Humanities Research Institute University of Buckingham

04/09/2024

For those with a deep interest in the country house: a brilliant one-year programme (or two years part-time) directed by Adrian Tinniswood, Britain's leading historian of the subject. Based in London (St James's and Bloomsbury), the programme provides the opportunity to pursue original research on a topic of your own choice on one of the many aspects of the history, social life, or contemporary management of the country house.

Studies can range from Cardinal Wolsey’s country house at Hampton Court to the cultural impact of ‘Downton Abbey’.

One-to-one supervision is complemented by a brilliant series of evening seminars, meeting in the elegant surroundings of a Pall Mall club, each followed by dinner.

Speakers in the coming year include:
Simon Thurley on Tudor royal houses
Clive Aslet on the houses of Lutyens
Lucy Worsley on Artisan Mannerism
The Duchess of Argyll on Inveraray Castle
Adrian Tinniswood on the country house before the Great War • and much more.

Scholarships are available (worth a third of total fees), as well as low-interest government loans for MAs by research. For details:
https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-in-country-house-studies-by-research/

For any questions, or to speak to Adrian Tinniswood, email: [email protected]

04/09/2024

For those with a deep interest in the country house: a brilliant one-year programme (or two years part-time) directed by Adrian Tinniswood, Britain's leading historian of the subject. Based in London (St James's and Bloomsbury), the programme provides the opportunity to pursue original research on a topic of your own choice on one of the many aspects of the history, social life, or contemporary management of the country house.

Studies can range from Cardinal Wolsey’s country house at Hampton Court to the cultural impact of ‘Downton Abbey’.

One-to-one supervision is complemented by a brilliant series of evening seminars, meeting in the elegant surroundings of a Pall Mall club, each followed by dinner.

Speakers in the coming year include:
Simon Thurley on Tudor royal houses
Clive Aslet on the houses of Lutyens
Lucy Worsley on Artisan Mannerism
The Duchess of Argyll on Inveraray Castle
Adrian Tinniswood on the country house before the Great War • and much more.

Scholarships are available (worth a third of total fees), as well as low-interest government loans for MAs by research. For details:
https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-in-country-house-studies-by-research/

For any questions, or to speak to Adrian Tinniswood, email: [email protected]

The University of Buckingham’s Master’s programme in Country House Studies offers the opportunity to pursue research at Master’s level in any one of a wide range of country-house-related topics, from explorations of individual houses and their architects and decorators, to studies of their soc...

02/09/2024

Buckingham History Festival presents Britain’s finest historians & best communicators addressing subjects that matter: last weekend of April.

29/08/2024

For those with a passion for the magnificent furniture, porcelain, silver, and tapestries made for the palaces and country houses of Britain and France in the 18th and 19th centuries: a brilliant one-year taught programme (or two years part-time) on all aspects of this cultural legacy. It is offered in London (Bloomsbury) as part of The University of Buckingham's Graduate Programmes in London, in association with The Wallace Collection.

There is no finer training for those wishing to pursue careers in museums and country houses, or for collectors who simply wish better to appreciate their own collections.

Based in central London, it draws upon the outstanding collections of the nearby Wallace Collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

03/07/2024

Buckingham's PhD in Refugee History provides world-class supervision in one of the fastest growing and hugely relevant fields of historical study. Applications are now open!

An advanced research degree in Refugee History; a rapidly growing field of study, with a vast range of possible thesis topics.

28/05/2024

The MA in Migration History will launch at the University of Buckingham's London campus this autumn. Applications are now open for this new course, unique in UK higher education, covering the theme of movement across the centuries. Find out more at: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/ma-migration-history-people-objects-cultures/

23/05/2024

Professor SIMON HEFFER's brilliant MA and PhD programme, based in London. Now enrolling for the new academic year, starting September. For more information: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-20th-century-british-history-by-research

19/12/2022

The Humanities Research Institute University of Buckingham congratulates our colleague, Dr Adriano Aymonino, on winning the 2022 William Berger Award for the best work of the previous year in the field of British Art History. Dr Aymonino received the award for his book, Enlightened Eclecticism: The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, published by Yale in 2021.

Below: Dr Aymonino receiving the Berger Award from Sir Charles Saumarez Smith. former Director of the National Gallery.