History
History ranked top 10 in the UK
History ranked top 10 in the UK
£4 million Wellcome Trust Centre for Exeter
Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health
€1.5 million European Research Commission grant for project
Forms of Law in the Early Modern Persianate World, 17th-19th centuries
Spotlight on: Decolonising History
We are working to decolonise the way we teach, research, and work with one another
History ranked top 10 in the UK
£4 million Wellcome Trust Centre for Exeter
€1.5 million European Research Commission grant for project
Spotlight on: Decolonising History
History at Exeter has a global reputation for excellence in teaching and research, and we feel that understanding our past is fundamental to comprehending the contemporary challenges we face. We are proud to be one of the leading research centres for History in the UK, with a diverse academic faculty of over 50 staff across both our Streatham Campus in Exeter, and our Penryn Campus in Cornwall
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