Research Activity
Research in the History Department
The research activity of the History Department is characterized by its very wide chronological and geographical range and by the variety of its theoretical concerns and approaches. Considered thematically, the department is strong in cultural history, gender history, intellectual history, social and economic history, the history of borderlands, the history of conflict, the history of art and collecting , and the history of maritime empires. Members of the Department are involved in a range of and research centres, and in recent years they have organised international concerned with public history, urban history, the history of science and medicine, the history of war and conflict, the history of education, the history of political thought, and the history of British overseas expansion. Considered geographically, the department is particularly strong in the history of the British Isles and European history, and several colleagues explore links between Britain, Europe and the wider world. Wales, of course, has always provided a very strong research focus for many members of the history staff.
The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise results and the Times Higher Education Supplement league table confirm that Swansea is the leading Welsh history department in Wales. The RAE panel judged 15% of our work to be ‘world leading’ and 50% to be ‘internationally excellent’ or better. Overall 90% of our research activity was in the top three categories. The THES league table places Swansea in the top half of the United Kingdom’s history departments. These significant advances since 2001 are testimony to the all round strength of the department and to its continuing development as a leading centre of historical research in the UK.
History & Classics Research Expertise
Research Centres
affiliated with the History Department
Three Research Centres are closely connected with the History Department:
