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Donald Bullough Fellowship 2025-2026

Donald Bullough Fellowship 2025-2026

The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2025-2026.

Spotlight On The St Andrews Early Modern Workshop

Spotlight On The St Andrews Early Modern Workshop

Introducing the St Andrews Early Modern Workshop (SAEMW). A new forum for postgraduate students to meet up and hear about each other’s work in a relaxed and sociable environment.

History top in two UK league tables

History top in two UK league tables

The School of History has been named as the top history department in the country in both The Guardian University Guide 2024 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

Staff Spotlight: Dr Jessica Purdy

Staff Spotlight: Dr Jessica Purdy

Dr Jessica Purdy is an Associate Lecturer in Early Modern History. Her research focuses on the social history of early modern England.

Postgraduate Spotlight: Zachary Brookman

Postgraduate Spotlight: Zachary Brookman

Zachary is a second-year History PhD candidate researching printing, bookselling, and library culture in the Swiss Confederacy on the eve of the Enlightenment.

Postgraduate Spotlight: Basil Bowdler

Postgraduate Spotlight: Basil Bowdler

Basil is a second-year Modern History PhD candidate investigating the Anglo-Dutch public sphere in the late seventeenth century.

Donald Bullough Fellowship 2024/25

Donald Bullough Fellowship 2024/25

The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship, to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2024-2025.