Department Profile:
We are a large and successful History department. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise has rated our research among the very top in the UK.
Our teaching was rated 'excellent' under the most recent teaching quality assessment.
We offer students a wide array of choice and a friendly and stimulating atmosphere for study.
Faculty Teaching Staff:
William J Ashworth; Sally Sheard;
Areas of Expertise:
The history of industrialisation, science, technology and finance in England 1640 to 1850; The development of public health and health services in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the development of medical authority, especially the interface between experts and politicians;
Special Resources:
Archives of Liverpool University and C19 source material.
