Research Projects

The Department of History at the University of Sheffield has a successful track-record of securing external funding for major research projects. Academic staff have obtained major grants from British funding bodies such as the British Academy, AHRC, ESRC and JISC, but also from continental European funding bodies such as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation or the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The topics and structures of these projects reflect the highly diverse research culture in the department. They range from major collaborative projects on aspects of British History and research networks with international partners to projects by individual staff members.

The Department of History has particular expertise in the Digital Humanities. Academic staff members in the department have worked on a number of key research projects that use digital technologies and online facilities. Through the use of web-based technologies, these projects offer access to online databases and facilitate data-mining. They have also changed the ways in which texts and databases can be searched and analysed, and how different types of information can be cross-referenced and linked. These projects are conducted in collaboration with the Humanities Research Institute, which functions as a national reference centre in the Digital Humanities.