PhD Economic and Social History: The University of Manchester

Course description

This ESRC-recognised programme offers advanced teaching in economic history and in key issues of social history, notably demographic history and history of social policy. It is designed for students who wish to proceed to doctoral study, or who wish to combine the study of this kind of history with skills in research management; in applying social theory analysing and solving real social issues. The core course unit, Research Issues in Economic and Social History, explores topical debates in economic and social history, with a theoretical as well as an empirical dimension. Students are offered a unit in computing as well as research training in the Social Sciences, including quantitative and qualitative methods.

Module details

Options may be chosen from a wide range of history and social science courses, including economics, sociology and social anthropology.

Typical course units include: Quantitative Methods; Qualitative Methods; Historical Research: Methods, Theory, Sources; Research Design; Research Issues in Economic and Social History; Analytical Approaches to Economic and Social History Research; Research Issues in Economic and Social History; Ownership and Regulation of British Industry in Historical Perspective; Britain and Germany, 1918-39: A Comparative History; History and Postmodernism; The Humanitarian Subject: Humanity, Medicine and the History of the Body in the Nineteenth Century; Foucault; Men, Masculinities and Social Change; Language, Gender and Feminism; Major Issues in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine; and Supervised Reading.

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: A Masters degree, or the overseas equivalent, in History or a related subject.

English language: Non-native speakers of English should have at least a score of IELTS 7.0 or TOEFL 600 (paper based) or 250 (computer based).