: 1860–1914
Index terms: Third Republic, France; France; École Méthodique
2010
A narrative in relief: the historiography of English modern painting (1910-15), from the 1910s to the 1950s. Brand, Carol F.
Ph.D., Plymouth.
Chronological coverage: 1910–1960
'Answering the calls of the living': collaborative practice in archaeology and ancient Egyptian daily life exhibitions in Western museums. Tully, Gemma
Ph.D., Southampton.
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Archaeological discourse at Megiddo, Gezer and Masada: an historiographic interpretation of trends. Farrington, Naomi
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Chronological coverage: 1800–2000
A thematic commentary on Arrian's Indike, 17.6-43. Ricot, Richard P.
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Hornblower, Simon
Chronological coverage: 115–180
Index terms: India, ancient; Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon') (c.86-160), Roman historian; Indike, of Arrian
Classical scholarship, anthropology and the historiography of Achaemenid Persia (1900-40): an intellectual inquiry. Samiei, Sasan
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Kuhrt, Amélie T.L.
Chronological coverage: 1900–1940
Index terms: Persia, Achaemenid; Anthropology; Achaemenid empire
Collecting and displaying 'Japan' in the Victorian age: the case of the British Museum. Mikasa, Princess Akiko of
D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Rawson, Jessica
Chronological coverage: 1868–2000
Crosses in circulation: processes and patterns of acquisition and display of early medieval sculpture in the national museums of Britain and Ireland, 'c'.1850-1950. McCormick, Elizabeth L.
Ph.D., York. (Hist. of Art). Supervised by Hawkes, Jane; White, Michael
Chronological coverage: 1850–1950
Early Timurid historiography. Wheeler, Jennifer
Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Hoyland, Robert
Chronological coverage: 1350–1857
Index terms: Persia, Timurid; Timurid dynasty
Herodotus and Hellenistic culture: studies in the reception of the Historiae. Priestley, Jessica M.
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Classics). Supervised by Hunter, Richard
Chronological coverage: -323–-146
Index terms: Herodotus (c.485-425 B.C.), Greek historian; Historiae, of Herodotus; Greece, ancient
History in the post-Holocaust: history, historians and reason's literary desire. Edwards, Matthew
M.Phil., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Stone, Dan
Chronological coverage: 1945–2000
Index terms: Holocaust
Jan van Naaldwijk's Chronicles of Holland: continuity and transformation in the historical tradition of Holland during the early 16th century. Levelt, Sjoerd
Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Kraye, Jill A.; Duits, Rembrandt
Chronological coverage: 1515–1515
Index terms: van Naaldwijk, Jan (c.1444-1520), Dutch chronicler; Holland, see also Netherlands; Chronicles of Holland, of Jan van Naaldwijk
Knowledge transfer in action: a study in the selection and interpretation of themes from history of science scholarship for museum exhibition. Thorn, Louise E.
Ph.D., Imperial College London. (Hist. of Sc.). Supervised by Warwick, Andrew C.; Morris, Peter
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Index terms: Museums, science; Science, history of
Objects of evidence: colonial encounters through material culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Brighton Museum, 1858-1949. Wintle, Claire
D.Phil., Sussex.
Chronological coverage: 1858–1949
Oral history's institutionalisation in British historiography: rise and crisis of a sub-discipline. Collins, Owen R.
Ph.D., Aberystwyth. (Hist. & Welsh Hist.). Supervised by Lambert, Peter A.; Rathbone, Richard
Chronological coverage: 1960–2008
Index terms: Oral history
Telling people's histories: an exploration of community history-making, 1970-2000. Sitzia, Lorraine
D.Phil., Sussex. (Hist.). Supervised by Holloway, G.I.; Langhamer, Claire L.
Chronological coverage: 1970–2000
Index terms: Community history
The archaeology and conservation of the east front of York Minster. Holton, Alexander B.
Ph.D., York.
