Overview
Features
Research students at the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) benefit from our close relationship with local archives and libraries, including the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness, the Highland Folk Museum and the A. K. Bell Library in Perth. Collections in the region range across local, regional, national and international material; see the interactive map of archives in the Highlands and Islands region.
We also work closely with national collections across Scotland and the UK, including Historic Environment Scotland and the National Museum of Scotland. Research students take full advantage of these connections and you can read more about how our research students do collaborative research with these kinds of cultural and heritage bodies below.
Programme Structure
Research topics include:
- 'Islands on the Edge of Empire': Assessing the Impact of Imperial Influences in Shaping Perceptions of Identity in Northern Isles Society and Culture, c.1700 - c.1850
- Intertextuality, Historical Fiction, and Public History in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Novel Series'
- The daily lived experiences of women in 18th Century Britain
- ‘Shepherds Wanted’: Wester Ross Emigrants to Patagonia, 1880-1930
- Testing the protest paradigm: exploring everyday forms of resistance in the Highlands and Islands, c. 1780-1930
- People, Place and the North Coast 500
- Landed elite evangelical women in the north of Scotland during the first half of the n ineteenth century: their networks and identities
- Gallanan Buidhe Fodhairis: Imperial Gaelic Jacobites, 1746–1763
- Concepts of Violence in the Early and High Medieval Irish Church
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
History View 142 other PhDs in History in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
To gain admission to a research degree programme, you must comply with the following minimum entry requirements:
- A master’s degree at postgraduate level of a University in the United Kingdom or equivalent, or
- A first or upper second class honours degree of a University in the United Kingdom or equivalent, or
- Other qualifications or experience that affords sufficient evidence of their availability to benefit and study at the academic level required.
Tuition Fee
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International
12756 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12756 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Inverness
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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