History
Why Pembroke?
- Pembroke has quite a large team of tutors and lecturers. The Senior History Tutors are Stephen Tuck, an expert on the history of America, and Adrian Gregory, a specialist in First World War history and the writing of historical memory. Other lecturers include Dr Conor O'Brien (Early Medieval) and Dr Gemma Allen (Early Modern). The college also usually has a Career Development Fellow in Early Modern History.
- Pembroke encourages students to take a broad selection of papers, and arranges teaching with specialists in other colleges where appropriate. The only restrictions on choices of paper are those set by the faculty (eg at least one paper must pre-date 1700).
- Due to the range of options and plentiful opportunity to specialise, studying on any given week can vary from student to student. For example, a student may only have one hour of tutorials, a few lectures, and may be the only person working on a given topic. For this reason, we look for many ways to teach Pembroke students in groups too, such as combining teaching for the first year Approaches to History paper and the third year Comparative History paper through means such as group discussions and student presentations.
- Throughout the year, Pembroke’s History community will often arrange dinners and other social occasions such as quizzes and film nights for the historians in college to meet together, in addition to regularly held academic presentations and talks.
- Pembroke’s relatively high intake of students in history joint schools also broadens the appeal and diversity of our history community, making it even easier to meet and socialise with other historians.
- At admissions, we assess a wide range of information, and all history applicants (including joint schools) are required to take the History Aptitude Test (HAT). Students need not have read anything specific before interview, but a keen interest in History, as well as good analytical and communication skills, are essential.
Have you considered our joint honours courses?
History can also be taken as part of several joint honours courses, including History and English, History and Modern Languages, History and Economics and History and Politics. Find out more about each on their respective course pages.
Meet Our Academics
What our students say
Oxford was never on my radar, never an option I considered at all, until I attended an open day. Looking around the city (and around Pembroke!) made me feel so inspired and welcomed, despite being from a working-class and first-generation to university background. The rest was history! I put in my application, attended the interviews, cried many tears, and got my offer!
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The Arthur Felix Broomfield prize is for 2nd year undergraduates reading History (including joint schools)
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The prize is to contribute towards travel to be taken outside the British Isles
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The total fund available is £700 - typically, one award is made each year
Pembroke Historians are eligible for £100 of funding in their first year and another £100 in their final year towards the cost of books for their course for personal use.
History
Why Pembroke?
- Pembroke has quite a large team of tutors and lecturers. The Senior History Tutors are Stephen Tuck, an expert on the history of America, and Adrian Gregory, a specialist in First World War history and the writing of historical memory. Other lecturers include Dr Conor O'Brien (Early Medieval) and Dr Gemma Allen (Early Modern). The college also usually has a Career Development Fellow in Early Modern History.
- Pembroke encourages students to take a broad selection of papers, and arranges teaching with specialists in other colleges where appropriate. The only restrictions on choices of paper are those set by the faculty (eg at least one paper must pre-date 1700).
- Due to the range of options and plentiful opportunity to specialise, studying on any given week can vary from student to student. For example, a student may only have one hour of tutorials, a few lectures, and may be the only person working on a given topic. For this reason, we look for many ways to teach Pembroke students in groups too, such as combining teaching for the first year Approaches to History paper and the third year Comparative History paper through means such as group discussions and student presentations.
- Throughout the year, Pembroke’s History community will often arrange dinners and other social occasions such as quizzes and film nights for the historians in college to meet together, in addition to regularly held academic presentations and talks.
- Pembroke’s relatively high intake of students in history joint schools also broadens the appeal and diversity of our history community, making it even easier to meet and socialise with other historians.
- At admissions, we assess a wide range of information, and all history applicants (including joint schools) are required to take the History Aptitude Test (HAT). Students need not have read anything specific before interview, but a keen interest in History, as well as good analytical and communication skills, are essential.
Have you considered our joint honours courses?
History can also be taken as part of several joint honours courses, including History and English, History and Modern Languages, History and Economics and History and Politics. Find out more about each on their respective course pages.
Meet Our Academics
What our students say
Oxford was never on my radar, never an option I considered at all, until I attended an open day. Looking around the city (and around Pembroke!) made me feel so inspired and welcomed, despite being from a working-class and first-generation to university background. The rest was history! I put in my application, attended the interviews, cried many tears, and got my offer!
-
The Arthur Felix Broomfield prize is for 2nd year undergraduates reading History (including joint schools)
-
The prize is to contribute towards travel to be taken outside the British Isles
-
The total fund available is £700 - typically, one award is made each year
Pembroke Historians are eligible for £100 of funding in their first year and another £100 in their final year towards the cost of books for their course for personal use.