Chronological coverage: 1500–2000
The history and politics of civilisation: the debate about Russia in French and German historical scholarship from Voltaire to Herder. Speck, Reto
Ph.D., London. (Q.M. Hist.). Supervised by Bourke, Richard
Chronological coverage: 1714–1803
The language of the naked facts: Joseph Priestley on language and revealed religion. Kingston, Elizabeth
D.Phil., Sussex. (Hist.). Supervised by Haakonssen, Knud
Chronological coverage: 1753–1804
Index terms: Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804), theologian and natural philosopher; Theology
2011
Cosmo Innes and the sources of Scottish history, 'c'.1825-75. Marsden, Richard A.
Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts). Supervised by Broun, Dauvit E.; Kidd, Colin C.
Chronological coverage: 1825–1875
Instruments of power: developing and applying diplomatic analysis to enhance archival interpretation and research uses of technical drawings. Sillitoe, Paul
Ph.D., Liverpool. (Hist.). Supervised by Procter, Margaret
Chronological coverage: 1400–2000
Making history: the role of historic reconstructions within Canada's heritage conservation movement. Brown, Wayde A.
Ph.D., Cardiff.
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Remembering the First Crusade: Latin narrative histories, 1099-'c.'1300. Packard, Barbara
Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Phillips, Jonathan P.
Chronological coverage: 1099–1300
The historiography of ancient Athenian and pre-Hellenic women in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Brown, Joanna
Ph.D., Reading. (Classics). Supervised by Goff, Barbara E.; King, Helen
Chronological coverage: 1800–1920
The idea of the south in post-war Italy: a historiographical interpretation of the work of five Italian film directors, 1946-64. Piombino, Natalia
Ph.D., London.
Chronological coverage: 1946–1964
2012
Beyond the Akbar Namah: Padshah Namahs and official regional chronography for Shah-Jahan Padshah I (r. 1037/1628-1068/1658). Baburi, Saqib
Ph.D., London. (S.O.A.S. Hist.). Supervised by Powell, Avril
Chronological coverage: 1627–1657
Index terms: Shah-Jahan Padshah I (1592-1666), Mughal emperor; Mughal empire; Akbar Namah (1590-6); Padshah Namah; Chronography, regional, in the Mughal empire
Museums uploaded: the role of the object in a digital world. Sydoriak, Cassiope K.
M.St., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Grootenboer, Hanneke
Chronological coverage: 1990–2010
Index terms: Museums
Reconciling the diverging historiographies of Somerset's case: emergence of the public sphere and its impact on Somerset v. Steuart in 1772. Han, Ye Sol
M.St., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Deutsch, Jan-Georg
Chronological coverage: 1770–1780
Index terms: Public sphere; Somerset, James (b. c.1741, d. in or after 1772), slave; Steuart, Charles (1725-97), Scottish-American merchant; Slavery, Slave trade
The G.I.S. approach to the study of Anglo-Saxon settlement in East Anglia. Wilcox, William
Ph.D., East Anglia. (Hist.). Supervised by Williamson, Tom M.
Chronological coverage: 500–1000
Index terms: Settlement, in East Anglia; G.I.S., see Geographic Information System; Geographic Information System; East Anglia
Thucydides and his speeches: accurate historical reporting or an author's historical tool?. Stewart, Paul
M.A., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Moxon, Ian
Chronological coverage: -440–-395
Index terms: Greece, ancient; Thucydides (c.460-c.395 B.C.E.), Greek historian
To what extent are definitions of 'word' and 'image' useful in discussions of the concepts of text in art and text as art?. Cullen, Alexander P.T.
M.St., Oxford. Supervised by Clunas, Craig
Chronological coverage: 1950–2000
Index terms: Text, and art; Art, and text
Utilitarian readings of Plato. Loizides, Antis
Ph.D., London. (Q.M. Hist.). Supervised by Varouxakis, Georgios; Bourke, Richard
Chronological coverage: -427–-347
Index terms: Plato (c.428-c. 348 B.C.E.), Greek philosopher
2013
Archaeological ethics in armed conflicts. Williams, Jack F.
