Resources

As an MSc by Research student in History you will form part of a large and vibrant scholarly community of historians and benefit from the research resources available in the University and the city of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh boasts impressive library facilities for graduate students in history. In addition to the University Library, there is the nearby National Library of Scotland, a copyright library with extensive collections of both primary and secondary sources in a wide range of historical fields. Many graduate students also find other local repositories, such as the Scottish National Archives, to be invaluable resources while researching their dissertations.

Research students in History play an active role in our research community. Research seminars, reading groups and workshops bring together postgraduate students and academic staff in both formal and informal settings. This scholarly community supports a lively programme of regular seminars, lectures, and other special events, ranging from the Histories of Gender and Sexuality Research Group and the American History Workshop to the Scottish History Seminar and the Edinburgh Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

We have our own library known as the Student Research Room, which is a large airy space used both for study and to house the School’s book collections, including late antique and medieval history, modern conflict, Scottish history, and economic and social history.

  • Scottish History Book Collection
  • Brown and Forrest Collection of Late Antique and Medieval History
  • Centre for Modern Conflict Book Collection
  • Michael Flinn Collection of Economic and Social History

 

The University

The University Library is one of the largest university libraries in the UK and contains a substantial collection of primary and secondary materials and a vast collection of rare books and manuscripts. 

Postgraduate students are welcome to study original objects and have made many important research discoveries while working on the archives. There is an incredible range of material in the collections that is available nowhere else in the world.

 

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