We offer a wealth of opportunities to develop your knowledge and facilitate your research. Cheltenham is host to a number of events of interest to historians including The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival that attracts leading academic and popular historian speakers. We have an established research reputation, being recognised for world leading and internationally excellent research output in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. We have particular research strengths in: areas of British history, including early modern 18th century, Victorian and 20th century, American history, Russian/Soviet history, and local history. We also have research interests in gender and women's history, early modern spirituality and religious history, intellectual history and the history of ideas, black America, history and music, Cold War studies, and transatlantic cultural exchange.