Ph.D., Leicester. (Archaeol. ; Anc. Hist.). Supervised by Pluciennik, Mark; O'Sullivan, Deirdre
Chronological coverage: -10000–2014
Historiography of Spanish-Irish relations. De Mesa Gallego, Eduardo
Ph.D., University College Dublin (National University of Ireland). (Hist.). Supervised by Downey, Declan
Chronological coverage: 1500–2000
How were war literature and memory utilised as political tools in Germany following the First World War, and what implications does this have for the larger historiography?. Barrilleaux, Jane L.
M.St., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Gregory, Adrian M.
Chronological coverage: 1914–1933
Issues in archiving historic medical records in Ireland. Mulrennan, Kirsten
Ph.D., University College Dublin (National University of Ireland). (Hist.). Supervised by Mullins, Elizabeth
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
Mad love to the ordinary: desire, modernity and history. Wilkinson, Alexander W.
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.). Supervised by Sayer, Derek
Chronological coverage: 1918–1980
Settlement and field patterns in the south Pennines: a critique of morphological approaches to landscape history in upland environments. Smith, Nigel J.B.
Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.). Supervised by Winchester, Angus J.L.
Chronological coverage: 1000–2000
The British 'bluesman': Paul Oliver and the nature of transatlantic blues scholarship. O'Connell, Christian
Ph.D., Gloucestershire. (Hum.). Supervised by Wilson, Joe; Wynn, Neil A.
Chronological coverage: 1950–2009
The great rebuilding thesis in a regional context. Christian, Tanya C.L.
M.Phil., Aberystwyth. (Hist. ; Welsh Hist.). Supervised by Jones, David Ceri; Schofield, Phillipp
Chronological coverage: 1570–1640
Victorian negotiations with the recent past: history, fiction, utopia. Kingstone, Helen
Ph.D., Leeds Trinity. (Hist.). Supervised by Mitchell, Rosemary; Salmon, Richard J.
Chronological coverage: 1837–1901
Writing British national history in the 20th century. Salinsky, Mary R.
Ph.D., King's College London. (Hist.). Supervised by Thane, Patricia M.
Chronological coverage: 1900–2000
2014
Archaeology and place: history, heritage and sense of place on Valentia and Achill Islands. Miller, Jeff
Ph.D., Belfast. (Geog., Archaeol. and Palaeoecology). Supervised by Horning, Audrey
Chronological coverage: 1980–2010
'Culture and society' in conceptions of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1930-60. Hutton, Alexander
Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Collini, Stefan
Chronological coverage: 1930–1960
Homeward bound: re-membering slavery in the landscape of the metropole. Donington, Katie
Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Hall, Catherine M.
Chronological coverage: 1777–1837
Increasing the digital literacy of museum professionals: digital innovation and the museum sector of Northern Ireland. Murphy, Oonagh
Ph.D., Ulster. (Hist.). Supervised by Crooke, Elizabeth; Thatcher, Ian D.
Chronological coverage: 2000–2013
‘Lovers of art’: early English literature on the connoisseurship of pictures. Good, Caroline
Ph.D., York. (Hist. of Art). Supervised by Hallett, Mark L.
Chronological coverage: 1658–1719
Real life stories in everyday objects: approaches and methodologies. Purkis, Harriet
Ph.D., Ulster. (Hist.). Supervised by Crooke, Elizabeth; Naylor, R.
Chronological coverage: 2000–2013
Studies in art history writing and revision of Whistler's art history. Day, James
Ph.D., London. (Courtauld Inst.). Supervised by Parkinson, Gavin
Chronological coverage: 1854–1903
The science of romanticism: Frederick York Powell's philosophy of history. Allan, Rory
M.St., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Garnett, Jane
Chronological coverage: 1804–1950
Thinking with history in public policy development. Green, Alix
Ph.D., Hertfordshire. (Hist.). Supervised by Davies, Owen; Hitchcock, Tim
Chronological coverage: 2000–2012