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Research
At the School of History and Art History research is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to critical, original, and interdisciplinary research.
Quality Research
UEA History and Art History has been ranked 3rd for research in The Complete University Guide (2026).
REF 2021 Results
Our School’s research has been ranked 3rd UK-wide for research quality by REF 2021 (overall GPA rankings).
UEA History is unusual both for the innovation of our work and for our chronological breadth. Members of the School of History and Art History specialize in periods from the end of the Roman Empire through to the present, with distinctive geographical strengths in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and East and South-East Asia, as well as Europe and Britain. We have shaped a wide variety of fields, from intellectual and cultural history, landscape history, medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary history, to histories of Empire, refugees, diplomatic and international history, the history of war, transnational and comparative history, and material history.
The School currently includes over 38 permanent academic staff and research fellows. Members of the department regularly hold major fellowships and grants for a wide variety of projects. In addition, UEA’s School of History and Art History has been a longstanding springboard for early career scholars holding research fellowships from the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, European Research Council and other funders (Benedetta Mariani, Gregory Lippiatt).