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Economic and Social History at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

We host one of the largest economic and social history research groupings in the UK. Staff research interests are wide-ranging, including the study of:

  • economic development
  • financial history
  • energy policy
  • globalisation
  • slavery
  • urban history
  • consumption
  • material culture
  • museums and collecting
  • leisure
  • religious belief
  • popular culture
  • medicine and disease
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • the family
The diversity of our research means we can support students’ economic and social history study in a vast range of time periods and geographical regions and from the early modern period to the present day. Particular areas of expertise available for research are:
  • culture and society in early modern Britain
  • slavery in the Atlantic world since 1700
  • the material culture of gender in 18th-century Britain
  • urban society and civil society in historical context
  • cinema and society in modern Britain
  • gender, crime and deviancy: Britain 1860–1960; energy policy in Britain since 1920
  • the economic history of China in the 20th century
  • the history of health and medicine in Britain since 1750
The University’s economic and social historians host three research groups: material and visual cultures of the past; enlightenment and popular culture; and economic and social history.

Modules

See the University of Edinburgh website for detailed programme information.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

Fees and funding

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Economic and Social History at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS