The Department of History

The Department of History at King’s College London is acknowledged as one of the best in the country. We are 4th in the 2010 Guardian rankings for History. Both our teaching and research have consistently received exceptionally high ratings in league tables, teaching assessments and the RAE. This success is also reflected in the outstanding results we have achieved in the National Student Survey. We have a thriving graduate community and our undergraduates go on to a variety of careers and further study.

Three honorary doctorates for Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor Dame Jinty Nelson was last week awarded three Honorary Doctorates - from the University of York, the University of Liverpool and the University of Nottingham.

Dr Alice Rio awarded prestigious Gladstone Prize
The department's Dr Alice Rio has won this year's Gladstone Book Prize, awarded annually by the Royal Historical Society for the best book published in Britain on non-British history.

Wellcome Trust funding for migraine history research
The department has been successful in a bid for a three-year Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr Katherine Foxhall will join us in January 2011 to work on a history of migraine from 1850.
 

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