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PhD Studentship: From the Frontline: Witnesses to War – Exploring the role, perspectives and impact of war correspondents during the Cold War and late 20th century
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: The award pays an annual stipend for all students, both home and international students; The stipend is tax free, & is the equivalent of an annual salary, enabling the student to pay living costs (UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2026/2027 is £21,805)
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: Politics and Mythmaking: Disentangling Myth from Ideology
Sociology, Politics and International Relations, School of Society and the Environment
Queen Mary University of London
Location: London
Salary: Home tuition fees + annual stipend at QMUL rate (£21,874 for 2025/26)
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD studentship on Early Modern Global History
Arts and Humanities
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 19 Apr
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Spaces of Health: Connecting Past and Present Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Heritage
School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 31 Mar
Closes 01 May
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Intimate Energies: How Do Museum Collections Help Us See Unrecognised Actors in the History and Future of Energy?
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 31 Mar
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentships in the History of International Development in the Global South
School of Global Affairs
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Full tuition and fees (Home, EU or Overseas rates) + PhD stipend (equivalent to the UKRI rate): £23,805 per annum
Date Placed: 27 Mar
Closes 29 Apr
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Milsom PhD Studentship in English Legal History 2026
Selden Society
Location: London
Salary: Up to £30,000 Maintenance allowance
Date Placed: 25 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD studentship: Reawakening the Living Landscape: Integrating Heritage and Sustainability at the Ulster Folk Museum
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 annual stipend (living expenses) plus home tuition fees paid
Date Placed: 23 Mar
Closes 20 Apr
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EUARTHURS: European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Network
Bangor University
Location: Bangor
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 04 May
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Early Notice of Forthcoming Call for Applications for the Doctoral Programs (2026/27)
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Location: Naples
Salary: £16,526.12 p.a.
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Expires 17 Jun
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PhD Studentship: Floral Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean
Faculty of Arts
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location: Belgium, Greece
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship - Faunal Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean
Faculty of Arts
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location: Leuven
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD studentship: Histories of Pollution in the Urban Art Museum
(UCL and The National Gallery
UCL
Location: London
Salary: £21,805 pa + £2,000 pa + £600 pa (See advert)
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 04 May
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Layered Histories in the Global South City PhD Studentship (Fixed Term)
Faculty of History
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £21,805 per year
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 03 May
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PhD Studentship: Take One Picture (1995-present): children’s art, creativity and learning, and the future of museum education
School of Humanities
University of Westminster
Location: London
Salary: From £21,805 per annum plus London Weighting of £2000/year and a CDP maintenance payment of £600/year.
Date Placed: 13 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship - World-Leading Scholarship in English
School of English
University of St Andrews
Location: St Andrews
Salary: £19,775 per annum
Date Placed: 13 Mar
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Studentship in Philosophy – ERC EVIL Project
Department of Philosophy
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Home and International students will receive a tuition fee bursary at the Home rate* and a maintenance stipend of £21,805 per annum (rising in alignment with UKRI rates). *International students will also receive a tuition fee discount to the Home rate.
Date Placed: 12 Mar
Closes 10 Apr
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PhD Position within the project Governing Health, Family and Religion: The Biopolitics of Genetic Counselling and Religious Family Formations (RELI GENE)
SOAS University of London
Location: London
Salary: £10,000
Date Placed: 10 Mar
Closes 10 Apr
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Hans Rausing Doctoral Scholarship: PhD in the History of Science and Technology (Home/EU/Overseas)
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - Department of History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Funding Maximum £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26)
Date Placed: 12 Feb
Closes 17 Apr
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PhD Studentship - One Health and Public Health History in West Africa, c.1850-2000
UCD School of History - College of Arts and Humanities
University College Dublin
Location: Dublin
Salary: £21,744.90 - please see advert
Date Placed: 12 Feb
Closes 01 May
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards Studentships
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £20,780 (UKRI rate: £20,780 full time for 2025/26), pro rata for part time students.
Date Placed: 04 Feb
Closes 10 Apr
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards – 3 Collaborative Doctoral Awards
Graduate School
University of Westminster
Location: Westminster
Salary: UKRI Rate, for 25/26 £22,780 (inclusive of London Weighting)
Date Placed: 04 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Automated Methods for Digitisation of Historical Railway Timetables
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: A fully funded studentship is available for UK applicants covering fees and stipend.
Date Placed: 02 Feb
Closes 30 Apr
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Hans Rausing Doctoral Scholarship: PhD in the History of Science and Technology (Home/EU/Overseas)
Department of History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26) Additionally covers Home, EU and International tuition and fees, plus research stipend.
Date Placed: 28 Jan
Closes 17 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Haywood Fellowship
College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 23 Jan
Closes 29 Apr
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