History - A City and Its University

Supervisor: Prof Roland Clark

Supervisor bio: Roland Clark specialises in the history of East-Central Europe, and of interwar Romania in particular. He has studied at the University of Sydney (Australia) and the University of Pittsburgh (USA), and has taught at Eastern Connecticut State University (USA) and the University of Liverpool (UK). He is a Past President of the Society for Romanian Studies, and his research interests include fascism, social movements, violence, gender, theology, and lived religion.

Email: clarkr@liverpool.ac.uk

School: Histories, Languages, and Cultures

Department: Politics 

Module code: HIST001

Suitable for students of: Best for History students or cognate disciplines.

Desired experience or requirements: Strong knowledge of English and the ability to conduct archival research.

Places available: 2

Start dates: Session 1 (15th June 2026)

Project length: 4 weeks

Virtual option: No

Hybrid option: No

Project description:

Working under the supervision of Professor Roland Clark, students will conduct archival research on the history of the university and its relationship to the city of Liverpool over time. Making use of the Special Collections and Archives in the Sydney Jones Library and the Athenaeum Library, they will produce usable and detailed notes that will form the basis of chapters for a new and innovative history of the university, to be published in 2031. Topics to be explored include, but are not limited to, architectural history, histories of politics and activism, race, sex and gender, music, the environment, science and innovation, and health and medicine. This is primarily scoping research and students will use their findings to make recommendations about how chapters should be structured and what arguments might be made with these sources.

Additional requirements: N/A